Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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The Pentateuch and Its Readers

The Pentateuch and Its Readers

Author: Joel S. Baden ,  Jeffrey Stackert
ISBN: 9783161608209
Format: Hardback
$525.36

This volume celebrates the contribution of Baruch J. Schwartz to the field of biblical studies through essays that...  Read More >>

Platonic and Ciceronian Studies

Platonic and Ciceronian Studies

Author: John Glucker
ISBN: 9781527525085
Format: Hardback
$225.09

This volume consists of essays published by John Glucker between 1987 and 2014 in various books and periodicals,...  Read More >>

Les Oublies de Rome

Les Oublies de Rome

Author: Pierre Vesperini
ISBN: 9782251454702
Format: Paperback
$47.52

"Ce livre est le fruit d'une fascination: celle de l'auteur pour les fragments, infiniment rares, qu'ont laisses...  Read More >>

Diomede Outre-Mer: Sur Les Traces d'Un Heros Grec En Occident

Diomede Outre-Mer: Sur Les Traces d'Un Heros Grec En...

Author: Sebastien Barbara
ISBN: 9782251454375
Format: Paperback
$168.96

Le heros Diomede, fils de Tydee, dont les exploits enflamment les chants V et VI de l'Iliade, a eu, apres la guerre...  Read More >>

Furor Hereos: Heroischer Wahnsinn in Der Renaissance (Ariosto, Tasso, Bruno)

Furor Hereos: Heroischer Wahnsinn in Der Renaissance...

Author: Angela Oster
ISBN: 9783770566099
Format: Hardback
$322.08

The study presents culture and literature of madness in the Renaissance and deals with various fields of knowledge....  Read More >>

Honigsusse Briefe Und Lastende Worte: Studien Zur Ausserung Von Emotionen Durch Metaphorischen Sprachgebrauch Im Altgriechischen

Honigsusse Briefe Und Lastende Worte: Studien Zur Ausserung...

Author: Eleni Skarsouli
ISBN: 9783506793935
Format: Hardback
$242.88

In this volume, cases of metaphorical language use in Ancient Greek from the domains of temperature, weight and...  Read More >>

Dante's Revelation: A Study of the Life and Work of Dante Alighieri

Dante's Revelation: A Study of the Life and Work of...

Author: Willem Frederik Veltman ,  Philip Mees
ISBN: 9781584208891
Format: Paperback
$57.99

An insightful exploration of the writing and background of Dante Alighieri, revealing how the 13th century poet...  Read More >>

Catullus: The poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus

Catullus: The poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus

Author: Gaius Valerius Catullus ,  Brian Murdoch
ISBN: 9781789633948
Format: Paperback
$25.75

A contemporary translation of the poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus with an introduction by the translator.  Read More >>

Wace: Auteur - Createur - Ecrivain

Wace: Auteur - Createur - Ecrivain

Author: Denis Hue
ISBN: 9782868785442
Format: Paperback
$92.40

"A partir de l'oeuvre de Wace, s'interroger sur la notion "" d'auteur "" concept au cur de toute etude sur la litterature,...  Read More >>

Old English Prose and Verse: An Annotated Selection with Introductions and Notes by

Old English Prose and Verse: An Annotated Selection...

Author: Roger Fowler
ISBN: 9781032226002
Format: Paperback
$60.99

Originally published in 1966, this book provides students of the earliest stage of our literature with a selection...  Read More >>

Dante's Vita Nuova and the New Testament: Hermeneutics and the Poetics of Revelation

Dante's Vita Nuova and the New Testament: Hermeneutics...

Author: William Franke (Vanderbilt University, Tennessee)
ISBN: 9781009013819
Format: Paperback
$59.49

Dante's visionary grounding of knowledge in love and divine revelation still moves and inspires a wide readership....  Read More >>

Gender, Creation Myths and their Reception in Western Civilization: Prometheus, Pandora, Adam and Eve

Gender, Creation Myths and their Reception in Western...

Author: Dr Lisa Maurice (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) ,  Dr Tovi Bibring (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
ISBN: 9781350212862
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Explores the role of gender in Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian creation myths and their reception traditions from...  Read More >>

The Classics in South America: Five Case Studies

The Classics in South America: Five Case Studies

Author: Dr Germán Campos Muñoz (Appalachian State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350195042
Format: Paperback
$59.99

This volume examines the long and complex history of the Greco-Roman tradition in South America, arguing that the...  Read More >>

Future Fame in the Iliad: Epic Time and Homeric Studies

Future Fame in the Iliad: Epic Time and Homeric Studies...

Author: Dr Yukai Li (Carleton University, Canada)
ISBN: 9781350239203
Format: Paperback
$59.99

When Homeric heroes think about the meaning of their actions, they expect this to take the form of kleos, 'fame',...  Read More >>

Emotional Alterity in the Medieval North Sea World

Emotional Alterity in the Medieval North Sea World

Author: Erin Sebo ,  Matthew Firth
ISBN: 9783031339646
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This book addresses a little-considered aspect of the study of the history of emotions in medieval literature: the...  Read More >>

The Middle English Book: Scribes and Readers, 1350-1500

The Middle English Book: Scribes and Readers, 1350-1500...

Author: Prof Michael Johnston (Associate Professor of English, Purdue University)
ISBN: 9780192871770
Format: Hardback
$183.95

A new account of Middle English book production and circulation that analyzes 202 literary manuscripts from late...  Read More >>

Hellenisme Et Prophetie: Les Oracles Sibyllins Juifs Et Chretiens

Hellenisme Et Prophetie: Les Oracles Sibyllins Juifs...

Author: Xavier LaFontaine
ISBN: 9782503607962
Format: Paperback
$298.32

The formal study of the collection of Jewish and Christian texts transmitted under the name of Sibylline Oracles...  Read More >>

An Introduction to Greek Mythology and Modern Society

An Introduction to Greek Mythology and Modern Society...

Author: Jerrad Lancaster
ISBN: 9781793555403
Format: Paperback
$134.20

Provides students with a collection of curated readings that discuss the placement of myths in ancient and modern...  Read More >>

Das Spiel Mit Der Vergangenheit in Der Zweiten Sophistik

Das Spiel Mit Der Vergangenheit in Der Zweiten Sophistik...

Author: Isidor Brodersen
ISBN: 9783515135344
Format: Paperback
$171.60

Die heutige Vorstellung der Zweiten Sophistik ist vor allem gepragt von der rhetorischen Tatigkeit gebildeter Griechen...  Read More >>

Konrad von Würzburg: Ein Handbuch

Konrad von Würzburg: Ein Handbuch

Author: Markus Stock
ISBN: 9783110204988
Format: Hardback
$334.53

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Methoden zur Erforschung grammatischer Strukturen in historischen Quellen: Vom Einzelfall zum System

Methoden zur Erforschung grammatischer Strukturen in...

Author: Christian Braun ,  Elisabeth Scherr
ISBN: 9783110784183
Format: Hardback
$162.93

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Sculpture, weaving, and the body in Plato

Sculpture, weaving, and the body in Plato

Author: Zacharoula Petraki
ISBN: 9783111178196
Format: Hardback
$205.83

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Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800: Critical Discussion of the Works of Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth-Century Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Philosophers, and Other Creative Writers

Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800: Critical Discussion...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9780028684963
Format: Hardback
$1881.00

Presents literary criticism on the works of writers of the period 1400-1800. Critical essays are selected from leading...  Read More >>

Belisarius & Antonina: Love and War in the Age of Justinian

Belisarius & Antonina: Love and War in the Age of Justinian...

Author: David Alan Parnell (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, Indiana University Northwest)
ISBN: 9780197574706
Format: Hardback
$63.95

Belisarius & Antonina is a biography of an immensely powerful marriage in the time of Roman resurgence and expansion....  Read More >>

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