Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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In the Flesh: Embodied Identities in Roman Elegy

In the Flesh: Embodied Identities in Roman Elegy

Author: Erika Zimmermann Damer
ISBN: 9780299318741
Format: Paperback
$68.51

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Dionysus and Rome: Religion and Literature

Dionysus and Rome: Religion and Literature

Author: Fiachra Mac Gorain
ISBN: 9783110777765
Format: Paperback
$42.81

This book offers a rounded examination of the Roman and Italian manifestations of Dionysus. Nine essays address...  Read More >>

Hartmann von Aue: ‚Iwein‘

Hartmann von Aue: ‚Iwein‘

Author: Mario Klarer
ISBN: 9783110718904
Format: Hardback
$195.54

In this eleven-volume complete transcription of the ‘Ambraser Heldenbuch,’ all texts appear in the original Early...  Read More >>

‚Ortnit‘. ‚Wolfdietrich A‘

‚Ortnit‘. ‚Wolfdietrich A‘

Author: Mario Klarer
ISBN: 9783110718980
Format: Hardback
$204.12

In this eleven-volume complete transcription of the ‘Ambraser Heldenbuch,’ all texts appear in the original Early...  Read More >>

Kleinepik. Wolfram von Eschenbach: ‚Titurel‘. ‚Brief des Priesterkönigs Johannes‘

Kleinepik. Wolfram von Eschenbach: ‚Titurel‘. ‚Brief...

Author: Mario Klarer
ISBN: 9783110718997
Format: Hardback
$212.70

In this eleven-volume complete transcription of the ‘Ambraser Heldenbuch,’ all texts appear in the original Early...  Read More >>

‚Rabenschlacht‘

‚Rabenschlacht‘

Author: Mario Klarer
ISBN: 9783110718935
Format: Hardback
$195.54

In this eleven-volume complete transcription of the ‘Ambraser Heldenbuch,’ all texts appear in the original Early...  Read More >>

‚Nibelungenlied‘

‚Nibelungenlied‘

Author: Mario Klarer
ISBN: 9783110718942
Format: Hardback
$229.86

In this eleven-volume complete transcription of the ‘Ambraser Heldenbuch,’ all texts appear in the original Early...  Read More >>

‚Biterolf und Dietleib‘

‚Biterolf und Dietleib‘

Author: Mario Klarer
ISBN: 9783110718973
Format: Hardback
$229.86

In this eleven-volume complete transcription of the ‘Ambraser Heldenbuch,’ all texts appear in the original Early...  Read More >>

‚Dietrichs Flucht‘

‚Dietrichs Flucht‘

Author: Mario Klarer
ISBN: 9783110718928
Format: Hardback
$221.28

In this eleven-volume complete transcription of the ‘Ambraser Heldenbuch,’ all texts appear in the original Early...  Read More >>

Höfische Texte

Höfische Texte

Author: Mario Klarer
ISBN: 9783110635058
Format: Hardback
$176.66

"The ""Ambras Book of Heroes,"" commissioned by Maximilian I, is one of the most important sources of medieval German...  Read More >>

‚Kudrun‘

‚Kudrun‘

Author: Mario Klarer
ISBN: 9783110718966
Format: Hardback
$221.28

In this eleven-volume complete transcription of the ‘Ambraser Heldenbuch,’ all texts appear in the original Early...  Read More >>

‚Nibelungenklage‘

‚Nibelungenklage‘

Author: Mario Klarer
ISBN: 9783110718959
Format: Hardback
$159.50

In this eleven-volume complete transcription of the ‘Ambraser Heldenbuch,’ all texts appear in the original Early...  Read More >>

Hartmann von Aue: ‚Erec‘. ‚Der Mantel‘

Hartmann von Aue: ‚Erec‘. ‚Der Mantel‘

Author: Mario Klarer
ISBN: 9783110718911
Format: Hardback
$212.70

In this eleven-volume complete transcription of the ‘Ambraser Heldenbuch,’ all texts appear in the original Early...  Read More >>

Persuasionsstrategien im vormodernen Theater (14.–16. Jh.): Eine semiotische Analyse religiöser Spiele im deutschen und französischen Sprachraum

Persuasionsstrategien im vormodernen Theater (14.–16....

Author: Carlotta Posth
ISBN: 9783110737257
Format: Hardback
$188.67

Which means were employed in religious plays to convince audiences of their religious and political messages? This...  Read More >>

Literarische Herrschersakralität – Erzählen von Karl dem Großen: Rolandslied des Pfaffen Konrad – Strickers Karl der Große – Zürcher Buch vom heiligen Karl

Literarische Herrschersakralität – Erzählen von Karl...

Author: Fridtjof Bigalke
ISBN: 9783110768169
Format: Hardback
$171.51

"This study examines stagings of the rule of Charlemagne in Upper German chanson de geste adaptations of the twelfth...  Read More >>

Olde Clerkis Speche: Chaucer's Trolius and Criseyde and the Implications of Authorial Recital

Olde Clerkis Speche: Chaucer's Trolius and Criseyde...

Author: William A. Quinn
ISBN: 9780813235684
Format: Paperback
$59.40

Affirms both the historical legitimacy and the interpretive benefits of reading Troilus and Criseyde as if the text...  Read More >>

Song Regained: Working with Greek Poetic Fragments

Song Regained: Working with Greek Poetic Fragments

Author: Margarita Alexandrou ,  Chris Carey
ISBN: 9783110710960
Format: Hardback
$205.83

"This collection offers a hands-on investigation of a wide range of approaches to the world of fragmentary poetic...  Read More >>

Witnesses and Evidence in Ancient Greek Literature

Witnesses and Evidence in Ancient Greek Literature

Author: Andreas Markantonatos ,  Vasileios Liotsakis
ISBN: 9783110751161
Format: Hardback
$188.67

Through an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach, the articles in this volume argue that by advancing our...  Read More >>

The Gaelic Background of Old English Poetry before Bede

The Gaelic Background of Old English Poetry before Bede...

Author: Colin A. Ireland
ISBN: 9781501520280
Format: Hardback
$303.57

This ground-breaking study displays the transformations created by the growth of vernacular literatures and bilingual...  Read More >>

The Courts of Philip II and Alexander the Great: Monarchy and Power in Ancient Macedonia

The Courts of Philip II and Alexander the Great: Monarchy...

Author: Frances Pownall ,  Sulochana R. Asirvatham
ISBN: 9783110622409
Format: Hardback
$314.13

Although the spectacular military achievements of Philip II and Alexander the Great have attracted attention since...  Read More >>

The Young Dante: Archetypes of His Early Intellectual Biography

The Young Dante: Archetypes of His Early Intellectual...

Author: Maria Luisa Ardizzone
ISBN: 9781527577923
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This book deals with Dante’s Florentine years, particularly those of his early intellectual formation between the...  Read More >>

A New Translation of the Novellino of Masuccio Salernitano

A New Translation of the Novellino of Masuccio Salernitano...

Author: Christopher Stace
ISBN: 9781527577916
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This book provides a much-needed new version of an unjustly neglected 15th century Italian collection of prose tales...  Read More >>

Juvenal Satires Book III

Juvenal Satires Book III

Author: John Godwin
ISBN: 9781800854864
Format: Hardback
$396.00

The three poems (Satires 7, 8 and 9) that comprise Book 3 of the Satires form a brilliant collection, displaying...  Read More >>

The Acts of the Council of Constantinople of 869-70

The Acts of the Council of Constantinople of 869-70...

Author: Richard Price ,  Federico Montinaro (University of Tübingen (Germany))
ISBN: 9781800856844
Format: Hardback
$341.55

The Council of Constantinople of 869-70 was highly dramatic, with its trial and condemnation of Patriarch Photius,...  Read More >>

Beowulf—A Poem

Beowulf—A Poem

Author: Andrew Scheil (Professor of English, University of Minnesota)
ISBN: 9781641893916
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Why should anyone read Beowulf? This book presents a passionate literary argument for Beowulf as a searching, subtle...  Read More >>

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