Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Enthousiasmos: Essays in Ancient Philosophy, History, and Literature

Enthousiasmos: Essays in Ancient Philosophy, History,...

Author: Scott T Farrington
ISBN: 9783896658036
Format: Hardback
$256.08

The sixteen essays in this Festschrift, presented to Eckart Schutrumpf by his friends and colleagues, pay tribute...  Read More >>

The Oxford Guide to Middle High German

The Oxford Guide to Middle High German

Author: Howard Jones (Fellow and Lecturer in Linguistics, Fellow and Lecturer in Linguistics, Keble College, Oxford) ,  Martin H. Jones (Senior Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, King's College London)
ISBN: 9780199654611
Format: Hardback
$296.00

The Oxford Guide to Middle High German is the most comprehensive self-contained treatment of Middle High German...  Read More >>

Terence: The Girl from Andros

Terence: The Girl from Andros

Author: Peter Brown
ISBN: 9781789620115
Format: Paperback
$71.03

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The Reception of the Legend of Hero and Leander

The Reception of the Legend of Hero and Leander

Author: Brian Murdoch
ISBN: 9789004400931
Format: Hardback
$514.80

A study of the literary reception of the love-story of Hero and Leander and its popularity from classical times...  Read More >>

The End of the World in Medieval Thought and Spirituality

The End of the World in Medieval Thought and Spirituality...

Author: Eric Knibbs ,  Jessica A. Boon
ISBN: 9783030149642
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This essay collection studies the Apocalypse and the end of the world, as these themes occupied the minds of biblical...  Read More >>

Rhetoric in the Middle Ages (1974): A Bibliographic Supplement to 2016

Rhetoric in the Middle Ages (1974): A Bibliographic...

Author: James J. Murphy
ISBN: 9780866986052
Format: Hardback
$174.24

Rhetoric in the Middle Ages: A History of Rhetorical Theoryfrom Saint Augustine to the Renaissance was first published...  Read More >>

Terence: The Girl from Andros

Terence: The Girl from Andros

Author: Peter Brown
ISBN: 9781789620108
Format: Hardback
$232.88

The Girl from Andros was the Roman comic playwright Terence’s first play and shows him as already a master dramatist....  Read More >>

The Decameron: A Critical Lexicon (Lessico Critico Decameroniano)

The Decameron: A Critical Lexicon (Lessico Critico Decameroniano)...

Author: Pier Massimo Forni ,  Renzo Bragantini
ISBN: 9780866985970
Format: Hardback
$237.60

When originally published in 1995, the volume represented a major, new departure from the “normal” sort of scholarship...  Read More >>

A Landscape of Words: Ireland, Britain and the Poetics of Space, 700–1250

A Landscape of Words: Ireland, Britain and the Poetics...

Author: Amy C. Mulligan (Assistant Professor)
ISBN: 9781526141101
Format: Hardback
$183.99

This book examines major literary texts by and about the Irish in the Middle Ages, providing an analysis of a spatial...  Read More >>

Through The Looking Glass

Through The Looking Glass

Author: Lewis Carroll
ISBN: 9780008329549
Format: Paperback
$18.09

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.  Read More >>

Macbeth

Macbeth

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9780008329457
Format: Paperback
$18.09

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.  Read More >>

Plot

Plot

Author: Elizabeth Dipple
ISBN: 9781138283039
Format: Paperback
$69.99

First published in 1970, this work examines ‘Plot’ as a literary term. The book leads the reader from the standard...  Read More >>

Dantesque: Sur Les Traces Du Modele

Dantesque: Sur Les Traces Du Modele

Author: Jean-Marie Fritz ,  Giuseppe Sangirardi
ISBN: 9782406090250
Format: Hardback
$277.20

This book analyzes the scope and strength of the Dantesque model, examining the geographic and chronological range...  Read More >>

The Lantern of Spirits: Miṣbāḥ Ul-Arvāḥ

The Lantern of Spirits: Miṣbāḥ Ul-Arvāḥ...

Author: Shams Ud-Din Muhammad B Il-Tughan Bardasiri Kirmani ,  Bo Utas
ISBN: 9783954904174
Format: Hardback
$308.88

Misbah ul-arvah, or The Lantern of Spirits, is a comparatively little known Sufi didactic Persian poem written in...  Read More >>

Homer: A Very Short Introduction

Homer: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Barbara Graziosi ,  Flosnik, Anne
ISBN: 9798200333462
Format: Audio
$29.01

Homer's mythological tales of war and homecoming, The Iliad and The Odyssey, are widely considered to be two of...  Read More >>

Homer: A Very Short Introduction

Homer: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Barbara Graziosi ,  Flosnik, Anne
ISBN: 9798200333455
Format: Audio
$29.01

Homer's mythological tales of war and homecoming, The Iliad and The Odyssey, are widely considered to be two of...  Read More >>

Frauen im antiken Judentum und frühen Christentum

Frauen im antiken Judentum und frühen Christentum

Author: Jörg Frey ,  Nicole Rupschus
ISBN: 9783161542909
Format: Paperback
$287.21

Der vorliegende Sammelband thematisiert in einem weiten historischen Rahmen die rechtliche und soziale Stellung...  Read More >>

Homer: A Very Short Introduction

Homer: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Barbara Graziosi ,  Flosnik, Anne
ISBN: 9798200333448
Format: Audio
$29.01

Homer's mythological tales of war and homecoming, The Iliad and The Odyssey, are widely considered to be two of...  Read More >>

Carmina Latina: Cum praefatione Valahfridi Stroh

Carmina Latina: Cum praefatione Valahfridi Stroh

Author: Michael Albrecht
ISBN: 9783631789926
Format: Hardback
$97.03

The poet praises many beautiful places he visited all over the world. Among the friends addressed there are poets...  Read More >>

Die Welt Und Gott - Gott Und Die Welt?: Zum Verhaltnis Von Religiositat Und Profanitat Im 'Christlichen Mittelalter'

Die Welt Und Gott - Gott Und Die Welt?: Zum Verhaltnis...

Author: Elisabeth Vavra
ISBN: 9783825369644
Format: Hardback
$227.04

Die in diesem Band versammelten Beitrage beruhen grossteils auf den Vortragen des gleichnamigen Kongresses, den...  Read More >>

Modern Interpretation of the Qur’an: The Contribution of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

Modern Interpretation of the Qur’an: The Contribution...

Author: Hakan Çoruh
ISBN: 9783030153489
Format: Hardback
$168.16

This book analyzes the distinguished modern Muslim scholar Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and the methodology of Qur’anic...  Read More >>

Sappho: A New Translation

Sappho: A New Translation

Author: Sappho ,  Mary Barnard
ISBN: 9780520305564
Format: Paperback
$29.95

These hundred poems and fragments constitute virtually all of Sappho that survives and effectively bring to life...  Read More >>

Remaking Boethius: The English Language Translation Tradition of The Consolation of Philosophy

Remaking Boethius: The English Language Translation...

Author: Brian Donaghey ,  Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr.
ISBN: 9780866985604
Format: Hardback
$237.60

This volume is a reference work, organized chronologically in its sections, with a separate entry for each translator’s...  Read More >>

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