Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Epistolary Acts: Anglo-Saxon Letters and Early English Media

Epistolary Acts: Anglo-Saxon Letters and Early English...

Author: Jordan Zweck
ISBN: 9781487501006
Format: Hardback
$140.00

In Epistolary Acts, Jordan Zweck examines the presentation of letters in early medieval vernacular literature, including...  Read More >>

A Companion to Renaissance Poetry

A Companion to Renaissance Poetry

Author: Catherine Bates
ISBN: 9781118585191
Format: Hardback
$284.95

The most comprehensive collection of essays on Renaissance poetry on the market Covering the period 1520–1680,...  Read More >>

The Montpellier Codex: The Final Fascicle. Contents, Contexts, Chronologies

The Montpellier Codex: The Final Fascicle. Contents,...

Author: Catherine A Bradley (Person) ,  Karen Desmond (Author)
ISBN: 9781783272723
Format: Hardback
$245.81

The final section of the Montpellier Codex analysed in full for the first time, with major implications for late-medieval...  Read More >>

New Medieval Literatures 18

New Medieval Literatures 18

Author: Laura Ashe ,  Philip Knox
ISBN: 9781843844914
Format: Hardback
$207.00

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Women Screenwriters: An International Guide

Women Screenwriters: An International Guide

Author: Jill Nelmes ,  Jule Selbo
ISBN: 9781349580866
Format: Paperback
$329.00

Women Screenwriters is a study of more than 300 female writers from 60 nations, from the first film scenarios produced...  Read More >>

Gerald of Wales: New Perspectives on a Medieval Writer and Critic

Gerald of Wales: New Perspectives on a Medieval Writer...

Author: Georgia Henley ,  A. Joseph McMullen
ISBN: 9781786831637
Format: Hardback
$215.95

This collection of essays re-evaluates the significance of Gerald of Wales as a medieval Latin writer, presenting...  Read More >>

Romantic Paganism: The Politics of Ecstasy in the Shelley Circle

Romantic Paganism: The Politics of Ecstasy in the Shelley...

Author: Suzanne L. Barnett
ISBN: 9783319547220
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This book addresses the function of the classical world in the cultural imaginations of the second generation of...  Read More >>

Chaucer's Gifts: Exchange and Value in the Canterbury Tales

Chaucer's Gifts: Exchange and Value in the Canterbury...

Author: Robert Epstein
ISBN: 9781786831682
Format: Hardback
$245.81

Chaucer's Gifts applies the theoretical approaches of economic anthropology to the Canterbury Tales, to show that...  Read More >>

Meditations on the Life of Christ: The Short Italian Text

Meditations on the Life of Christ: The Short Italian...

Author: Sarah McNamer
ISBN: 9780268102852
Format: Hardback
$171.60

McNamer offers a critical edition of The Meditations on the Life of Christ, the most popular and influential devotional...  Read More >>

From Conversation to Oral Tradition: A Simplest Systematics for Oral Traditions

From Conversation to Oral Tradition: A Simplest Systematics...

Author: Raymond F Person (Ohio Northern University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138499164
Format: Paperback
$101.00

This book argues that many of the most prominent features of oral epic poetry in a number of traditions can best...  Read More >>

Introducing A.E. Housman (1859-1936): Preliminary Studies

Introducing A.E. Housman (1859-1936): Preliminary Studies...

Author: D. Antoine Sutton
ISBN: 9781527505919
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This volume is pivotal reading for laypersons looking for an accurate understanding of the private life and public...  Read More >>

Hellenomania

Hellenomania

Author: Katherine Harloe ,  Nicoletta Momigliano
ISBN: 9781138243248
Format: Hardback
$326.00

This volume presents a wide-ranging exploration of modern receptions of ancient Greek material culture in various...  Read More >>

The Homeric Battle of the Frogs and Mice

The Homeric Battle of the Frogs and Mice

Author: Professor Joel P. Christensen (Brandeis University, USA) ,  Erik Robinson (Brandeis High School, San Antonio, Texas, USA)
ISBN: 9781350035942
Format: Hardback
$240.00

Offers students of Greek and scholars interested in Greek literature an English-language commentary on the Battle...  Read More >>

Euripides: Cyclops: A Satyr Play

Euripides: Cyclops: A Satyr Play

Author: Professor Carl A. Shaw (New College of Florida, USA)
ISBN: 9781474245791
Format: Hardback
$240.00

With its ribald chorus of ithyphallic, half-man / half-horse creatures, satyr drama was a peculiar part of the Athenian...  Read More >>

The Politics of Youth in Greek Tragedy: Gangs of Athens

The Politics of Youth in Greek Tragedy: Gangs of Athens...

Author: Dr Matthew Shipton (Independent Scholar, UK)
ISBN: 9781474295079
Format: Hardback
$240.00

This bold new set of interpretations of tragedy offers innovative analyses of the dynamic between politics and youth...  Read More >>

The King and Commoner Tradition: Carnivalesque Politics in Medieval and Early Modern Literature

The King and Commoner Tradition: Carnivalesque Politics...

Author: Mark Truesdale
ISBN: 9780815364764
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This is the first detailed study of the late medieval and early modern King and Commoner literature: a tradition...  Read More >>

Digital Gaming Re-imagines the Middle Ages

Digital Gaming Re-imagines the Middle Ages

Author: Daniel T. Kline (University of Alaska Anchorage, USA)
ISBN: 9781138548572
Format: Paperback
$94.99

The volume examines the impact of gaming on the study of the Middle Ages and the influence of medieval tropes, stories,...  Read More >>

Ideology and Power in Norway and Iceland, 1150-1250

Ideology and Power in Norway and Iceland, 1150-1250...

Author: Costel Coroban
ISBN: 9781527506268
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This book provides an analysis of the ideology of power in Norway and Iceland as reflected in sources written during...  Read More >>

The Elements of Avicennaʼs Physics: Greek Sources and Arabic Innovations

The Elements of Avicennaʼs Physics: Greek Sources and...

Author: Andreas Lammer
ISBN: 9783110543582
Format: Hardback
$274.47

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"Scholia vetera in Sophoclis ""Oedipum Coloneum"""

"Scholia vetera in Sophoclis ""Oedipum Coloneum"""

Author: Georgios A. Xenis
ISBN: 9783110447330
Format: Hardback
$171.51

Scholars have been seeking to understand Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus for over two millennia. The roots of this...  Read More >>

"Euripides, ""Ion""": Edition and Commentary

"Euripides, ""Ion""": Edition and Commentary

Author: Gunther Martin
ISBN: 9783110522556
Format: Hardback
$274.47

Euripides' Ion is a highly complex and elusive play and thus poses considerable difficulties to any interpreter....  Read More >>

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