The tears of Eros

Abstract Ancient Greek athletics offer us a clear window on many important aspects of ancient culture, some of which have distinct parallels with modern sports an...

♦ Rotator cuff tears are common♦ Aetiology complex and multifactorial♦ Tendons deteriorate with age♦ Posterosuperior tears are more common♦ They evolve in a typical fashion♦ Antero...

This chapter reviews the book Gates of Tears: The Holocaust in the Lublin District (2013), by David Silberklang. Gates of Tears tells the story of the administrative structure of t...

Sorrow Tears and Blood offers a glimpse into the complicated social, cultural, and political phenomenon that is Nigeria. Though Nigeria is the most populous African country, and s...

Abstract Placing Elysium in Renaissance Britain: Poetry, Politics, Theology, Eros is the first study of Elysium as a place in English Renaissance culture. The absenc...

In Chapter 7, Eileen John uses Coetzee’s exploration of sexual desire to pose questions about the normative claims of moral philosophy. She argues that Coetzee’s fiction complicate...

Noted as a ‘civil poet’ by Alberto Moravia, Pier Paolo Pasolini was a creative and philosophical genius whose works challenged generations of Western Europeans and Americans to rec...

This chapter investigates Wilde’s response to classical tragedy by looking at Salome and comparing it with Euripides’ Hippolytus. It examines how Wilde inverts tragedy by hijacking...