Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry: An Anthology of New Translations

Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry: An Anthology of New...

Author: Diane J. Rayor (Grand Valley State University, USA) ,  William W. Batstone (Ohio State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138857803
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This second edition has been re-edited with both revised and new translations and an updated commentary and bibliography...  Read More >>

God in Context: Selected Essays on Society and Religion in the Early Middle East

God in Context: Selected Essays on Society and Religion...

Author: Karel van der Toorn
ISBN: 9783161564703
Format: Hardback
$378.81

In this work, Karel van der Toorn explores the social setting, the intellectual milieu, and the historical context...  Read More >>

Women of Substance in Homeric Epic: Objects, Gender, Agency

Women of Substance in Homeric Epic: Objects, Gender,...

Author: Lilah Grace Canevaro (Lecturer in Greek, Lecturer in Greek, University of Edinburgh)
ISBN: 9780198826309
Format: Hardback
$242.95

Women in Greek epic are treated as objects, yet they also use objects to negotiate their own agency. This volume...  Read More >>

The Politics of Middle English Parables: Fiction, Theology, and Social Practice

The Politics of Middle English Parables: Fiction, Theology,...

Author: Mary Raschko
ISBN: 9781526131171
Format: Hardback
$183.99

This study explores how writers reconciled provocative biblical stories with late-medieval culture. Highlighting...  Read More >>

Die hellenistische Polis als Lebensform: "Ehrendekrete fÃ""r eigene BÃ""rger im Kontext der hellenistischen Polisgesellschaft"

Die hellenistische Polis als Lebensform: "Ehrendekrete...

Author: Florian Rudolf Forster
ISBN: 9783946317180
Format: Hardback
$212.15

Den Kern der Monografie bildet eine ausfëhrliche Betrachtung des Gesamtphänomens der hellenistischen Ehrendekrete...  Read More >>

Aventiuren.: Zur Ãsthetik des Verborgenen in der höfischen Literatur

Aventiuren.: Zur Ãsthetik des Verborgenen in der höfischen...

Author: Beatrice Trînca
ISBN: 9783847103493
Format: Hardback
$119.00

Die Zusammenschau höfischer Narrative aus dem deutschen, französischen und provenzalischen Sprachraum des Hoch-...  Read More >>

Les Caractères de Théophraste, d'Après Un Manuscrit Du Vatican: Contenant Des Additions Qui n'Ont Pas Encore Paru En France. Traduction Nouvelle

Les Caractères de Théophraste, d'Après Un Manuscrit...

Author: Théophraste ,  Adamantios Coray
ISBN: 9782329218298
Format: Paperback
$76.43

Les Caractères de Théophraste, d'après un manuscrit du Vatican contenant des additions qui n'ont pas encore paru...  Read More >>

European Litanic Verse: A Different Space-Time

European Litanic Verse: A Different Space-Time

Author: Witold Sadowski
ISBN: 9783631756249
Format: Hardback
$200.66

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European Medieval Drama 21 (2017)

European Medieval Drama 21 (2017)

Author: Brepols Publishers
ISBN: 9782503571676
Format: Paperback
$258.72

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On the Darkness of the Will

On the Darkness of the Will

Author: Nicola Masciandaro
ISBN: 9788869771569
Format: Paperback
$31.05

This book offers a constellation of theoretical and critical essays that shed light on the darkness of the will:...  Read More >>

The Subtlety of Homer

The Subtlety of Homer

Author: Richard J Defouw
ISBN: 9780692185438
Format: Paperback
$68.57

Analysis of episodes from the Iliad and the Odyssey showing that these poems were thought out more carefully than...  Read More >>

Theophrastus' Characters

Theophrastus' Characters

Author: James Romm ,  Pamela Mensch
ISBN: 9780935112375
Format: Hardback
$65.87

"""These Characters are people we know—they're our quirky neighbors, our creepy bosses, our blind dates from hell....  Read More >>

The York Corpus Christi Play: Selected Pageants

The York Corpus Christi Play: Selected Pageants

Author: Christina M. Fitzgerald ,  Christina M. Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9781554814299
Format: Paperback
$52.67

"The York Corpus Christi Play as we know it consists of 47 surviving individual plays or """"pageants"""", 27 of...  Read More >>

Seven Medieval Songs

Seven Medieval Songs

Author: Samuel Milligan
ISBN: 9781609405977
Format: Paperback
$44.75

A collection of seven uncommon medieval songs from the 12th to the 14th centuries. Milligan's arrangements of these...  Read More >>

Zur Literarischen Fiktion Von Kindheit: Uberlegungen Zu Den Apokryphen Kindheitsevangelien Jesu Im Rahmen Der Antiken Biographie

Zur Literarischen Fiktion Von Kindheit: Uberlegungen...

Author: Isolde Kurzmann-Penz
ISBN: 9783515121521
Format: Paperback
$190.08

In der biographischen Literatur der griechisch-romischen Antike wurde haufig die Kindheit der dargestellten Person...  Read More >>

Colloquial Expressions in Greek Tragedy: Revised and Enlarged Edition of P.T. Stevens's 'Colloquial Expressions in Euripides'

Colloquial Expressions in Greek Tragedy: Revised and...

Author: Christopher Collard ,  Philip Theodore Stevens
ISBN: 9783515120555
Format: Paperback
$203.28

Stevens began identifying and collecting colloquialisms in Tragedy in 1937, refined his definitions in 1945 and...  Read More >>

The Petra Papyri V

The Petra Papyri V

Author: A. Arjava ,  J. Frosen
ISBN: 9789957854379
Format: Hardback
$310.50

This is the final publication of the Petra Papyri Series of primary document Greek language papyrus texts from the...  Read More >>

Revival: The Vercelli Book (1932): The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records - A Collective Edition

Revival: The Vercelli Book (1932): The Anglo-Saxon Poetic...

Author: George Philip Krapp
ISBN: 9780815374855
Format: Hardback
$378.00

In accordance with the plan of this collective edition of Anglo-Saxon poetry, as announced in the Preface to the...  Read More >>

The Poems of Aimeric de Peguilhan

The Poems of Aimeric de Peguilhan

Author: Aimeric de Peguilhan ,  William P. Shepard
ISBN: 9780810138681
Format: Paperback
$118.80

Presents the first critical, annotated translation in English of the collected work of poet Aimeric de Peguilhan....  Read More >>

Saints and Monsters in Medieval French and Occitan Literature: Sublime and Abject Bodies

Saints and Monsters in Medieval French and Occitan Literature:...

Author: Huw Grange
ISBN: 9781781884904
Format: Paperback
$25.85

From rubbery martyrs to wraith-like ascetics, and from pestilential dragons to troublesome giants, the bodies that...  Read More >>

Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800

Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9781410379023
Format: Hardback
$1275.12

Turn to this authoritative international resource for complete critical coverage of the careers and works of the...  Read More >>

Image and Imitation: Josephus' Antiquities 1-11 and Greco-Roman Historiography

Image and Imitation: Josephus' Antiquities 1-11 and...

Author: Martin Friis
ISBN: 9783161564666
Format: Paperback
$218.90

Flavius Josephus ranks among the most influential and prolific ancient Jewish writers. His account of near-contemporary...  Read More >>

The Earliest Arithmetics in English: Edited with Introduction (Classic Reprint)

The Earliest Arithmetics in English: Edited with Introduction...

Author: Robert Steele
ISBN: 9781333147914
Format: Paperback
$25.26

Excerpt from The Earliest Arithmetics in English: Edited With Introduction The number of English arithmetics before...  Read More >>

Demonic Possession, Vulnerability, and Performance in Medieval French Drama

Demonic Possession, Vulnerability, and Performance in...

Author: Andreea Marculescu
ISBN: 9781433130779
Format: Hardback
$301.62

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