Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Representing Judith in Early Modern French Literature

Representing Judith in Early Modern French Literature...

Author: Kathleen M. Llewellyn ,  Professor Allyson M. Poska
ISBN: 9781472435330
Format: Hardback
$284.00

The first full length study to focus on Judith in early modern French literature, this book breaks new ground in...  Read More >>

Aquinas's Philosophy of Religion

Aquinas's Philosophy of Religion

Author: P. O'Grady
ISBN: 9780230285170
Format: Hardback
$84.99

This is an exploration and analysis of Aquinas's contribution to the philosophy of religion. It examines Aquinas's...  Read More >>

Perspektivenwechsel: 'willehalm'-Rezeption in Historischem Kontext: Ulrichs Von Dem Turlin 'arabel' Und Ulrichs Von Turheim 'rennewart'

Perspektivenwechsel: 'willehalm'-Rezeption in Historischem...

Author: Annelie Kreft
ISBN: 9783825363871
Format: Hardback
$102.96

English summary: The phenomenon of medieval addenda to the so-called courtly epics of the classical period from...  Read More >>

Mittelalterliche Literatur ALS Retextualisierung: Das 'pelerinage'-Corpus Des Guillaume de Deguileville Im Europaischen Mittelalter

Mittelalterliche Literatur ALS Retextualisierung: Das...

Author: Professor Andreas Kablitz ,  Ursula Peters
ISBN: 9783825364205
Format: Hardback
$205.92

English summary: In his dream vision, 'Le Pelerinage de vie humaine', a spiritual 'pilgrimage through human life'...  Read More >>

Ordentliche Unordnung: Metamorphosen Des Schwanks Vom Mittelalter Bis Zur Moderne. Festschrift Fur Michael Schilling

Ordentliche Unordnung: Metamorphosen Des Schwanks Vom...

Author: Bernhard Jahn ,  Dirk Rose
ISBN: 9783825363635
Format: Hardback
$129.36

English summary: With its Schwank collections and novels, the 16th century was the heyday of popular storytelling....  Read More >>

The Buried Foundation of the Gilgamesh Epic: The Akkadian Huwawa Narrative

The Buried Foundation of the Gilgamesh Epic: The Akkadian...

Author: Daniel E Fleming (New York University) ,  Sara J Milstein (The University of British Columbia)
ISBN: 9781628370324
Format: Paperback
$100.32

Contrasts in characterization and narrative logic distinguish the adventure to defeat the monster Huwawa from what...  Read More >>

Bradford's Indian Book: Being the True Roote & Rise of American Letters as Revealed by the Native Text Embedded in Of Plimoth Plantation

Bradford's Indian Book: Being the True Roote & Rise...

Author: Betty Booth Donohue
ISBN: 9780813060880
Format: Paperback
$52.67

William Bradford, a leader among the Pilgrims, carefully recorded the voyage of the Mayflower and the daily life...  Read More >>

A Phoenician-Punic Grammar

A Phoenician-Punic Grammar

Author: Charles R Krahmalkov
ISBN: 9781628370317
Format: Paperback
$93.15

Carefully selected examples from texts and dialects of the whole Phoenician-Punic period bring to life the grammatical...  Read More >>

Ibn Dāniyāl: Three Shadow Plays

Ibn Dāniyāl: Three Shadow Plays

Author: Paul Kahle ,  Paule Kahle
ISBN: 9780906094419
Format: Hardback
$84.48

These three plays display the kind of entertainment popular in medieval Egypt. This edition offers the complete...  Read More >>

Transporting Chaucer

Transporting Chaucer

Author: Helen Barr ,  Anke Bernau
ISBN: 9780719091490
Format: Hardback
$183.99

Argues for new relationships between Chaucer's poetry and works by others  Read More >>

Piers Plowman: A Modern Verse Translation

Piers Plowman: A Modern Verse Translation

Author: William Langland ,  Peter Sutton
ISBN: 9780786495030
Format: Paperback
$49.50

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The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - AD 600

The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - AD 600...

Author: J. N. Adams (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9781107684584
Format: Paperback
$98.30

Classical Latin appears to be without regional dialects, yet Latin evolved in little more than a millennium into...  Read More >>

Beowulf and the Grendel-Kin: Politics and Poetry in Eleventh-Century England

Beowulf and the Grendel-Kin: Politics and Poetry in...

Author: Helen Damico
ISBN: 9781938228711
Format: Paperback
$131.97

"In ""Beowulf and the Grendel-kin: Politics and Poetry in Eleventh-Century England,"" Helen Damico presents the...  Read More >>

Poetica

Poetica

Author: Aristotle ,  Raul Bracho
ISBN: 9781505267853
Format: Paperback
$31.68

Poetica. Aristoteles. Grecia 384 a. C - 322 a. C  Read More >>

The Archpoet and Medieval Culture

The Archpoet and Medieval Culture

Author: Peter Godman
ISBN: 9780198719229
Format: Hardback
$218.95

The Archpoet and Medieval Culture is the first book on the most important, and least understood, Latin poet of the...  Read More >>

Plato's Republic as a Philosophical Drama on Doing Well

Plato's Republic as a Philosophical Drama on Doing Well...

Author: Ivor Ludlam
ISBN: 9780739190197
Format: Hardback
$308.00

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The Making of the Odyssey

The Making of the Odyssey

Author: The late M. L. West (Emeritus Fellow, Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9780198718369
Format: Hardback
$340.95

The Making of the Odyssey is a penetrating study of the background, composition, and artistry of the Homeric Odyssey,...  Read More >>

Figures grecques de l'epouvante de l'antiquite au present: Peurs enfantines et adultes

Figures grecques de l'epouvante de l'antiquite au present:...

Author: Maria Patera
ISBN: 9789004278370
Format: Hardback
$599.28

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Dedalus Book of Medieval Literature

Dedalus Book of Medieval Literature

Author: Brian Murdoch (Emeritus Professor of German, University of Stirling University of Stirling University of Stirling)
ISBN: 9781322490137
Format: Electronic book text
$42.32

Brian Murdoch provides an alternative view of the Middle Ages, showing the anarchy and decadence which lurked below...  Read More >>

History of Roman Art

History of Roman Art

Author: Steven L Tuck (Miami University, Ohio, USA)
ISBN: 9781322475615
Format: Electronic book text
$171.47

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Homer

Homer

Author: Elton Baker ,  Joel Christensen
ISBN: 9781322488721
Format: Electronic book text
$39.47

Widely revered as the father of Western literature, Homer was the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, the epic...  Read More >>

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