Peter Toohey: 6 books

Peter Toohey edebiyattan sanata, modern tıbbi araştırmalara kadar geniş bir yelpazede ustalıkla dolaşıp hiç mi hiç sıkmayan bir tarihi konu ediyor. Her şeyin bir tarihi var. Düşüncelerin, alışkanlıkların, doğaüstü varlıkların, gizlice sevdiğimiz, korktuğumuz şeylerin...

Kıskançlık, "Üçüncü Şahsın Şiiri"dir!Kıskançlık ve haset aynı anlama mı gelir? Ya da gıpta? Ya da imrenmek?Kıskançlığı diğerlerinden ayıran şey nedir?Peter Toohey'e kulak verecek olursak: Aşk Üçgeni. Hani o "Üçüncü Şahsın Şiiri"ni acı, öfke ve çaresizlik hissiyle...

Compete, acquire, succeed, enjoy: the pressures of living in today’s materialistic world seem predicated upon jealousy—the feelings of rivalry and resentment for possession of whatever the other has. But while our newspapers abound with stories of the sometimes droll, sometimes deadly consequences...

Didactic Epic was enormously popular in the ancient world. It was used to teach Greeks and Romans technical and scientific subjects, but in verse. Epic Lessons shows how this scientific poetry was intended not just to instruct but also to entertain. Praise for its predecessor, Reading Epic 'Toohey's...

Readers new to ancient epic are hampered in two ways: they do not know the ancient languages, and they are unfamiliar with the ancient world. This survey addresses the needs of these readers by offering guidance through the major classical writers of epic: it begins with Homer and concludes with an...

Ancient literature features many powerful narratives of madness, depression, melancholy, lovesickness, simple boredom, and the effects of such psychological states upon individual sufferers. Peter Toohey turns his attention to representations of these emotional states in the Classical, Hellenistic,...