Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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The Evolution of Verse Structure in Old and Middle English Poetry: From the Earliest Alliterative Poems to Iambic Pentameter

The Evolution of Verse Structure in Old and Middle English...

Author: Geoffrey Russom (Brown University, Rhode Island)
ISBN: 9781107148338
Format: Hardback
$232.88

This comprehensive study traces the evolution of verse structure in Old and Middle English poetry from the earliest...  Read More >>

The European Union and the Catholic Church: Political Theology of European Integration

The European Union and the Catholic Church: Political...

Author: P. Kratochvíl ,  T. Doležal
ISBN: 9781349687077
Format: Paperback
$79.95

As the first comprehensive monograph on the relations between the Catholic Church and the European Union, this book...  Read More >>

England in Europe: English Royal Women and Literary Patronage, c.1000-c.1150

England in Europe: English Royal Women and Literary...

Author: Elizabeth Muir Tyler
ISBN: 9781442640726
Format: Hardback
$270.00

In England in Europe, Elizabeth Tyler focuses on two histories: the Encomium Emmae Reginae, written for Emma the...  Read More >>

The Anti-Witchcraft Ritual Maqlu: The Cuneiform Sources of a Magic Ceremony from Ancient Mesopotamia

The Anti-Witchcraft Ritual Maqlu: The Cuneiform Sources...

Author: Daniel Schwemer
ISBN: 9783447107709
Format: Hardback
$319.44

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Teaching and Learning in Medieval Europe: Essays in Honour of Gernot R. Wieland

Teaching and Learning in Medieval Europe: Essays in...

Author: Greti Dinkova-Bruun ,  Tristan Major
ISBN: 9782503568430
Format: Paperback
$330.00

Over the span of his career, Gernot R. Wieland has been actively engaged in the contribution and promotion of the...  Read More >>

The English Lyric Tradition: Reading Poetic Masterpieces of the Middle Ages and Renaissance

The English Lyric Tradition: Reading Poetic Masterpieces...

Author: R. James Goldstein
ISBN: 9781476664750
Format: Paperback
$68.20

Although poetry can enrich our lives and help us make sense of the human condition, many readers are intimidated...  Read More >>

Magic Squares in the Tenth Century: Two Arabic Treatises by Anṭākī and Būzjānī

Magic Squares in the Tenth Century: Two Arabic Treatises...

Author: Jacques Sesiano
ISBN: 9783319521138
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This volume contains the texts and translations of two Arabic treatises on magic squares, which are undoubtedly...  Read More >>

Reading the Runes in Old English and Old Norse Poetry

Reading the Runes in Old English and Old Norse Poetry...

Author: Thomas Birkett (University College Cork, Ireland)
ISBN: 9781472446268
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Presenting five linked case studies of runes in poetry, this study is the first to compare responses to runic heritage...  Read More >>

The Knight, the Cross, and the Song: Crusade Propaganda and Chivalric Literature, 11-14

The Knight, the Cross, and the Song: Crusade Propaganda...

Author: Stefan Vander Elst ,  Ruth Mazo Karras
ISBN: 9780812248968
Format: Hardback
$171.47

Examining English, Latin, French, and German texts, The Knight, the Cross, and the Song traces the role of secular...  Read More >>

The Morte Darthur:A Collection of Early-Nineteenth-Century Editions

The Morte Darthur:A Collection of Early-Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Yuri Fuwa
ISBN: 9784902454413
Format: Hardback
$2415.00

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The Island of Doctor Moreau

The Island of Doctor Moreau

Author: H G Wells
ISBN: 9781546305460
Format: Paperback
$22.31

Unabridged value reproduction of The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells is a must-have collectable for every...  Read More >>

Explicit Sources of Tzetzes Chiliades: Second Edition

Explicit Sources of Tzetzes Chiliades: Second Edition...

Author: Miguel Carvalho Abrantes
ISBN: 9781545584620
Format: Paperback
$21.97

This book presents a brief reference to all the explicit textual sources mentioned in John Tzetzes' Chiliades. By...  Read More >>

Boccaccios De mulieribus claris: Einfuehrung und Handbuch

Boccaccios De mulieribus claris: Einfuehrung und Handbuch...

Author: Heinz Willi Wittschier ,  Heinz Willi Wittschier
ISBN: 9783631650783
Format: Hardback
$210.75

Dieses Handbuch untersucht Boccaccios «De mulieribus claris» umfassend. Sein lateinisches Werk über 106 besondere...  Read More >>

Between Earth and Heaven: Liminality and the Ascension of Christ in Anglo-Saxon Literature

Between Earth and Heaven: Liminality and the Ascension...

Author: Johanna Kramer ,  Anke Bernau
ISBN: 9781526118530
Format: Paperback
$61.99

Examines the teaching of the theology of Christ's ascension in Anglo-Saxon literature, offering the only comprehensive...  Read More >>

Resurrection and Reception in Early Christianity

Resurrection and Reception in Early Christianity

Author: Richard C. Miller (Chapman University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138048270
Format: Paperback
$79.99

"This book offers an original interpretation of the origin and early reception of the most fundamental claim of...  Read More >>

Guy of Saint-Denis, Tractatus de tonis

Guy of Saint-Denis, Tractatus de tonis

Author: Constant J. Mews (Director of the Centre for Religious Studies, Monash University) ,  Carol J. Williams (Monash University)
ISBN: 9781580442541
Format: Paperback
$52.67

The Tractatus de tonis of Guy of Saint-Denis offers original reflection on the nature and emotional power of the...  Read More >>

Psellos and the Patriarchs: Letters and Funeral Orations for Keroullarios, Leichoudes, and Xiphilinos

Psellos and the Patriarchs: Letters and Funeral Orations...

Author: Michael Psellos ,  Anthony Kaldellis
ISBN: 9780268175146
Format: Hardback
$264.00

Contains translations of the funeral orations written by Michael Psellos, the leading Byzantine intellectual of...  Read More >>

Guy of Saint-Denis, Tractatus de tonis

Guy of Saint-Denis, Tractatus de tonis

Author: John N. Crossley ,  Catherine Jeffreys
ISBN: 9781580442992
Format: Hardback
$105.47

The Tractatus de tonis of Guy of Saint-Denis (written ca. 1300-10) differs from other treatises on plainchant in...  Read More >>

A Reading of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura

A Reading of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura

Author: Lee Fratantuono
ISBN: 9781498511568
Format: Paperback
$160.00

This book offers a comprehensive commentary on Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, the earliest surviving full scale epic...  Read More >>

Le Bone Florence of Rome: A Critical Edition and Facing Translation of a Middle English Romance Analogous to Chaucer’s Man of Law’s Tale

Le Bone Florence of Rome: A Critical Edition and Facing...

Author: Jonathan Stavsky
ISBN: 9781786830630
Format: Paperback
$37.95

Le Bone Florence of Rome is a romance from late-medieval England related to Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale from the...  Read More >>

A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe

A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central...

Author: Zara Martirosova Torlone ,  Dana LaCourse Munteanu
ISBN: 9781118832714
Format: Hardback
$363.95

*A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe is the first comprehensive English ]language study...  Read More >>

Le Bone Florence of Rome: A Critical Edition and Facing Translation of a Middle English Romance Analogous to Chaucer’s Man of Law’s Tale

Le Bone Florence of Rome: A Critical Edition and Facing...

Author: Jonathan Stavsky
ISBN: 9781786830623
Format: Hardback
$207.95

Le Bone Florence of Rome is a romance from late-medieval England related to Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale from the...  Read More >>

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper

Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
ISBN: 9781545538708
Format: Paperback
$18.08

First published in 1892, this perfect novel portrays with chilling power the powerlessness of women within Victorian...  Read More >>

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