ISBN: 9780099289524 Description: A divorced, middle-aged English professor finds himself increasingly unable to resist affairs with his female students. When discovered by the college authorities, he is expected to apologise and repent in an effort to save his job, but he refuses to become a scapegoat in what he see as as a show trial designed to reinforce...

Subject/Course: ENN311M ISBN: 9781868590483 Description: South Africa has witnessed enormous political and social changes in the near half century between 1948 and 1994. These transitions have been registered by South African writers, sometimes directly but more often in subtle and subliminal ways. From Bosman’s modernist retelling of oral tales,...

Subject/Course: ENN303M ISBN: 9780521670012 Description: Where does today’s English come from? This new edition of the bestseller by Charles Barber tells the story of the language from its remote ancestry to the present day. In response to demand from readers, a brand new chapter on late modern English has been added for this edition. Using...

Subject/Course: CLS1501 ISBN: 9780500251218 Description: A retelling of Greek myths is combined here with a comprehensive account of the world in which the myths developed – their themes, their relevance to Greek religion and society, and their relationship to the landscape. Click Here: The Complete World of Greek Mythology

ISBN: 9780140449082 Description: “The Histories” describes how a small band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. But while this epic struggle forms the core of his work, Herodotus’ natural curiosity frequently gives rise to colourful digressions: a description of the natural wonders of Egypt; an account...

Subject/Course: PLC4803 ISBN: 9781868145164 Description: Reviving the tradition of critical, analytical scholarship developed by the 1970s and 1980s editions of the South African review, this first volume of the New South African review offers a collection of original surveys of key issues and problems confronting post-apartheid South Africa. Written...

Subject/Course: CLS3701 ISBN: 9780872205581 Description: Woodman’s translation masterfully conveys Tacitus’ distinctive and powerful literary style and reflects the best of relevant current scholarship. His introduction provides a wealth of insight into the period about which Tacitus wrote, Tacitus himself, and the principles of translation...

ISBN: 9780140447668 Description: The story of a woman’s adultery. The story of Effi and the Chinaman’s ghost, the forest and dunes that are its setting, the stern Prussian code that makes the climax both terrible and absurd, are unique to Fontane and to German literature. In 1919 Thomas Mann hailed Effi Briest (1895) as one of the six most...

Subject/Course: MAN3701 ISBN: 9780071412797 Description: Prescribed at UNISA (University of South Africa) for :History (MAN3701) by lecturer Ying-Ying Chou “A wonderful job! So lucid, beautifully written, with great range and insight. This will set a new standard for short general histories of China.” – Michael Gasster, Professor...

Subject/Course: THL3701 ISBN: 9780143185406 Description: Mhudi, is a romantic epic set in the first half of the nineteenth century, the main action is unleashed by King Mzilikazi’s extermination campaign against the Barolong in 1832 at Kunana (nowadays Setlagole), and covers the resultant alliance of defeated peoples with Boer frontiersmen in...