Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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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: 9781802074802
Format: Paperback
$64.66

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

The Hero's Mortal Walls: Identity and Defenses in Early Epic and Romance

The Hero's Mortal Walls: Identity and Defenses in Early...

Author: William F. Woods
ISBN: 9781476686233
Format: Paperback
$110.00

Analyses seven iconic heroes and compares each champion to a walled town or castle, hardened against an outer threat....  Read More >>

The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin: Volume 2, 1066–1500

The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin: Volume...

Author: Carolinne White (University of Oxford) ,  Catherine Conybeare (Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9781107186576
Format: Hardback
$258.75

This anthology presents in two volumes a series of Latin texts (with English translation) produced in Britain during...  Read More >>

The Middle Dutch Brut: An Edition and Translation

The Middle Dutch Brut: An Edition and Translation

Author: Sjoerd Levelt
ISBN: 9781802073614
Format: Paperback
$64.66

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"Ovid's ""Heroides"" and the Augustan Principate"

"Ovid's ""Heroides"" and the Augustan Principate"

Author: Megan O. Drinkwater
ISBN: 9780299337841
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Illustrates how Ovid used innovations of literary form to articulate an expression of the crisis of civic identity...  Read More >>

Menander: Untersuchungen Zur Dramatischen Technik

Menander: Untersuchungen Zur Dramatischen Technik

Author: Niklas Holzberg
ISBN: 9783911065030
Format: Hardback
$198.00

"Die zweite, grundlich uberarbeitete Auflage von Niklas Holzbergs Analyse der dramatischen Technik Menanders geht...  Read More >>

Bad Chaucer: The Great Poet's Greatest Mistakes in the Canterbury Tales

Bad Chaucer: The Great Poet's Greatest Mistakes in the...

Author: Tison Pugh
ISBN: 9780472133444
Format: Hardback
$79.20

From a vexing catalog of trees in the Knight’s Tale to the flirtations with blasphemy in the Parson’s Tale, this...  Read More >>

The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures

The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and...

Author: C. Ceyhun Arslan
ISBN: 9781399525824
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Studies the intertwined manner in which Arabic and Turkish literatures took shape as national traditions  Read More >>

Julian the Apostate in Byzantine Culture

Julian the Apostate in Byzantine Culture

Author: Stefano Trovato
ISBN: 9781032017488
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book analyses Julian the Apostate from the perspectives of Byzantine Culture.  Read More >>

Spiritual Formation as the Hero’s Journey in John of Ruusbroec

Spiritual Formation as the Hero’s Journey in John of...

Author: Robert Pelfrey (Manchester Wesley Research Centre, Nazarene Theological College, USA)
ISBN: 9781032154268
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book examines the theology of spiritual formation developed by fourteenth-century Flemish mystic John of Ruusbroec,...  Read More >>

The Epic World

The Epic World

Author: Pamela Lothspeich
ISBN: 9780367252366
Format: Hardback
$452.00

"The go-to volume for anyone interested in epic literature in a global framework. Engaging with powerful stories...  Read More >>

Fantasies of Music in Nostalgic Medievalism

Fantasies of Music in Nostalgic Medievalism

Author: Helen Dell
ISBN: 9781526173959
Format: Hardback
$195.00

This book studies the ways in which three fields of creative activity inspired by the medieval musical performance,...  Read More >>

The Formation of Biblical Texts: Chronicling the Legacy of Gary N. Knoppers

The Formation of Biblical Texts: Chronicling the Legacy...

Author: Deirdre N. Fulton ,  Kenneth A. Ristau
ISBN: 9783161607417
Format: Hardback
$541.20

Questions concerning the composition and formation of biblical texts have dominated many of the current discussions...  Read More >>

Revelation's New Jerusalem in Late Antiquity

Revelation's New Jerusalem in Late Antiquity

Author: Nathan Betz ,  Anthony Dupont
ISBN: 9783161623769
Format: Paperback
$361.68

The contributions in this volume explore the intricate Late Antique reception of the New Jerusalem image from the...  Read More >>

Holy War Discourses in 1QM and John's Apocalypse: A Comparative Study

Holy War Discourses in 1QM and John's Apocalypse: A...

Author: David Chapman Harris
ISBN: 9783161624285
Format: Paperback
$311.52

In this study, David Chapman Harris compares the Qumran War Scroll with John's Apocalypse through the lens of the...  Read More >>

Between Byzantine Men: Desire, Homosociality, and Brotherhood in the Medieval Empire

Between Byzantine Men: Desire, Homosociality, and Brotherhood...

Author: Mark Masterson
ISBN: 9781032284446
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book foregrounds desire between men in and around the imperial court of the 900s.  Read More >>

Old Norse Poetry in Performance

Old Norse Poetry in Performance

Author: Brian McMahon ,  Annemari Ferreira
ISBN: 9781032252315
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This book presents a range of approaches to the study of Old Norse poetry in performance. This book will be of great...  Read More >>

Feminist Intersectionality: Centering the Margins in 21st-Century Medieval Studies

Feminist Intersectionality: Centering the Margins in...

Author: Samantha Seal ,  Nicole Nolan Sidhu
ISBN: 9783031221187
Format: Paperback
$284.60

This book gathers contributions negotiating feminism's place within medieval studies. It is about overlaps and twists,...  Read More >>

Contos Novos

Contos Novos

Author: Mario de Andrade
ISBN: 9786554700139
Format: Paperback
$39.57

"Contos Novos"" � uma colet�nea de contos escrita por M�rio de Andrade, publicada em 1947. Nessa obra, o autor apresenta...  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: 9780028685021
Format: Hardback
$1425.60

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

Niobes: Antiquity, Modernity, Critical Theory

Niobes: Antiquity, Modernity, Critical Theory

Author: Mario Tel� ,  Andrew Benjamin
ISBN: 9780814215630
Format: Hardback
$263.87

Explores the mythical figure of Niobe and her continuing relevance as a bridge between classical and ancient discourses...  Read More >>

Fixers: Agency, Translation, and the Early Global History of Literature

Fixers: Agency, Translation, and the Early Global History...

Author: Professor Zrinka Stahuljak
ISBN: 9780226830407
Format: Paperback
$57.95

A new history of early global literature that treats translators as active agents, mediating cultures. In this...  Read More >>

The Alcaic Metre in the English Imagination

The Alcaic Metre in the English Imagination

Author: Dr John Talbot (Brigham Young University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350232532
Format: Paperback
$59.99

A study of how the ancient poetic form, the Alcaic strophe, entered into the English literary imagination, transformed...  Read More >>

Hellenistic Literature and Culture: Studies in Honor of Susan A. Stephens

Hellenistic Literature and Culture: Studies in Honor...

Author: Benjamin Acosta-Hughes (Ohio State University, USA) ,  Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne (University of Virginia, USA)
ISBN: 9781350286016
Format: Hardback
$200.00

In this book, leading Greek scholars explore the rich and diverse poetry and prose of the long Hellenistic period....  Read More >>

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