Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Oratorik und Literatur: Politische Rede in fiktionalen und historiographischen Texten des Mittelalters und der Fruehen Neuzeit

Oratorik und Literatur: Politische Rede in fiktionalen...

Author: Martin Baisch ,  Malena Ratzke
ISBN: 9783631770351
Format: Hardback
$178.41

Das Buch verknüpft literaturwissenschaftliche Analysen mit Ansätzen der historischen Oratorikforschung. Untersucht...  Read More >>

Interpreting Plato Socratically: Socrates and Justice

Interpreting Plato Socratically: Socrates and Justice...

Author: J. Angelo Corlett
ISBN: 9783030171056
Format: Paperback
$72.42

J. Angelo Corlett’s new book, Interpreting Plato Socratically continues the critical discussion of the Platonic...  Read More >>

Die Ethik der Widersetzlichkeit: Theoretische und literarische Transformationen der Antigone

Die Ethik der Widersetzlichkeit: Theoretische und literarische...

Author: Michael Hofmann ,  Ines Böker
ISBN: 9783631782903
Format: Hardback
$143.87

Die Studie eröffnet eine neue Perspektive auf Transformationen der Antigone im Spannungsfeld theoretischer Diskurse...  Read More >>

The Poetry of Dante

The Poetry of Dante

Author: Benedetto Croce ,  Douglas Ainslie
ISBN: 9780367141585
Format: Hardback
$231.00

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Antiquities Beyond Humanism

Antiquities Beyond Humanism

Author: Emanuela Bianchi (Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, New York University) ,  Sara Brill (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Fairfield University)
ISBN: 9780198805670
Format: Hardback
$234.00

The presumed dichotomy between a Greco-Roman paradigm of Western humanism and new theoretical currents in the humanities...  Read More >>

Mystique, Langage, Musique: Dire l'Indicible Au Moyen Age

Mystique, Langage, Musique: Dire l'Indicible Au Moyen...

Author: Rene Wetzel ,  Laurence Wuidar
ISBN: 9783954903498
Format: Hardback
$353.76

English Summary: Music has long since occupied a privileged place in mystical tradition: chants induce ecstasy,...  Read More >>

Borrowed Objects and the Art of Poetry: Spolia in Old English Verse

Borrowed Objects and the Art of Poetry: Spolia in Old...

Author: Denis Ferhatovic (Assistant Professor)
ISBN: 9781526131652
Format: Hardback
$183.99

This study uses examinations of Exeter riddles, Old English religious verse and Beowulf to formulate the poetics...  Read More >>

The Knight and the Barrel (Le Chevalier Au Barisel)

The Knight and the Barrel (Le Chevalier Au Barisel)...

Author: Adrian P. Tudor
ISBN: 9780719097881
Format: Hardback
$183.99

This is the first English translation of the canonical Old French text Le Chevalier au barisel. It includes the...  Read More >>

Law and Lawlessness in Early Judaism and Early Christianity

Law and Lawlessness in Early Judaism and Early Christianity...

Author: David Lincicum ,  Ruth Sheridan
ISBN: 9783161567087
Format: Hardback
$317.49

According to a persistent popular stereotype, early Judaism is seen as a ""legalistic"" religious tradition, in...  Read More >>

Sigebert Von Gembloux (1112): Das Leben Des Heiligen Wibert: 'vita', 'elevatio' Und 'miracula S. Wicberti', Liturgische Zeugnisse. Edition, Ubersetzung, Kommentar

Sigebert Von Gembloux (1112): Das Leben Des Heiligen...

Author: Christoph Walther ,  Christoph Walther
ISBN: 9783825368807
Format: Paperback
$150.48

English Summary: Knight and saint, warrior and monk. Those extremes define the life of the holy Wibert of Gembloux...  Read More >>

Xenophon: Anabasis Book III

Xenophon: Anabasis Book III

Author: Luuk Huitink (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany) ,  Tim Rood (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9781107437432
Format: Paperback
$67.25

An up-to-date commentary on a pivotal section of Xenophon's Anabasis aimed at undergraduates. Advanced students...  Read More >>

Pompeii: An Archaeological Guide

Pompeii: An Archaeological Guide

Author: Paul Wilkinson
ISBN: 9781350129399
Format: Paperback
$36.99

The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient...  Read More >>

Lyrics of the Middle Ages: An Anthology

Lyrics of the Middle Ages: An Anthology

Author: James Wilhelm
ISBN: 9780367140496
Format: Hardback
$231.00

Originally published in 1990, the main purpose of this anthology is to present the vernacular secular lyric of the...  Read More >>

A History of Alcman's Early Reception: Female-Voiced Nightingales

A History of Alcman's Early Reception: Female-Voiced...

Author: Vasiliki Kousoulini
ISBN: 9781527531666
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This book constructs a history of Alcman's early reception from the Archaic times until the Hellenistic period,...  Read More >>

Literary Currents and Romantic Forms: Essays in Memory of Bryan Reardon

Literary Currents and Romantic Forms: Essays in Memory...

Author: Kathryn Chew ,  J R Morgan
ISBN: 9789492444875
Format: Hardback
$290.40

This volume contains twenty essays by leading scholars of ancient fiction, who were all pupils, colleagues or close...  Read More >>

Gesammelte Aufsätze zur altfranzösischen Epik

Gesammelte Aufsätze zur altfranzösischen Epik

Author: Gustav Adolf Beckmann
ISBN: 9783110615678
Format: Hardback
$205.83

Conceived as a companion volume to his Onomastics of the Song of Roland (2017), Beckmann's eighteen Collected Essays...  Read More >>

Aristoteles-Rezeption in der Geschichtstheorie Johann Gustav Droysens

Aristoteles-Rezeption in der Geschichtstheorie Johann...

Author: Christiane Hackel
ISBN: 9783110624045
Format: Hardback
$171.51

This study in reception history systematically examines references to Aristotle in Johann Gustav Droysen's (1808-1884)...  Read More >>

Mathematische Modellierung bei Platon zwischen Thales und Euklid

Mathematische Modellierung bei Platon zwischen Thales...

Author: Claas Lattmann
ISBN: 9783110613827
Format: Hardback
$231.57

Mathematics is among the most important cultural achievements of ancient Greece. Precisely when and where did it...  Read More >>

Mord(s)bilder - Aufzählungen von Gewalt bei Seneca und Lucan

Mord(s)bilder - Aufzählungen von Gewalt bei Seneca und...

Author: Maria Backhaus
ISBN: 9783110635973
Format: Hardback
$231.57

Oft bemerkt, häufig kritisiert: Die aufzählenden Beschreibungen physischer Gewalt in Senecas philosophischer Schrift...  Read More >>

Kleine Schriften Zur Antiken Medizin

Kleine Schriften Zur Antiken Medizin

Author: Jutta Kollesch
ISBN: 9783110653410
Format: Hardback
$498.93

Mit der Veröffentlichung der Kleinen Schriften von Jutta Kollesch soll deren langjährige Tätigkeit als Leiterin...  Read More >>

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