Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain

Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain...

Author: Rachel Bromwich
ISBN: 9781783163052
Format: Paperback
$49.95

Rachel Bromwich's magisterial edition of Trioedd Ynys Prydein has long won its place as a classic of Celtic studies....  Read More >>

Direct Speech in Beowulf and Other Old English Narrative Poems

Direct Speech in Beowulf and Other Old English Narrative...

Author: Elise Louviot
ISBN: 9781843844341
Format: Hardback
$343.20

A new examination of the little-studied phenomena of Direct Speech in Old English poetry.  Read More >>

Lucian: A Guide for the Perplexed

Lucian: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Susan Prince
ISBN: 9781441125408
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Lucian of Samosata (c. 120-180 CE) was a prolific writer of parody and satire, who had absorbed nearly all Greek...  Read More >>

A Little Primer Of Tu Fu

A Little Primer Of Tu Fu

Author: David Hawkes
ISBN: 9789629966591
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Demonstrates in depth how the poems were written. This book is an account of how Chinese poems in general, and specifically...  Read More >>

Lucian: A Guide for the Perplexed

Lucian: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Susan Prince
ISBN: 9781441110305
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Lucian of Samosata (c. 120-180 CE) was a prolific writer of parody and satire, who had absorbed nearly all Greek...  Read More >>

Making Love in the Twelfth Century: ""Letters of Two Lovers"" in Context

Making Love in the Twelfth Century: ""Letters of Two...

Author: Barbara Newman ,  Ruth Mazo Karras
ISBN: 9780812248098
Format: Hardback
$290.27

Can the Letters of Two Lovers be the previously lost love letters of Abelard and Heloise? Making Love in the Twelfth...  Read More >>

Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800: Critical Discussion of the Works of 15th -16th-17th and 18th Century Novelist Poets Playwrights Philosophers and Other Creative Writers

Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800: Critical Discussion...

Author: Lawrence J Trudeau
ISBN: 9781410314567
Format: Hardback
$1275.12

Literature Criticism from 1400-1800 assembles critical responses to the literatures of the 15th through the 18th...  Read More >>

Passion and Compassion in Early Christianity

Passion and Compassion in Early Christianity

Author: Susan Wessel (Catholic University of America, Washington DC)
ISBN: 9781107125100
Format: Hardback
$235.44

Drawing upon a wide range of early Christians from both east and west, Wessel expertly places each author in the...  Read More >>

Armes Et Jeux Militaires Dans l'Imaginaire: Xiie-Xve Siecles

Armes Et Jeux Militaires Dans l'Imaginaire: Xiie-Xve...

Author: Catalina Girbea
ISBN: 9782812460838
Format: Paperback
$179.52

Tournaments remain an under-researched subject, especially where the place they occupy in the imagination is concerned....  Read More >>

Torture and Truth (Routledge Revivals)

Torture and Truth (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Page duBois
ISBN: 9781138203624
Format: Hardback
$231.00

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Translation and Geography

Translation and Geography

Author: Federico Italiano (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
ISBN: 9781138828902
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Translation and Geography investigates how translation has radically shaped the way the West has mapped the world....  Read More >>

Commento agli ""Epigrammata Bobiensia""

Commento agli ""Epigrammata Bobiensia""

Author: Francesca Romana Nocchi
ISBN: 9783110462012
Format: Hardback
$231.57

The Epigrammata Bobiensia are a collection of 71 poems, written between the fourth and fifth century d.C. in a cultural...  Read More >>

Origenes' tropologische Hermeneutik und die Wahrheit des biblischen Wortes: Ein Beitrag zu den Grundlagen der altchristlichen Bibelexegese

Origenes' tropologische Hermeneutik und die Wahrheit...

Author: Dieter Lau ,  Dieter Lau
ISBN: 9783631672112
Format: Hardback
$157.06

Die Studie behandelt Origenes' tropologische Hermeneutik und Exegese, das heuristische Prinzip der doppelten Bezugswelt,...  Read More >>

Lucius Cornelius Sulla in der antiken Erinnerung: Jener Mörder, der sich Felix nannte

Lucius Cornelius Sulla in der antiken Erinnerung: Jener...

Author: Alexandra Eckert
ISBN: 9783110449815
Format: Hardback
$171.51

Millenniumpursues an interdisciplinaryapproach transcending historical eras. The international editorial board and...  Read More >>

The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul

The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul...

Author: Frantisek Ábel
ISBN: 9783161539916
Format: Paperback
$255.90

František Ábel explores one of the topical issues of Paul's theology, namely the role and influence of the Jewish...  Read More >>

Laws

Laws

Author: Plato ,  Prof Benjamin Jowett
ISBN: 9781535078115
Format: Paperback
$31.55

The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BCE and lived to be eighty. Acknowledged masterpieces among...  Read More >>

Timaeus

Timaeus

Author: Prof Benjamin Jowett ,  Plato
ISBN: 9781535078405
Format: Paperback
$20.99

Both an ideal entree for beginning readers and a solid text for scholars, the second edition of Peter Kalkavage's...  Read More >>

Aristophanes and Women (Routledge Revivals)

Aristophanes and Women (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Lauren Taaffe
ISBN: 9781138018594
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Aristophanes and Women, first published in 1993, investigates the workings of the great Athenian comedian’s ‘women...  Read More >>

Studies in the Transmission and Reception of Old Norse Literature: The Hyperborean Muse in European Culture

Studies in the Transmission and Reception of Old Norse...

Author: Judy Quinn (University of Oxford) ,  Maria Adele Cipolla
ISBN: 9782503555539
Format: Hardback
$396.00

The compelling world of the Vikings and their descendants, preserved in the sagas, poetry, and mythology of medieval...  Read More >>

Translation and Geography

Translation and Geography

Author: Federico Italiano (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
ISBN: 9781138828919
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Translation and Geography investigates how translation has radically shaped the way the West has mapped the world....  Read More >>

Revivals: Of Antigone

Revivals: Of Antigone

Author: William Robert
ISBN: 9781438458021
Format: Paperback
$84.35

Presents new ways of thinking about the human and the humanities through a rethinking of Antigone.  Read More >>

Early Greek Hexameter Poetry

Early Greek Hexameter Poetry

Author: Peter Gainsford (Victoria University of Wellington)
ISBN: 9781316608883
Format: Paperback
$46.55

This is the first book to give an introduction to all genres of early hexameter poetry. It introduces readers to...  Read More >>

The Confessions

The Confessions

Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
ISBN: 9781535235969
Format: Paperback
$61.38

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

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