Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Chaucer and the Tradition of Fame: Symbolism in The House of Fame

Chaucer and the Tradition of Fame: Symbolism in The...

Author: Benjamin Granade Koonce
ISBN: 9780691623900
Format: Paperback
$67.99

"The author's aim is to ""restore to the reading of the poem a background of medieval meanings familiar enough to...  Read More >>

Roman de la Rose: A Study in Allegory and Iconography

Roman de la Rose: A Study in Allegory and Iconography...

Author: John V. Fleming
ISBN: 9780691621746
Format: Paperback
$67.99

Since the Roman de la Rose had tremendous influence on the poetry of the fourteenth century, particularly on the...  Read More >>

Advent Lyrics of the Exeter Book

Advent Lyrics of the Exeter Book

Author: Jackson J. Campbell
ISBN: 9780691626284
Format: Paperback
$54.99

The Advent Lyrics, a group of Old English religious antiphons (formerly called Christ I) dating from about the 9th...  Read More >>

Dante's Drama of the Mind: A Modern Reading of the Purgatorio

Dante's Drama of the Mind: A Modern Reading of the Purgatorio...

Author: Francis Fergusson
ISBN: 9780691622613
Format: Paperback
$54.99

The individual insights employed in this reading of the Purgatorio are those of a twentieth-century mind, as are...  Read More >>

A Preface to Chaucer: Studies in Medieval Perspective

A Preface to Chaucer: Studies in Medieval Perspective...

Author: Durant Waite Robertson
ISBN: 9780691621722
Format: Paperback
$145.00

What were the medieval stylistic, aesthetic, and literary conventions that Chancer drew upon and knew that his audience...  Read More >>

The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel: Ssu ta ch'i-shu

The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel: Ssu ta ch'i-shu...

Author: Andrew H. Plaks
ISBN: 9780691628202
Format: Paperback
$135.00

Andrew Plaks reinterprets the great texts of Chinese fiction known as the ""Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel""...  Read More >>

Japheth in the Tents of Shem: Greek Bible Translations in Byzantine Judaism

Japheth in the Tents of Shem: Greek Bible Translations...

Author: Nicholas de Lange
ISBN: 9783161540738
Format: Hardback
$317.49

Much scholarly attention has been paid to the Greek Bible translations employed in the Byzantine Church, whereas...  Read More >>

Horace between Freedom and Slavery: The First Book of Epistles

Horace between Freedom and Slavery: The First Book of...

Author: Stephanie McCarter
ISBN: 9780299305703
Format: Hardback
$171.60

This insightful study of the Roman poet Horace's first book of Epistles explores his representations of slavery...  Read More >>

Writing Medieval Women’s Lives

Writing Medieval Women’s Lives

Author: C. Goldy ,  A. Livingstone
ISBN: 9781349296057
Format: Paperback
$72.95

A collection of essays representing the growing variety of approaches used to write the history of medieval women....  Read More >>

Roman Literature in Relation to Roman Art

Roman Literature in Relation to Roman Art

Author: Robert Burn (University of Exeter)
ISBN: 9781347633748
Format: Hardback
$71.15

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

Suetonius: History of Twelve Caesars, Volume 2

Suetonius: History of Twelve Caesars, Volume 2

Author: Suetonius
ISBN: 9781347615461
Format: Hardback
$71.15

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

The Argonautica.

The Argonautica.

Author: Rhodius Apollonius ,  Edward P B 1863 Coleridge
ISBN: 9781347575628
Format: Hardback
$68.51

Publisher: London, G. BellPublication date: 1889Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text....  Read More >>

Dumb Beasts in Hallowed Tombs: Swedish Funerary Poetry for Animals 1670–1760

Dumb Beasts in Hallowed Tombs: Swedish Funerary Poetry...

Author: Daniel Möller ,  Alan Crozier
ISBN: 9783631659250
Format: Hardback
$141.02

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Torrent of Portyngale

Torrent of Portyngale

Author: E Adam
ISBN: 9781347430965
Format: Hardback
$63.23

Publisher: London, Pub. for the Early English Text Society by N. Trbner  Read More >>

Examen Concilii Tridentini

Examen Concilii Tridentini

Author: Martin Chemnitz ,  Eduard Preuss
ISBN: 9783112491713
Format: Hardback
$910.77

"No detailed description available for ""Examen Concilii Tridentini""."  Read More >>

Icons of Irishness from the Middle Ages to the Modern World

Icons of Irishness from the Middle Ages to the Modern...

Author: M. Williams ,  M Williams (Port Headland Regional Hospital, Western Australia)
ISBN: 9781349287734
Format: Paperback
$158.95

From majestic Celtic crosses to elaborate knotwork designs, visual symbols of Irish identity at its most medieval...  Read More >>

Die Zeitalter werden besichtigt: Aktuelle Tendenzen der Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - Festschrift fuer Otto Brunken

Die Zeitalter werden besichtigt: Aktuelle Tendenzen...

Author: Gabriele Von Glasenapp ,  Andre Kagelmann
ISBN: 9783631660324
Format: Hardback
$170.52

Der Otto Brunken gewidmete Band versammelt Beiträge zu den zentralen Forschungsgebieten des Jubilars: Die Untersuchungen...  Read More >>

Roman Literature in Relation to Roman Art

Roman Literature in Relation to Roman Art

Author: Robert Burn (University of Exeter)
ISBN: 9781347272961
Format: Hardback
$71.15

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

The Paradiso of Dante Alighieri

The Paradiso of Dante Alighieri

Author: Geoffrey L. Bickersteth
ISBN: 9781107536692
Format: Paperback
$62.07

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Postscript on Beowulf

Postscript on Beowulf

Author: S. O. Andrew
ISBN: 9781107585683
Format: Paperback
$56.90

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The Sea in the Greek Imagination

The Sea in the Greek Imagination

Author: Marie-Claire Beaulieu
ISBN: 9780812247657
Format: Hardback
$224.27

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