In this classic French fairy tale, a young girl named Belle agrees to be imprisoned by a monstrous Beast to save her father from certain death. But is the Beast what he appears to be, or is there more to him than meet...

[1] Phaedrus, Justin, Nepos.--[2] Ovid, Curtius, Cicero

x, 345 p. ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index The hidden Dunkin -- Crazy John and the bishop -- The good-natured Gael -- The masochism of Thomas Moore -- Cork and the carnivalesque -- Home and away :...

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xiii, 316 pages : 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction: Thinking across continents / Ranjan Ghosh -- Introduction continued: The idiosyncrasy of the literary text / J. Hillis Miller -- Maki...

The decameron / Boccaccio -- The memoirs of Casanova / Casanova -- The journals of James Boswell / James Boswell -- Candide / Voltaire -- Venus in India / Charles Devereaux -- My secret life / Walter -- Eveline / Anon...