Jones's explores the legal, cultural, and dramatic representations of six accused murderesses (Lizzie Borden, Susan Smith, and Louise Woodward being the best known) to look at how English-speaking society responded to and controlled anxiety over female transgressions.

This book looks to construct a detailed portrait of the myth of the Greek hero, Jason.This involves examining all extant evidence, both literary and iconographical, for this hero up until the end of the fifth century B.C.

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Books about The Dictionary Historical and Critical of Mr. Peter Bayle

Although many opera dictionaries and encyclopedias are available, very few are devoted exclusively to operas in a single language. In this revised and expanded edition of Operas in English: A Dictionary, Margaret Ross Griffel brings up to date her original work on operas written specifically to an English text (including