Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Piers Plowman: Critical Approaches

Piers Plowman: Critical Approaches

Author: S.S. Hussey
ISBN: 9780367202651
Format: Hardback
$252.00

Originally published in 1969 Piers Plowman is a collection of 12 original essays by leading academics on Piers Plowman....  Read More >>

Middle English Literature: A Critical Study of the Romances, the Religious Lyrics, and Piers Plowman

Middle English Literature: A Critical Study of the Romances,...

Author: George Kane
ISBN: 9780367187156
Format: Hardback
$221.00

Originally published in 1951 Middle English Literature applies methods of artistry in literary evaluation to certain...  Read More >>

The Poetry of John Lydgate

The Poetry of John Lydgate

Author: Alain Renoir
ISBN: 9780367206970
Format: Hardback
$194.00

Originally published in 1967 The Poetry of John Lydgate presents a broad discussion of John Lydgate’s secular poetry...  Read More >>

Justice and Mercy in Piers Plowman: A Reading of the B Text Visio

Justice and Mercy in Piers Plowman: A Reading of the...

Author: Myra Stokes
ISBN: 9780367184650
Format: Hardback
$231.00

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The Eulogius Corpus

The Eulogius Corpus

Author: Kenneth Baxter Wolf
ISBN: 9781789621211
Format: Paperback
$174.24

Eulogius (d. 859), a priest living under Islamic rule in Córdoba, is our principal source for the “Córdoban martyrs’...  Read More >>

The Protean Text: "A Study of Versions of the Medieval French Legend of ""Doon and Olive"""

The Protean Text: "A Study of Versions of the Medieval...

Author: Kimberlee Anne Campbell
ISBN: 9780367183783
Format: Hardback
$194.00

"Originally published in 1988, The Protean Text looks at the shifting evolution of medieval texts and how both social...  Read More >>

Handbook of Arthurian Romance: King Arthur's Court in Medieval European Literature

Handbook of Arthurian Romance: King Arthur's Court in...

Author: Leah Tether ,  Johnny McFadyen
ISBN: 9783110655803
Format: Paperback
$68.55

Arthurian romance as a genre pervades all European vernaculars as well as the Latin tradition. This handbook aims...  Read More >>

The Literary Genres in the Flavian Age: Canons, Transformations, Reception

The Literary Genres in the Flavian Age: Canons, Transformations,...

Author: Federica Bessone ,  Marco Fucecchi
ISBN: 9783110658514
Format: Paperback
$42.81

The construction of a new Latin library between the end of the Republic and the Augustan Principate was anything...  Read More >>

Poetry in Fragments: Studies on the Hesiodic Corpus and its Afterlife

Poetry in Fragments: Studies on the Hesiodic Corpus...

Author: Christos Tsagalis
ISBN: 9783110658576
Format: Paperback
$42.81

This volume brings together a series of studies on the Hesiodic corpus. Its first part deals with generic questions...  Read More >>

Hellenistic Science at Court

Hellenistic Science at Court

Author: Marquis Berrey
ISBN: 9783110658880
Format: Paperback
$42.81

'Hellenistic Science at Court' considers how novel scientific knowledge emerged in a multicultural premodern world...  Read More >>

Aristoteles gegen Epikur: Eine Untersuchung über die Prinzipien der hellenistischen Philosophie ausgehend vom Phänomen der Bewegung

Aristoteles gegen Epikur: Eine Untersuchung über die...

Author: Andree Hahmann
ISBN: 9783110660258
Format: Paperback
$59.97

It is well known that Early Modern philosophers rejected Aristotelian philosophy of nature. At the same time, they...  Read More >>

A l’écoute des Muses en Grèce archaïque: La question de l’inspiration dans la poésie grecque à l’aube de notre civilisation

A l’écoute des Muses en Grèce archaïque: La question...

Author: Camille Semenzato
ISBN: 9783110658538
Format: Paperback
$59.97

The book proposes an innovative journey through all the epic and lyric verses that mention the Muses in archaic...  Read More >>

Platonismus und spätägyptische Religion: Plutarch und die Ägyptenrezeption in der römischen Kaiserzeit

Platonismus und spätägyptische Religion: Plutarch und...

Author: Michael Erler ,  Martin Andreas Stadler
ISBN: 9783110658477
Format: Paperback
$42.81

This volume examines the reception of Egypt during the Late Roman Empire from the perspectives of classical philology,...  Read More >>

The Eulogius Corpus

The Eulogius Corpus

Author: Kenneth Baxter Wolf
ISBN: 9781789620795
Format: Hardback
$508.20

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Lysistrate

Lysistrate

Author: Aristophanes ,  Manfred Landfester
ISBN: 9783110238907
Format: Hardback
$111.45

Aristophanes' Lysistrata is one of the greatest political comedies of world literature. First presented in Athens...  Read More >>

"Kommentar zur ""Synopsis canonum"""

"Kommentar zur ""Synopsis canonum"""

Author: Alexios Aristenos ,  Eleftheria Papagianni
ISBN: 9783110586794
Format: Hardback
$205.83

This book presents the first critical edition of the commentary on an early Byzantine canonical collection, the...  Read More >>

Boreas rising: Antiquarianism and national narratives in 17th- and 18th-century Scandinavia

Boreas rising: Antiquarianism and national narratives...

Author: Bernd Roling ,  Bernhard Schirg
ISBN: 9783110632453
Format: Hardback
$180.09

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Muße im höfischen Roman: Literarische Konzeptionen des Ausbruchs und der Außeralltäglichkeit im 'Erec', 'Iwein' und 'Tristan'

Muße im höfischen Roman: Literarische Konzeptionen des...

Author: Rebekka Becker
ISBN: 9783161577253
Format: Hardback
$250.99

Wie kann den Protagonisten des höfischen Romans um 1200 eine Vervollkommnung höfischen Lebens gelingen, die tätiges...  Read More >>

Traduire Cicéron au XVe siècle - Le ›Livre des offices‹ d'Anjourrant Bourré

Traduire Cicéron au XVe siècle - Le ›Livre des offices‹...

Author: Olivier Delsaux
ISBN: 9783110620306
Format: Hardback
$150.92

This book provides the first critical edition of the first French translation of Cicero's De officiis. Anjourrant...  Read More >>

Medizinische Lehrwerke aus dem spätantiken Alexandria: Die ""Tabulae Vindobonenses"" und ""Summaria Alexandrinorum"" zu Galens ""De sectis""

Medizinische Lehrwerke aus dem spätantiken Alexandria:...

Author: Oliver Overwien
ISBN: 9783110626933
Format: Hardback
$205.83

Die Tabulae Vindobonenses und Summaria Alexandrinorum sind Unterrichtswerke aus dem 5.-7. Jh., die als Ergänzung...  Read More >>

Boece Au Fil Du Temps: Son Influence Sur Les Lettres Europeennes Du Moyen Age a Nos Jours

Boece Au Fil Du Temps: Son Influence Sur Les Lettres...

Author: Sophie Conte ,  Alicia Oiffer-Bomsel
ISBN: 9782406086659
Format: Paperback
$126.72

An essential reference since the Middle Ages for European intellectuals, the work of Boethius contributed to the...  Read More >>

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