Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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A History of Disease in Ancient Times: More Lethal than War

A History of Disease in Ancient Times: More Lethal than...

Author: Philip Norrie
ISBN: 9783319289366
Format: Hardback
$258.72

The book will examine all the possible infectious diseasespresent in ancient times and show that life was a daily...  Read More >>

The Forgotten Chaucer Scholarship of Mary Eliza Haweis, 1848–1898

The Forgotten Chaucer Scholarship of Mary Eliza Haweis,...

Author: Mary Flowers Braswell
ISBN: 9781472451712
Format: Hardback
$315.00

In her biography of the nineteenth-century scholar Mary Eliza Haweis, Mary Flowers Braswell traces Haweis's career...  Read More >>

Zur Mittelalterlichen Uberlieferung Von Aristoteles' de Motu Animalium: Die Bedeutung Der Ubersetzung Wilhelms Von Moerbeke Und Der Paraphrase Alberts Des Grossen Fur Die Griechische Texttradition

Zur Mittelalterlichen Uberlieferung Von Aristoteles'...

Author: Peter Isepy
ISBN: 9783954901302
Format: Hardback
$388.08

Dieses Buch widmet sich der mittelalterlichen Uberlieferung von De motu animalium mit deutlichem Akzent auf der...  Read More >>

Von Homer Bis Theodosius Dem Großen: Sechzehn Historische Fiktionen Mit Themen Der Griechischen Und Roemischen Geschichte

Von Homer Bis Theodosius Dem Großen: Sechzehn Historische...

Author: Gerd Biegel ,  Gunther Gottlieb
ISBN: 9783631647172
Format: Hardback
$62.36

Dieses Buch behandelt in der literarischen Form historischer Fiktionen herausragende Ereignisse und Persönlichkeiten...  Read More >>

Imagining the Jew in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture

Imagining the Jew in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture...

Author: Samantha Zacher
ISBN: 9781442646674
Format: Hardback
$155.00

The thirteen essays in Imagining the Jew in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture examine visual and textual representations...  Read More >>

Théâtre Complet Des Latins, Sénèque

Théâtre Complet Des Latins, Sénèque

Author: Plautus
ISBN: 9782013754965
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Théâtre complet des Latins comprenant Plaute, Térence et Sénèque le tragique: avec la traduction en français / publié...  Read More >>

Poiesis: Manufacturing in Classical Athens

Poiesis: Manufacturing in Classical Athens

Author: Peter Acton
ISBN: 9780190494346
Format: Paperback
$131.87

Brings together ancient texts and inscriptions, recent scholarly analysis, archaeological finds, and the expertise...  Read More >>

Classics: A Very Short Introduction

Classics: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Mary Beard ,  John Henderson
ISBN: 9781531803193
Format: Audio
$26.37

Starting with a visit to the British Museum, the authors prompt us to consider the significance of Classics as a...  Read More >>

Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction

Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Helen Morales ,  Julia Whelan
ISBN: 9781531803186
Format: Audio
$26.37

From Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless...  Read More >>

Spinning Fates and the Song of the Loom: The Use of Textiles, Clothing and Cloth Production as Metaphor, Symbol and Narrative Device in Greek and Latin Literature

Spinning Fates and the Song of the Loom: The Use of...

Author: Marie Louise Nosch ,  Mary Harlow
ISBN: 9781785701603
Format: Hardback
$145.20

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Black Legacies: Race and the European Middle Ages

Black Legacies: Race and the European Middle Ages

Author: Lynn T. Ramey
ISBN: 9780813062075
Format: Paperback
$52.67

"Bringing far-removed time periods into startling conversation, this book argues that certain attitudes and practices...  Read More >>

In a Dark Wood: A Memoir of Grief, Healing and the Mysteries of Love

In a Dark Wood: A Memoir of Grief, Healing and the Mysteries...

Author: Joseph Luzzi
ISBN: 9780008100667
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A story of love and grief. ‘I became a widower and a father on the same day’ says Joseph Luzzi. His book tells how...  Read More >>

Repeat Performances: Ovidian Repetition and the Metamorphoses

Repeat Performances: Ovidian Repetition and the Metamorphoses...

Author: Laurel Fulkerson ,  Tim Stover
ISBN: 9780299307509
Format: Hardback
$198.00

The uses and effects of repetition, imitation, and appropriation in Latin epic poetry.  Read More >>

Saracens and Franks in 12th - 15th Century European and Near Eastern Literature: Perceptions of Self and the Other

Saracens and Franks in 12th - 15th Century European...

Author: Aman Y. Nadhiri
ISBN: 9781472472359
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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Recounting Deviance: Forms and Practices of Presenting Divergent Behaviour in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period

Recounting Deviance: Forms and Practices of Presenting...

Author: Jorg Rogge
ISBN: 9783837635881
Format: Paperback
$57.95

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The Confessions

The Confessions

Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
ISBN: 9781535468756
Format: Paperback
$58.48

Argues against the inequality the author believed to be intrinsic to civilized society. This title features the...  Read More >>

Renaming Abraham's Children: Election, Ethnicity, and the Interpretation of Scripture in Romans 9

Renaming Abraham's Children: Election, Ethnicity, and...

Author: Robert B. Foster
ISBN: 9783161544835
Format: Paperback
$255.90

In this study, Robert B. Foster explores the intersection between the interpretation of Scripture and the construction...  Read More >>

Rome in Triumph, Volume 1: Books I–II

Rome in Triumph, Volume 1: Books I–II

Author: Biondo Flavio ,  Frances Muecke
ISBN: 9780674055049
Format: Hardback
$61.95

Biondo Flavio was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance discovery of antiquity and popularized the term Middle...  Read More >>

Inscriptiones Corinthiae Saeculorum IV. V. VI.

Inscriptiones Corinthiae Saeculorum IV. V. VI.

Author: Erkki Sironen
ISBN: 9783110474534
Format: Hardback
$1161.60

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Barth Handbuch

Barth Handbuch

Author: Michael Beintker
ISBN: 9783161500770
Format: Hardback
$375.19

"Karl Barth (1886-1968) war einer der großen prägenden Theologen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Mit seinen theologischen...  Read More >>

Die Septuaginta: 1.-3. Internationale Fachtagung veranstaltet von Septuaginta Deutsch (LXX.D), Wuppertal 2006, 2008, 2010 -PAKET-

Die Septuaginta: 1.-3. Internationale Fachtagung veranstaltet...

Author: Martin Karrer ,  Wolfgang Kraus
ISBN: 9783161548697
Format: Hardback
$577.01

Die Septuaginta ist als jüdische Bibelübersetzung ab dem 3. Jh. v. Chr. entstanden. Sie wurde zur zentralen Grundlage...  Read More >>

The Meaning of Meat and the Structure of the Odyssey

The Meaning of Meat and the Structure of the Odyssey...

Author: Egbert J. Bakker (Yale University, Connecticut)
ISBN: 9781316506974
Format: Paperback
$80.19

This book uses the motif of 'meat' and of 'food' as a productive key for exploring some of the major issues surrounding...  Read More >>

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