Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Petrarch and His Legacies

Petrarch and His Legacies

Author: Ernesto Livorni ,  Jelena Todorovic
ISBN: 9780866986342
Format: Paperback
$237.60

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Old English Tradition – Essays in Honor of J. R. Hall

Old English Tradition – Essays in Honor of J. R. Hall...

Author: Lindy Brady
ISBN: 9780866986366
Format: Paperback
$237.60

Old English Tradition contains eighteen new essays by leading scholars in the field of Old English literary studies....  Read More >>

Opera

Opera

Author: Quintus Horatius Flaccus ,  Friedrich Klingner
ISBN: 9783110202939
Format: Paperback
$51.39

The Bibliotheca Teubneriana, established in 1849, has evolved into the world's most venerable and extensive series...  Read More >>

Polyphony and the Modern

Polyphony and the Modern

Author: Jonathan Fruoco
ISBN: 9780367655150
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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Aspects of Death and the Afterlife in Greek Literature

Aspects of Death and the Afterlife in Greek Literature...

Author: George Alexander Gazis ,  Anthony Hooper (Lecturer, University of Wollongong (Australia))
ISBN: 9781789621495
Format: Hardback
$232.88

The concept of the afterlife has always been prominent in both Greek literature and modern scholarship alike. The...  Read More >>

Villainy in France (1463-1610): A Transcultural Study of Law and Literature

Villainy in France (1463-1610): A Transcultural Study...

Author: Jonathan Patterson (Departmental Lecturer in French and Fellow of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9780198840015
Format: Hardback
$158.95

Explores the idea of villainy as a literary trope in French literature from 1450 to 1610, and the extent to which...  Read More >>

The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition

The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition

Author: Andy Orchard
ISBN: 9780674055339
Format: Hardback
$61.95

Wordplay has been at the heart of Western literature for many centuries, and medieval riddles provide insights into...  Read More >>

Couch City: Socrates against Simonides

Couch City: Socrates against Simonides

Author: Harry Berger ,  Jill Frank
ISBN: 9780823294237
Format: Hardback
$110.95

Crowning six decades of literary, rhetorical, and historical scholarship, Harry Berger, Jr., offers readers another...  Read More >>

J. W. H. Atkins on Literary Criticism

J. W. H. Atkins on Literary Criticism

Author: J. W. H. Atkins
ISBN: 9780367762889
Format: Mixed media product
$1050.00

Originally published between 1934 and 1952 these volumes are classics in the field of literary criticism. Their...  Read More >>

Auf der Suche nach Autofiktion in der antiken Literatur

Auf der Suche nach Autofiktion in der antiken Literatur...

Author: Gregor Bitto ,  Bardo Maria Gauly
ISBN: 9783110739039
Format: Hardback
$222.99

Das 'Ich' antiker Texte changiert nicht selten zwischen historischem Autor und fiktionaler Stilisierung. Um weder...  Read More >>

The Knights of Modernism: The Chivalric Ideal in the World Novel of the 20th Century

The Knights of Modernism: The Chivalric Ideal in the...

Author: Branko Vraneš
ISBN: 9783662619315
Format: Hardback
$232.85

According to the customary literary-historical and theoretical notion, the fact that the first modern novel represents...  Read More >>

Renaut de Bâgé, 'Le Bel Inconnu': ('Li Biaus Descouneüs'; 'The Fair Unknown')

Renaut de Bâgé, 'Le Bel Inconnu': ('Li Biaus Descouneüs';...

Author: Karen L Fresco
ISBN: 9780367529291
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Originally published in 1992, Le Bel Inconnu edited and with an introduction by Karen Fresco, presents on facing...  Read More >>

Animal Homificans: Normativitat Von Natur Und Autorisierung Des Politischen in Der Europaischen Tierepik Des Mittelalters

Animal Homificans: Normativitat Von Natur Und Autorisierung...

Author: Jan Gluck
ISBN: 9783825348182
Format: Hardback
$161.04

Die Rezeption der 'Politik' des Aristoteles im spaten 13. Jahrhundert mit der Konzeption des Menschen als 'animal...  Read More >>

Epistolary Poetry in Byzantium and Beyond: An Anthology with Critical Essays

Epistolary Poetry in Byzantium and Beyond: An Anthology...

Author: Krystina Kubina ,  Alexander Riehle
ISBN: 9780367759971
Format: Paperback
$77.99

The present volume introduces the reader to this hitherto unexplored chapter of post-classical Greek literature...  Read More >>

Gods and Mortals in Early Greek and Near Eastern Mythology

Gods and Mortals in Early Greek and Near Eastern Mythology...

Author: Adrian Kelly (University of Oxford) ,  Christopher Metcalf (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9781108480246
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Addresses one of the most important current questions in the study of antiquity – the contribution of the Near East...  Read More >>

The Classics in South America: Five Case Studies

The Classics in South America: Five Case Studies

Author: Dr Germán Campos Muñoz (Appalachian State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350170254
Format: Hardback
$190.00

This volume examines the long and complex history of the Greco-Roman tradition in South America, arguing that the...  Read More >>

Epistolary Poetry in Byzantium and Beyond: An Anthology with Critical Essays

Epistolary Poetry in Byzantium and Beyond: An Anthology...

Author: Krystina Kubina ,  Alexander Riehle
ISBN: 9780367255312
Format: Hardback
$284.00

The present volume introduces the reader to this hitherto unexplored chapter of post-classical Greek literature...  Read More >>

The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy

Author: Dante ,  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
ISBN: 9781789432572
Format: Paperback
$25.85

The Divine Comedy was appreciated as a masterpiece soon after its completion, andhas captivated readers and the...  Read More >>

Dante′s Volume from Alpha to Omega

Dante′s Volume from Alpha to Omega

Author: Christiana Purdy Moudarres ,  Carol Chiodo
ISBN: 9780866986359
Format: Paperback
$253.44

Dante’s Volume from Alpha to Omega brings together essays written by internationally recognized scholars to explore...  Read More >>

Of Knyghthode and Bataile

Of Knyghthode and Bataile

Author: Trevor Russell Smith ,  Michael Livingston
ISBN: 9781580444767
Format: Paperback
$68.57

Composed for King Henry VI in the middle of the Wars of the Roses, Of Knyghthode and Bataile adapts the most widely...  Read More >>

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