Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Early Christian and Jewish Narrative: The Role of Religion in Shaping Narrative Forms

Early Christian and Jewish Narrative: The Role of Religion...

Author: Ilaria Ramelli ,  Judith Perkins
ISBN: 9783161520334
Format: Hardback
$427.97

"The authors of this volume elucidate the remarkable role played by religion in the shaping and reshaping of narrative...  Read More >>

Contested Ethnicities and Images: Studies in Acts and Arts

Contested Ethnicities and Images: Studies in Acts and...

Author: David L. Balch
ISBN: 9783161523366
Format: Hardback
$501.72

"Ethnic values changed as Imperial Rome expanded, challenging ethnocentric values in Rome itself, as well as in...  Read More >>

The Book of the Order of Chivalry / Llibre De L'ordre De Cavalleria / Libro De La Orden De Caballeria

The Book of the Order of Chivalry / Llibre De L'ordre...

Author: Ramon Llull ,  Antonio Cortijo Ocana
ISBN: 9789027268037
Format: Electronic book text
$377.52

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Masculine Virtue in Early Modern Spain

Masculine Virtue in Early Modern Spain

Author: Shifra Armon ,  Anne J. Cruz
ISBN: 9781472441898
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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The Art of Caesar's Bellum Civile: Literature, Ideology, and Community

The Art of Caesar's Bellum Civile: Literature, Ideology,...

Author: Luca Grillo (Amherst College, Massachusetts)
ISBN: 9781107470675
Format: Paperback
$80.19

Participating in a new wave of Caesar studies, this book examines the Bellum Civile as a piece of literature written...  Read More >>

Roman Republican Theatre

Roman Republican Theatre

Author: Gesine Manuwald (University College London)
ISBN: 9781107696099
Format: Paperback
$95.71

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Irritationen

Irritationen

Author: Ramona Früh ,  Therese Fuhrer
ISBN: 9783110378177
Format: Hardback
$171.51

Irritation and destabilization can unsettle established opinions, attitudes, and behaviors. The contributions in...  Read More >>

Hugo von Hofmannsthals Elektra: Eine quellenbasierte Neuinterpretation

Hugo von Hofmannsthals Elektra: Eine quellenbasierte...

Author: Dieter Borchmeyer ,  Dorothée Treiber
ISBN: 9783631662601
Format: Hardback
$247.37

Die Arbeit prüft die Plausibilität einer klinischen Hysterie Elektras im Sinne Freuds durch eine kritische Untersuchung...  Read More >>

The Literary Mind And The Carving Of Dragons

The Literary Mind And The Carving Of Dragons

Author: Liu Hsieh ,  Vincent Yu-chung Shih
ISBN: 9789629965853
Format: Paperback
$46.55

Features a comprehensive work of literary criticism in Chinese, and one that has been considered essential reading...  Read More >>

Ammonius: On Aristotle on Interpretation 10-14

Ammonius: On Aristotle on Interpretation 10-14

Author: Richard Sorabji (University of Oxford UK) ,  Michael Griffin (University of British Columbia Canada)
ISBN: 9781780932071
Format: Hardback
$181.13

"This commentary of Ammonius (c. 440-520 AD) on Aristotle ""On Interpretation"" discusses philosophical ideology...  Read More >>

Saxo Grammaticus (Volume I): Gesta Danorum: The History of the Danes

Saxo Grammaticus (Volume I): Gesta Danorum: The History...

Author: Karsten Friis-Jensen (The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen) ,  Peter Fisher (Lecturer (retired), Lecturer (retired), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge)
ISBN: 9780198205234
Format: Hardback
$612.95

Saxo, a twelfth-century canon at Lund Cathedral, was commissioned by his Archbishop to write a history of Denmark...  Read More >>

Adam Usk's Secret

Adam Usk's Secret

Author: Steven Justice ,  Ruth Mazo Karras
ISBN: 9780812246933
Format: Hardback
$171.60

Adam Usk, a fifteenth-century professor, royal advisor, schismatic, and spy, wrote a peculiar book in a reticent,...  Read More >>

The Vision in Job 4 and Its Role in the Book: Reframing the Development of the Joban Dialogues. Studies of the Sofja Kovalevskaja Research Group on Early Jewish Monotheism. Vol. IV

The Vision in Job 4 and Its Role in the Book: Reframing...

Author: Ken Brown
ISBN: 9783161535338
Format: Paperback
$268.32

Near the beginning of the Joban Dialogues, Job's friend Eliphaz is attributed a remarkably subversive vision (Job...  Read More >>

Plinius' Kleine Reiseapotheke

Plinius' Kleine Reiseapotheke

Author: Kai Brodersen
ISBN: 9783515110266
Format: Hardback
$137.28

"Was tun, wenn man auf Reisen krank wird und man vor Ort keine Apotheken und keine vertrauenswurdige Arzteschaft...  Read More >>

Polemic: Language as Violence in Medieval and Early Modern Discourse

Polemic: Language as Violence in Medieval and Early...

Author: Almut Suerbaum ,  Benjamin Thompson
ISBN: 9781472425072
Format: Electronic book text
$343.07

Taking a broad European approach, this collection brings together...  Read More >>

Medieval Ovid: Frame Narrative and Political Allegory

Medieval Ovid: Frame Narrative and Political Allegory...

Author: A. Gerber
ISBN: 9781137488398
Format: Hardback
$136.95

Ovid's Metamorphoses played an irrefutably important role in the integration of pagan mythology in Christian texts...  Read More >>

A Companion to Julian of Norwich

A Companion to Julian of Norwich

Author: Liz Herbert McAvoy ,  Annie Sutherland
ISBN: 9781843844044
Format: Paperback
$64.66

One of the most important medieval writers studied in historical and literary context.  Read More >>

The Medieval Book and a Modern Collector: Essays in Honour of Toshiyuki Takamiya

The Medieval Book and a Modern Collector: Essays in...

Author: Takami Matsuda ,  Richard A. Linenthal
ISBN: 9781843844051
Format: Paperback
$103.47

New research into medieval English literature, with a particular focus on manuscripts and writing.  Read More >>

In Praise of Later Roman Emperors: The Panegyrici Latini

In Praise of Later Roman Emperors: The Panegyrici Latini...

Author: C. E. V. Nixon ,  Barbara Saylor Rodgers
ISBN: 9780520286252
Format: Paperback
$74.95

An annotated English translation of the eleven later panegyrics (291-389 CE) of the XII Panegyrici Latini, with...  Read More >>

The Anglo-Saxon Chancery: The History, Language and Production of Anglo-Saxon Charters from Alfred to Edgar

The Anglo-Saxon Chancery: The History, Language and...

Author: Ben Snook
ISBN: 9781783270064
Format: Hardback
$207.00

An exploration of Anglo-Saxon charters, bringing out their complexity...  Read More >>

Volkssprachiges Proverbium in der Gelehrtenkultur: Ein lateinischer Fabelkommentar des 15. Jahrhunderts mit deutschen Reimpaarepimythien. Untersuchung und Edition

Volkssprachiges Proverbium in der Gelehrtenkultur: Ein...

Author: Rebekka Nöcker
ISBN: 9783050064420
Format: Hardback
$580.80

This study examines the connections between vernacular and Latin fables and proverbs in the late Middle Ages. It...  Read More >>

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