Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Oedipus; or, The Legend of a Conqueror

Oedipus; or, The Legend of a Conqueror

Author: Marie Delcourt ,  Malcolm B. DeBevoise
ISBN: 9781611863512
Format: Paperback
$50.60

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Interpreting and Living God's Law at Qumran: Miqsat Ma ase Ha-Torah, Some of the Works of the Torah (4QMMT)

Interpreting and Living God's Law at Qumran: Miqsat...

Author: Reinhard Gregor Kratz ,  Eibert Tigchelaaar
ISBN: 9783161553059
Format: Hardback
$231.32

The text Miqsat Ma ase Ha-Torah, Some of the Works of the Torah (4QMMT), is one of the most interesting texts among...  Read More >>

Der Ethnographische Topos in Der Alten Geschichte: Annaherungen an Ein Omniprasentes Phanomen

Der Ethnographische Topos in Der Alten Geschichte: Annaherungen...

Author: Michael Zerjadtke
ISBN: 9783515128704
Format: Paperback
$166.32

Die literaturwissenschaftliche Ausrichtung der althistorischen Quellenkritik in den letzten Jahrzehnten hatte fundamentale...  Read More >>

The Discourse of Marriage in the Greco-Roman World

The Discourse of Marriage in the Greco-Roman World

Author: Jeffrey Beneker ,  Georgia Tsouvala
ISBN: 9780299328405
Format: Hardback
$263.87

Demonstrates the varying conceptions of an institution that was central to ancient social and political life-and...  Read More >>

Dictionary of Riddles

Dictionary of Riddles

Author: Mark Bryant
ISBN: 9780367262563
Format: Hardback
$231.00

Originally published in 1990, Dictionary of Riddles is a collection of nearly 1500 riddles from history. The book...  Read More >>

Wie Man Manner in Schweine Verwandelt Und Wie Man Sich VOR Solch Ublen Tricks Schutzt: Rauschpflanzen Und Gifte in Antiken Mythen Und Sagen

Wie Man Manner in Schweine Verwandelt Und Wie Man Sich...

Author: Monika Niehaus ,  Michael Wink
ISBN: 9783777628424
Format: Hardback
$84.48

Erst mit dem rasanten Aufschwung der phytochemischen und pharmakologischen Forschung in den letzten Jahrzehnten...  Read More >>

The Thirteenth-Century Animal Turn: Medieval and Twenty-First-Century Perspectives

The Thirteenth-Century Animal Turn: Medieval and Twenty-First-Century...

Author: Nigel Harris
ISBN: 9783030506605
Format: Hardback
$142.29

The Thirteenth-Century Animal Turn: Medieval and Twenty-First-Century Perspectives examines a wide range of texts...  Read More >>

Behind the Masks: In the footsteps of the early Greek dramatists

Behind the Masks: In the footsteps of the early Greek...

Author: Jill Dudley
ISBN: 9780995578128
Format: Paperback
$20.67

An easy introduction to early Greek drama.  Read More >>

Christine de Pizan's Advice for Princes in Middle English Translation: Stephen Scrope's The Epistle of Othea and the Anonymous Litel Bibell of Knyghthod

Christine de Pizan's Advice for Princes in Middle English...

Author: Misty Schieberle
ISBN: 9781580443852
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Brings together for the first time the two late medieval English translations, Stephen Scrope's precise translation...  Read More >>

The Chronicles of Medieval Wales and the March: New Contexts, Studies, and Texts

The Chronicles of Medieval Wales and the March: New...

Author: Ben Guy ,  Georgia Henley
ISBN: 9782503583495
Format: Hardback
$282.48

The chronicles of medieval Wales are a rich body of source material offering an array of perspectives on historical...  Read More >>

Plautus' Erudite Comedy: New Insights into the Work of a doctus poeta

Plautus' Erudite Comedy: New Insights into the Work...

Author: Sophia Papaioannou ,  Chrysanthi Demetriou
ISBN: 9781527545663
Format: Hardback
$263.87

Alexandrianism was among the trends that defined the formation of Roman literature across genres since the early...  Read More >>

Christine de Pizan's Advice for Princes in Middle English Translation: Stephen Scrope's The Epistle of Othea and the Anonymous Litel Bibell of Knyghthod

Christine de Pizan's Advice for Princes in Middle English...

Author: Misty Schieberle
ISBN: 9781580443869
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Brings together for the first time the two late medieval English translations, Stephen Scrope's precise translation...  Read More >>

Encomia 2016-2018, N 40-42: Bulletin Bibliographique de la Societe Internationale de Litterature Courtoise

Encomia 2016-2018, N 40-42: Bulletin Bibliographique...

Author: Classiques Garnier
ISBN: 9782406109587
Format: Paperback
$229.68

Encomia est le bulletin de la Societe Internationale de Litterature Courtoise. Il comporte la bibliographie de la...  Read More >>

Encomia: 2016 2018, No 40-42: Bulletin Bibliographique de la Societe Internationale de Litterature Courtoise

Encomia: 2016 2018, No 40-42: Bulletin Bibliographique...

Author: Classiques Garnier
ISBN: 9782406109570
Format: Paperback
$229.68

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After Ancient Biography: Modern Types and Classical Archetypes

After Ancient Biography: Modern Types and Classical...

Author: Robert Fraser
ISBN: 9783030351687
Format: Hardback
$116.41

Marrying life-writing with classical reception, this book examines ancient biography and its impact on subsequent...  Read More >>

The Chanson d'Antioche: An Old French Account of the First Crusade

The Chanson d'Antioche: An Old French Account of the...

Author: Carol Sweetenham ,  Susan B. Edgington
ISBN: 9780367602062
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This is the first translation into English of the Old French Chanson d'Antioche, a text which has long intrigued...  Read More >>

Marino Sanudo Torsello, The Book of the Secrets of the Faithful of the Cross: Liber Secretorum Fidelium Crucis

Marino Sanudo Torsello, The Book of the Secrets of the...

Author: Peter Lock (University of Leeds, UK)
ISBN: 9780367602369
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This is the first full English translation of Marino Sanudo Torsello's Secreta fidelium Crucis, a piece of crusading...  Read More >>

Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy: Volume XXXV (2019)

Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient...

Author: Gary M. Gurtler, S.J ,  Daniel Maher
ISBN: 9789004438576
Format: Paperback
$359.04

Volume 35 contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during...  Read More >>

The Interpretation of Nizami’s Cultural Heritage in the Contemporary Period: Shared past and cultural legacy in the transition from the prism of national literature criteria

The Interpretation of Nizami’s Cultural Heritage in...

Author: Rahilya Geybullayeva ,  Christine van Ruymbeke
ISBN: 9783631817148
Format: Paperback
$215.15

This book fills a void in the field of pre-modern literature written in Persian. It is the first scholarly publication...  Read More >>

Man'yoshu (Book 2): A New English Translation Containing the Original Text, Kana Transliteration, Romanization, Glossing and Commentary

Man'yoshu (Book 2): A New English Translation Containing...

Author: Alexander Vovin
ISBN: 9789004431850
Format: Hardback
$554.40

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

The First Pagan Historian: The Fortunes of a Fraud from Antiquity to the Enlightenment

The First Pagan Historian: The Fortunes of a Fraud from...

Author: Frederic Clark
ISBN: 9780190492328
Format: Undefined
$195.36

In The History of the Destruction of Troy, Dares the Phrygian boldly claimed himself as eyewitness to the Trojan...  Read More >>

Der Ritter, der ein Mädchen war: Studien zum Roman de Silence von Heldris de Cornouailles

Der Ritter, der ein Mädchen war: Studien zum Roman de...

Author: Inci Bozkaya ,  Britta Bussmann
ISBN: 9783847111962
Format: Hardback
$137.11

The medieval novel de Silence tells the story of a girl who is brought up as a boy far from courtesy and takes on...  Read More >>

Tragedy

Tragedy

Author: Terry Eagleton
ISBN: 9780300252217
Format: Hardback
$46.95

A new account of tragedy and its fundamental position in Western culture  Read More >>

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