Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka by Karolina WatrobaRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1 mbOverview: ‘A high-spirited, richly informed, and original portrait, a cross between biography, literary analysis and a study in modern canonisation: Karolina Watroba is an inspired guide and her book a pleasure to read.’ Marina Warner In 2024, exactly one hundred years after his […]
Ovid’s Metamorphoses: A New Translation by C. Luke Soucy (World Literature in Translation)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 5 mbOverview: This fresh translation revives the politics and power at play in classical mythology’s foremost source Centuries of conservative translators have robbed the Metamorphoses of its subversive force. In this boldly lyrical translation, C. Luke Soucy revives the magnum […]
Metamorphoses of Hamiltonian Systems with Symmetries by Konstantinos EfstathiouRequirements: .PDF reader, 3 MBOverview: Modern notions and important tools of classical mechanics are used in the study of concrete examples that model physically significant molecular and atomic systems. The parametric nature of these examples leads naturally to the study of the major qualitative changes of such […]
Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses by Aarathi PrasadRequirements: .ePUB reader, 32.1 MBOverview: There is not just one story of silk. In silk is science, history and mythology. In silk is the future. Aarathi Prasad’s Silk is a gorgeous new history weaving together the story of a unique material that has fascinated the world for […]
Metamorphoses by Ovid Translated by A. D. Melville (Oxford World’s Classics)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 3.5 MBOverview: The Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid. Comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical […]