Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Römisches Staatsrecht: Volume 3, Part 1

Römisches Staatsrecht: Volume 3, Part 1

Author: Theodor Mommsen
ISBN: 9780511707612
Format: Undefined
$224.40

Mommsen's influential study (1871–1888) is a systematic treatment of the workings of the Roman state. The renowned...  Read More >>

In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me about Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love

In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me about Grief, Healing,...

Author: Joseph Luzzi (Bard College, USA) ,  Rick Adamson
ISBN: 9781504611527
Format: Audio
$131.97

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 >>

In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me about Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love

In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me about Grief, Healing,...

Author: Joseph Luzzi (Bard College, USA) ,  Rick Adamson
ISBN: 9781504611534
Format: Audio
$79.17

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 >>

Cicero's De Provinciis Consularibus Oratio

Cicero's De Provinciis Consularibus Oratio

Author: Luca Grillo
ISBN: 9780190224592
Format: Paperback
$67.95

Offers a full commentary and introduction to Cicero's De Provinciis Consularibus, which dramatically altered the...  Read More >>

The Translations of Beowulf: A Critical Bibliography

The Translations of Beowulf: A Critical Bibliography...

Author: Chauncey B Tinker ,  Albert S Cook
ISBN: 9781512227925
Format: Paperback
$21.09

From the PREFACE. The following pages are designed to give a historical and critical account of all that has been...  Read More >>

The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy

The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy

Author: Stephen Blackwood (President, President, Ralston College)
ISBN: 9780198718314
Format: Hardback
$340.95

This book shows that Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy aims to affect the listener through the designs of its...  Read More >>

Anglo-Saxon Saints' Lives as History Writing in Late Medieval England

Anglo-Saxon Saints' Lives as History Writing in Late...

Author: Cynthia Turner Camp (Royalty Account)
ISBN: 9781843844020
Format: Hardback
$207.00

A groundbreaking assessment of the use medieval English history-writers made of saints' lives.  Read More >>

The Old English Metrical Calendar (Menologium)

The Old English Metrical Calendar (Menologium)

Author: Kazutomo Karasawa
ISBN: 9781843844099
Format: Hardback
$207.00

First modern text and English translation of an important Anglo-Saxon poem dealing with the liturgical year.  Read More >>

One Who Knows Me: Friendship and Literary Culture in Mid-Tang China

One Who Knows Me: Friendship and Literary Culture in...

Author: Anna M. Shields
ISBN: 9780674504370
Format: Hardback
$131.87

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So We Read on: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures

So We Read on: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why...

Author: Maureen Corrigan
ISBN: 9780316230063
Format: Paperback
$52.77

"The ""Fresh Air"" book critic investigates the enduring power of The Great Gatsby -- ""The Great American Novel...  Read More >>

The Hermeneutics of an African-Igbo Theology

The Hermeneutics of an African-Igbo Theology

Author: Peter Chidi Okuma
ISBN: 9783653056365
Format: Electronic book text
$97.55

One of the great problems among most theologians and theologies is to restrict and to think of theology only in...  Read More >>

Paradies Und Suendenfall: Stoffe Und Motive Der Genesis 3-Rezeption Von Tertullian Bis Ambrosius

Paradies Und Suendenfall: Stoffe Und Motive Der Genesis...

Author: Gabriele Spira
ISBN: 9783653052886
Format: Electronic book text
$226.91

Die Studie untersucht die Rezeption der Paradies- und Sundenfallerzahlung des Buches Genesis, welche zu den wirkmachtigsten...  Read More >>

The Persian Book of Kings: An Epitome of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

The Persian Book of Kings: An Epitome of the Shahnama...

Author: B W Robinson ,  B. W. Robinson
ISBN: 9781138879027
Format: Paperback
$101.00

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Public Policy and the Mass Media: The Interplay of Mass Communication and Political Decision Making

Public Policy and the Mass Media: The Interplay of Mass...

Author: Wim Blockmans ,  Peter Hoppenbrouwers
ISBN: 9781138874121
Format: Paperback
$105.00

This book explores the extent and circumstances under which the media affects public policy; and whether the political...  Read More >>

The Romance of Tristran by Beroul and Beroul II: Student Edition and English Translation

The Romance of Tristran by Beroul and Beroul II: Student...

Author: Barbara N. Sargent-Baur
ISBN: 9781442627161
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Based on the latest critical edition of the text, this volume features a new, accessible English prose translation...  Read More >>

Lucretius: Poet and Philosopher

Lucretius: Poet and Philosopher

Author: E. E. Sikes
ISBN: 9781107497658
Format: Paperback
$59.49

Originally published in 1936, this book examines Lucretius and his philosophy by treating him as a poet first and...  Read More >>

The Odes and Psalms of Solomon: Published from the Syriac version

The Odes and Psalms of Solomon: Published from the Syriac...

Author: J. Rendel Harris
ISBN: 9781107497733
Format: Paperback
$64.66

First published in 1911, this book contains an English translation of the odes and psalms attributed to the biblical...  Read More >>

Early Modern Writing and the Privatization of Experience

Early Modern Writing and the Privatization of Experience...

Author: Dr Nick Davis (University of Liverpool, UK)
ISBN: 9781474232821
Format: Paperback
$76.99

Explores how writers including Spenser, Jonson, and Shakespeare chart Early Modern culture's shift from the primacy...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas

The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas

Author: Kathryn Bosher ,  Fiona M. Macintosh
ISBN: 9780199661305
Format: Hardback
$225.95

The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas is the first edited collection to discuss the presence of Greek...  Read More >>

The Gnostic Paradigm: Forms of Knowing in English Literature of the Late Middle Ages

The Gnostic Paradigm: Forms of Knowing in English Literature...

Author: N. Elias ,  Nigel Swain
ISBN: 9781137474766
Format: Hardback
$158.95

No study has been carried out examining the gnostic undercurrents in medieval England. For the first time, Natanela...  Read More >>

The Romance of Tristran by Beroul and Beroul II: Student Edition and English Translation

The Romance of Tristran by Beroul and Beroul II: Student...

Author: Barbara N. Sargent-Baur
ISBN: 9781442649866
Format: Hardback
$130.00

Based on the latest critical edition of the text, this volume features a new, accessible English prose translation...  Read More >>

Brill's Companion to the Reception of Cicero

Brill's Companion to the Reception of Cicero

Author: William H.F. Altman
ISBN: 9789004235267
Format: Hardback
$543.84

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