Research Guides: Humanities Core: Fall Quarter Context Sources

Fall Context

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Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
"Covers key aspects of ancient Greek and Roman life and literature, such as science, social structure, philosophy, and religion, and contains comprehensive articles on central figures, both real and mythological, from Achilles to Zeno"
Oxford Bibliographies Online - Classics *
Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides.
Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
Provides a survey of the Greek and Roman worlds in all their aspects drawn from the latest edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary.
Cambridge Companion to Boccaccio
Context Boccaccio as an author as well as the Decameron as a text
Oxford Companion to Italian Literature
Italian Literature from the 13th century to the present
Cambridge History of Science Fiction
History of Science Fiction as a genre, including a chapter on Afrofuturism