Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Cultivating the Heart: Feeling and Emotion in Twelfth- And Thirteenth-Century Religious Texts

Cultivating the Heart: Feeling and Emotion in Twelfth-...

Author: A S Lazikani
ISBN: 9781783162659
Format: Electronic book text
$409.20

Cultivating the Heart reveals the languages of feeling in a range of religious texts from the High Middle Ages....  Read More >>

Medieval 'Artes Praedicandi': A Synthesis of Scholastic Sermon Structure

Medieval 'Artes Praedicandi': A Synthesis of Scholastic...

Author: Siegfried Wenzel
ISBN: 9781442650107
Format: Hardback
$94.99

Written by a leading expert on the late medieval scholastic sermon, Medieval Artes Praedicandi is an essential resource...  Read More >>

The Afterlife of Ovid

The Afterlife of Ovid

Author: Peter Mack ,  John North
ISBN: 9781905670604
Format: Paperback
$171.60

Ovid was the most influential and widely imitated of all classical Latin poets. This volume publishes papers delivered...  Read More >>

La Chanson de la Premiere Croisade En Ancien Francais d'Apres Baudri de Bourgueil: Edition Et Analyse Lexicale

La Chanson de la Premiere Croisade En Ancien Francais...

Author: Jennifer Gabel De Aguirre
ISBN: 9783825360955
Format: Paperback
$234.96

English summary: The Chanson de la Premiere Croisade is a thirteenth-century epic poem written in medieval French...  Read More >>

The Poem of Fernan Gonzalez

The Poem of Fernan Gonzalez

Author: Peter Such ,  Richard Rabone
ISBN: 9781910572016
Format: Paperback
$59.49

New translation of the thirteenth century account of the life and achievements of the tenth century Castillian leader...  Read More >>

The Cambridge Old English Reader

The Cambridge Old English Reader

Author: Richard Marsden (University of Nottingham)
ISBN: 9781107641310
Format: Paperback
$80.19

Extensively revised for the second edition, this Reader includes a new extract from Beowulf as well as a new Beginning...  Read More >>

Die Ghaselen Des Qasem Anwar: Auf Der Grundlage Der Handschrift in Der Mamier-Kulturstiftung, Ediert Und Mit Einem Nachwort Versehen Durch Khosro Kiyanrad, Ubersetzt Von Sarah Kiyanrad

Die Ghaselen Des Qasem Anwar: Auf Der Grundlage Der...

Author: Khosro Kiyanrad ,  Sarah Kiyanrad
ISBN: 9783447103787
Format: Hardback
$105.60

Qasem Anwar (1356-1434 oder 1436), der sich Zeit seines Lebens der mystischen Gottessuche widmete, gehort zu den...  Read More >>

The Confession

The Confession

Author: S W Orson ,  Jean Jacques Rousseau
ISBN: 9781511975308
Format: Paperback
$51.72

"Among the notable books of later times-we may say, without exaggeration, of all time--must be reckoned The Confessions...  Read More >>

The Iliad

The Iliad

Author: The Perfect Library ,  Homer
ISBN: 9781511974714
Format: Paperback
$71.02

Poet and Homeric scholar Barry B. Powell offers a major new translation of this timeless epic poem  Read More >>

The Bare-Sarked Warrior: A Brief Cultural History of Battlefield Exposure

The Bare-Sarked Warrior: A Brief Cultural History of...

Author: Oren Falk
ISBN: 9780866985024
Format: Hardback
$145.20

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Wie Soll Ich Das Verstehen?: Neun Vortrage Uber Verstehen, Edieren, Ubersetzen Mittelalterlicher Literatur

Wie Soll Ich Das Verstehen?: Neun Vortrage Uber Verstehen,...

Author: Dietmar Peschel
ISBN: 9783825364885
Format: Hardback
$71.28

English summary: The collected lectures presented in this work were almost all part of a yearlong lecture series...  Read More >>

The Cambridge Old English Reader

The Cambridge Old English Reader

Author: Richard Marsden (University of Nottingham)
ISBN: 9781107055308
Format: Hardback
$232.85

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Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism

Author: Lawrence J Trudeau
ISBN: 9781569955369
Format: Hardback
$1275.12

As a convenient source of wide-ranging critical opinion on early literature, this series contains excerpts from...  Read More >>

Menander 'Perikeiromene' or 'The Shorn Head'

Menander 'Perikeiromene' or 'The Shorn Head'

Author: William D. Furley
ISBN: 9781905670598
Format: Paperback
$171.60

Menander set Perikeiromene, or the ‘Woman with shorn head’ in Corinth, famous for its beautiful women, at a time...  Read More >>

A Descriptive Index of the English Lyrics in John of Grimestone's Preaching Book

A Descriptive Index of the English Lyrics in John of...

Author: Edward Wilson
ISBN: 9780907570684
Format: Paperback
$60.69

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The Lyrics of the Red Book of Ossory

The Lyrics of the Red Book of Ossory

Author: Richard Leighton Greene
ISBN: 9780907570691
Format: Paperback
$25.88

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Sanctity as Literature in Late Medieval Britain

Sanctity as Literature in Late Medieval Britain

Author: Eva von Contzen ,  Anke Bernau
ISBN: 9780719089701
Format: Hardback
$195.00

Explores how sanctity and questions of literariness are intertwined across a range of medieval genres.  Read More >>

Fragments and Assemblages: Forming Compilations of Medieval London

Fragments and Assemblages: Forming Compilations of Medieval...

Author: Arthur Bahr
ISBN: 9780226269405
Format: Paperback
$47.95

Examining the formal characteristics of both physical manuscripts and literary works, this book argues that manuscript...  Read More >>

The Poem of Fernan Gonzalez

The Poem of Fernan Gonzalez

Author: Peter Such ,  Richard Rabone
ISBN: 9781910572009
Format: Hardback
$245.81

New translation of the thirteenth century account of the life and achievements of the tenth century Castillian leader...  Read More >>

The Complete Story of the Grail: Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval and its continuations

The Complete Story of the Grail: Chrétien de Troyes'...

Author: Chrétien de Troyes ,  Nigel Bryant
ISBN: 9781843844006
Format: Hardback
$375.19

The first ever translation of the whole of the rich and compelling body of tales contained in Chrétien's poem and...  Read More >>

Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry

Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian...

Author: Leonard Lewisohn
ISBN: 9781784532123
Format: Paperback
$49.99

I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation After six hundred years, the Persian lyrical poet Hafiz...  Read More >>

Commentary on The Song of Awakening

Commentary on The Song of Awakening

Author: Yōka Daishi ,  Janine Coursin
ISBN: 9781937385613
Format: Paperback
$100.32

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Allusions and Reflections: Greek and Roman Mythology in Renaissance Europe

Allusions and Reflections: Greek and Roman Mythology...

Author: Elisabeth Wåghäll Nivre
ISBN: 9781443874540
Format: Hardback
$261.23

In June 2012, scholars from a number of disciplines and countries gathered in Stockholm to discuss the representation...  Read More >>

The Christ Child in Medieval Culture: Alpha es et O!

The Christ Child in Medieval Culture: Alpha es et O!...

Author: Mary Dzon ,  Theresa M. Kenney
ISBN: 9781442628908
Format: Paperback
$79.99

The Christ Child in Medieval Culture is the first interdisciplinary investigation of how representations of the...  Read More >>

The Phonology of Consonants

The Phonology of Consonants

Author: Wm G. Bennett (Rhodes University, South Africa)
ISBN: 9781107073630
Format: Hardback
$284.63

The most comprehensive work on dissimilation (the avoidance or repair of combinations of similar sounds) to date,...  Read More >>

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