Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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The Rest Is Silence: Death as Annihilation in the English Renaissance

The Rest Is Silence: Death as Annihilation in the English...

Author: Robert N. Watson
ISBN: 9780520366893
Format: Hardback
$157.95

How did the fear of death co-exist with the promise of Christian afterlife in the culture and literature of the...  Read More >>

Old Norse Mythology

Old Norse Mythology

Author: John Lindow (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Department of Scandinavian at the University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780190852252
Format: Hardback
$179.95

This unique introduction emphasizes how ancient Scandinavians understood and made use of their mythological stories....  Read More >>

Poetics

Poetics

Author: Aristotle ,  Mint Editions
ISBN: 9781513268002
Format: Paperback
$9.99

A founding text of European aestheticism and literary criticism, Poetics underpins our moden understanding of imaginative...  Read More >>

The Parable of the Three Rings and the Idea of Religious Toleration in European Culture

The Parable of the Three Rings and the Idea of Religious...

Author: Iris Shagrir ,  Ilana Goldberg
ISBN: 9783030296971
Format: Paperback
$116.41

This book examines the premodern encounter between the three monotheistic religions through the unique prism of...  Read More >>

Poetics

Poetics

Author: Aristotle ,  Mint Editions
ISBN: 9798888971710
Format: Hardback
$24.99

A founding text of European aestheticism and literary criticism, Poetics underpins our moden understanding of imaginative...  Read More >>

The Werewolf in the Ancient World

The Werewolf in the Ancient World

Author: Daniel Ogden (Professor of Ancient History, Professor of Ancient History, University of Exeter)
ISBN: 9780198854319
Format: Hardback
$66.95

Tales of the werewolf are well established as a sub-strand of the popular horror genre; less widely known is how...  Read More >>

Poetics: Or On The Art of Poetry

Poetics: Or On The Art of Poetry

Author: Aristotle
ISBN: 9781774261712
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Poetics, or 'On the Art of Poetry', is a treatise on literary theory by Greek Philosopher Aristotle. In this text...  Read More >>

Beowulf: A new translation

Beowulf: A new translation

Author: Maria Dahvana Headley
ISBN: 9781925713886
Format: Paperback
$27.99

A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the much-buzzed-about novel The Mere Wife --  Read More >>

Man'yoshu (Book 16): A New English Translation Containing the Original Text, Kana Transliteration, Romanization, Glossing and Commentary

Man'yoshu (Book 16): A New English Translation Containing...

Author: Alexander Vovin
ISBN: 9789004439337
Format: Hardback
$469.92

Book sixteen of the Man'yoshu ('Anthology of Myriad Leaves') continues Alexander Vovin's new English translation...  Read More >>

Reading Old English Wisdom: The Fetters in the Frost

Reading Old English Wisdom: The Fetters in the Frost...

Author: Robert DiNapoli
ISBN: 9781527564077
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This book translates and comments on a selection of Old English poems that modern scholars identify as “wisdom”...  Read More >>

Wieland-Studien 11: Aufsatze - Texte Und Dokumente

Wieland-Studien 11: Aufsatze - Texte Und Dokumente

Author: Klaus Manger
ISBN: 9783825348151
Format: Hardback
$158.40

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Art and Violence in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Art and Violence in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance...

Author: Robert G. Sullivan ,  Meriem Pages
ISBN: 9781527560192
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This collection of essays explores the intersection of art and violence in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance....  Read More >>

Selected Speeches

Selected Speeches

Author: Demosthenes ,  Robin Waterfield
ISBN: 9781663621405
Format: Hardback
$77.09

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Icelandic Folklore and the Cultural Memory of Religious Change

Icelandic Folklore and the Cultural Memory of Religious...

Author: Eric Shane Bryan (Assoc. Prof. of English, Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology)
ISBN: 9781641893756
Format: Hardback
$330.00

A cultural memory of belief in the North placing Icelandic folktales in a context of religious doctrine, social...  Read More >>

Voices of Sanskrit Poets: A Fresh Look at the Classics

Voices of Sanskrit Poets: A Fresh Look at the Classics...

Author: GRK Murty
ISBN: 9781527563476
Format: Hardback
$263.87

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Studies in the Age of Chaucer: Volume 42

Studies in the Age of Chaucer: Volume 42

Author: Sebastian Sobecki ,  Michelle Karnes
ISBN: 9780933784444
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Studies in the Age of Chaucer is the annual yearbook of the New Chaucer Society, publishing articles on the writing...  Read More >>

The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart: Fixed Forms and the Expression of the Courtly Ideal

The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart: Fixed Forms...

Author: Kristen Mossler Figg
ISBN: 9780367185763
Format: Paperback
$48.99

Originally published in 1994, The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart is a meticulous reading of the important but...  Read More >>

Medieval English Drama: An Annotated Bibliography of Recent Criticism

Medieval English Drama: An Annotated Bibliography of...

Author: Sidney E. Berger
ISBN: 9780367194703
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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Piers Plowman and Prophecy: An Approach to the C-Text

Piers Plowman and Prophecy: An Approach to the C-Text...

Author: Theodore L. Steinberg
ISBN: 9780367206918
Format: Paperback
$41.99

Originally published in 1991 Piers Plowman: An Approach to the C-Text argues that the C-text poem is inspired by...  Read More >>

The Later Middle Ages

The Later Middle Ages

Author: Stephen Medcalf ,  Nicola Coldstream
ISBN: 9780367205119
Format: Paperback
$71.99

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Early Middle English Literature

Early Middle English Literature

Author: R. M. Wilson
ISBN: 9780367204167
Format: Paperback
$71.99

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Oral Poetics in Middle English Poetry

Oral Poetics in Middle English Poetry

Author: Mark C. Amodio ,  Sarah Gray Miller
ISBN: 9780367185671
Format: Paperback
$71.99

Originally published in 1994, Oral Tradition in Middle English is an edited collection providing a multidisciplinary...  Read More >>

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