Fiona Cox: 3 books
Aeneas Takes the Metro
The Presence of Virgil in Twentieth-century French Literature
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2017
"This study traces Virgil's journey through twentieth-century France by examining his profile in the works of Gide, Aragon, Valery, Pagnol, Klossowski, Butor, Simon and Pinget, and by looking at how their Virgilian appropriations complement and modify current readings of the ""Aeneid""...
Ovid's Presence in Contemporary Women's Writing
Strange Monsters
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
This innovative study analyses the presence of Ovid in contemporary women's writing through a series of insightful case studies of prominent female authors, from Ali Smith, Marina Warner, and Marie Darrieussecq, to Alice Oswald, Saviana Stãnescu, and Yoko Tawada. Using Ovid in their engagements with...
Pharmacology for Chemists
Drug Discovery in Context
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Assuming little previous knowledge of biology, this book aids graduate chemists to close the gap in their knowledge of pharmacology and make the link between medicinal chemistry and the way in which drugs act on the body. The availability of receptor structures has revolutionized drug discovery and...