Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Celebrating Arthur Darby Nock: Choice, Change, and Conversion

Celebrating Arthur Darby Nock: Choice, Change, and Conversion...

Author: Robert Matthew Calhoun ,  James A. Kelhoffer
ISBN: 9783161610004
Format: Hardback
$427.97

"Arthur Darby Nock (1902-1963) made lasting contributions to classical scholarship and the history of religion,...  Read More >>

Hrafnkel or the Ambiguities: Hard Cases, Hard Choices

Hrafnkel or the Ambiguities: Hard Cases, Hard Choices...

Author: William Ian Miller (Thomas G. Long Professor of Law, Thomas G. Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan)
ISBN: 9780192855817
Format: Paperback
$67.95

William Ian Miller presents a close reading of one of the best known of the Icelandic sagas, showing its moral,...  Read More >>

Love and Virtue in Middle English and Middle Scots Poetry

Love and Virtue in Middle English and Middle Scots Poetry...

Author: Magdalena Bator ,  Dominika Ruszkiewicz
ISBN: 9783631861738
Format: Hardback
$109.45

The book provides the first comprehensive study of love and ethics in late medieval poems written by Geoffrey Chaucer,...  Read More >>

Des Saints Et Des Livres: Christianisme Flamboyant Et Manuscrits Hagiographiques Du Nord a la Fin Du Moyen Age (Xiiie-Xvie Siecle)

Des Saints Et Des Livres: Christianisme Flamboyant Et...

Author: Fernand Peloux
ISBN: 9782503595856
Format: Hardback
$406.56

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The Reception of Aristotle’s Poetics in the Italian Renaissance and Beyond: New Directions in Criticism

The Reception of Aristotle’s Poetics in the Italian...

Author: Dr Bryan Brazeau (University of Warwick, UK)
ISBN: 9781350251434
Format: Paperback
$64.99

Using new and cutting-edge perspectives, this book explores literary criticism and the reception of Aristotle's...  Read More >>

Uncertain Refuge: Sanctuary in the Literature of Medieval England

Uncertain Refuge: Sanctuary in the Literature of Medieval...

Author: Elizabeth Allen
ISBN: 9780812253443
Format: Hardback
$158.27

""An examination of sanctuary seeking in the literature of medieval England between the twelfth and the seventeenth...  Read More >>

Particles in Ancient Greek Discourse: Exploring Particle Use across Genres

Particles in Ancient Greek Discourse: Exploring Particle...

Author: Anna Bonifazi ,  Annemieke Drummen
ISBN: 9780674271296
Format: Paperback
$65.95

From 2010 to 2014, the Classics Department at the University of Heidelberg set out to trace over two millennia of...  Read More >>

La «cavalleria umanistica» italiana / The Italian “Humanistic Chivalry”: Enyego (Inico) d’Àvalos e ‘Curial e Guelfa’ / Enyego (Inico) d’Àvalos and ‘Curial e Guelfa’

La «cavalleria umanistica» italiana / The Italian “Humanistic...

Author: Antoni Ferrando (University of Valencia) ,  Anna Maria Babbi (University of Verona)
ISBN: 9789027209283
Format: Hardback
$207.00

This book aims to contribute to the knowledge of the cultural and linguistic relations between Italy and the Crown...  Read More >>

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism: Criticism of the Works of World Authors from Classical Antiquity Through the Fourteenth Century, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism: Criticism...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9781410395191
Format: Hardback
$1275.12

Classical and Medieval Literature CriticismM assembles and contextualizes critical responses to the works of writers...  Read More >>

Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800: Critical Discussion of the Works of Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth-Century Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Philosophers, and Other Creative Writers

Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800: Critical Discussion...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9781410398895
Format: Hardback
$1275.12

Presents literary criticism on the works of writers of the period 1400-1800. Critical essays are selected from leading...  Read More >>

World Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern Textual Culture

World Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern Textual...

Author: Louise D'Arcens (Professor of English, Macquarie University)
ISBN: 9780198825944
Format: Hardback
$181.13

Explores the ways in which a range of modern textual cultures have continued to engage creatively with the medieval...  Read More >>

Priests and their Books in Late Anglo-Saxon England

Priests and their Books in Late Anglo-Saxon England...

Author: Professor Gerald P. Dyson (Royalty Account)
ISBN: 9781783276387
Format: Paperback
$69.84

Fresh perspectives on the English clergy, their books, and the wider Anglo-Saxon church.  Read More >>

Ancient Greek I: A 21st Century Approach

Ancient Greek I: A 21st Century Approach

Author: Philip Peek
ISBN: 9781800642553
Format: Hardback
$129.25

In this elementary textbook, Philip S. Peek draws on his twenty-five years of teaching experience to present the...  Read More >>

Su'ila: Die Sumerischen Handerhebungsgebete Aus Dem Repertoire Des Klagesangers

Su'ila: Die Sumerischen Handerhebungsgebete Aus Dem...

Author: Daisuke Shibata
ISBN: 9783447116787
Format: Hardback
$330.00

"Im antiken Mesopotamien wurden Gebete der ""Handerhebung"" (su'ila) - bezeichnet nach der beim Beten eingenommenen...  Read More >>

Humanism, Drama, and Performance: Unwriting Theatre

Humanism, Drama, and Performance: Unwriting Theatre...

Author: Hana Worthen
ISBN: 9783030440688
Format: Paperback
$194.04

This book examines the appropriation of theatre and theatrical performance by ideologies of humanism, in terms that...  Read More >>

How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the Land

How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the...

Author: M D Usher ,  M D Usher
ISBN: 9798200921171
Format: Audio
$34.29

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How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the Land

How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the...

Author: M D Usher ,  M D Usher
ISBN: 9798200921188
Format: Audio
$34.29

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Incarceration and Slavery in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age: A Cultural-Historical Investigation of the Dark Side in the Pre-Modern World

Incarceration and Slavery in the Middle Ages and the...

Author: Albrecht Classen ,  Warren Tormey
ISBN: 9781793648280
Format: Hardback
$216.95

In this volume, scholars of pre-modern Europe and the Arab world examine the issues of incarceration and slavery....  Read More >>

Homer: The Very Idea

Homer: The Very Idea

Author: James I Porter
ISBN: 9780226675893
Format: Hardback
$49.95

The story of our ongoing fascination with Homer, the man and the myth.    Read More >>

Medieval Romance, Arthurian Literature: Essays in Honour of Elizabeth Archibald

Medieval Romance, Arthurian Literature: Essays in Honour...

Author: Professor A. S. G. Edwards ,  Venetia Bridges (Royalty Account)
ISBN: 9781843846161
Format: Hardback
$207.00

Two crucial genres of medieval literature are studied in this outstanding collection.  Read More >>

Paul and Philo on the Politics of the Land, Jerusalem, and Temple

Paul and Philo on the Politics of the Land, Jerusalem,...

Author: John-Paul Harper
ISBN: 9783161606465
Format: Paperback
$243.48

"In this study, John-Paul Harper critically compares how Paul and Philo rethought the significant Jewish symbols...  Read More >>

Brill’ s Companion to the Reception of Homer from the Hellenistic Age to Late Antiquity

Brill’ s Companion to the Reception of Homer from the...

Author: Christina-Panagiota Manolea
ISBN: 9789004243439
Format: Hardback
$615.12

The volume is about the appropriation of the Homeric poems by writers of the 3rd century BCE to the 6th century...  Read More >>

Journey through Utopia

Journey through Utopia

Author: Marie Louise Berneri
ISBN: 9780367361105
Format: Paperback
$71.99

In this title, originally published in 1950, the author has set out to give a description and a critical assessment...  Read More >>

Architectural Space and the Imagination: Houses in Literature and Art from Classical to Contemporary

Architectural Space and the Imagination: Houses in Literature...

Author: Jane Griffiths ,  Adam Hanna
ISBN: 9783030360696
Format: Paperback
$258.72

This book sheds light on the intimate relationship between built space and the mind, exploring the ways in which...  Read More >>

Themistius and Valens: Orations 6-13

Themistius and Valens: Orations 6-13

Author: Simon Swain (Professor of Classics, Department of Classics & Ancient History, University of Warwick (United Kingdom))
ISBN: 9781800856776
Format: Hardback
$284.63

Themistius and Valens offers the first complete English translation and analysis of Themistius' speeches for the...  Read More >>

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