Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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The Poetics of Early Russian Literature

The Poetics of Early Russian Literature

Author: D.S. Likhachev ,  Christopher M. Arden-Close
ISBN: 9780739186428
Format: Hardback
$178.95

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Old Jewish Commentaries on «The Song of Songs» II: The Two Commentaries of Tanchum Yerushalmi- Text and translation

Old Jewish Commentaries on «The Song of Songs» II: The...

Author: Joseph Alobaidi
ISBN: 9783034315050
Format: Paperback
$176.47

Tanchum Yerushalmi, born c.1220 probably in Jerusalem, but spent most of his life in Egypt where he died in 1291,...  Read More >>

Birth of the Symbol: Ancient Readers at the Limits of Their Texts

Birth of the Symbol: Ancient Readers at the Limits of...

Author: Peter Struck
ISBN: 9780691162263
Format: Paperback
$44.99

"Nearly all of us have studied poetry and been taught to look for the symbolic as well as literal meaning of the...  Read More >>

Judäa - Syria Palästina: Die Auseinandersetzung einer Provinz mit römischer Politik und Kultur

Judäa - Syria Palästina: Die Auseinandersetzung einer...

Author: Werner Eck
ISBN: 9783161530265
Format: Hardback
$375.19

Die hier versammelten Aufsätze von Werner Eck sind im Laufe von mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten verfasst worden, vor allem...  Read More >>

In Their Own Words: Practices of Quotation in Early Medieval History-Writing

In Their Own Words: Practices of Quotation in Early...

Author: Jeanette Beer
ISBN: 9781442647541
Format: Hardback
$99.99

Jeanette Beer's work bridges the divide between the study of vernacular and Latin writing, providing new evidence...  Read More >>

Hesiodic Voices: Studies in the Ancient Reception of Hesiod's Works and Days

Hesiodic Voices: Studies in the Ancient Reception of...

Author: Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781107046900
Format: Hardback
$232.88

This book selects central moments in the literary reception of the Works and Days in antiquity, studies these moments...  Read More >>

The Myth of Piers Plowman: Constructing a Medieval Literary Archive

The Myth of Piers Plowman: Constructing a Medieval Literary...

Author: Lawrence Warner (King's College London)
ISBN: 9781107043633
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Lawrence Warner explores the history of the production and reception of the great medieval poem, Piers Plowman....  Read More >>

Envy and Jealousy in Classical Athens: A Socio-Psychological Approach

Envy and Jealousy in Classical Athens: A Socio-Psychological...

Author: Ed Sanders (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London)
ISBN: 9780199897728
Format: Hardback
$195.95

Envy and Jealousy in Classical Athens examines the sensation, expression, and literary representation of envy and...  Read More >>

Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture

Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics...

Author: Daniel Mendelsohn
ISBN: 9781590177136
Format: Paperback
$39.99

In Waiting for the Barbarians, Daniel Mendelsohn--hailed by The Economist as one of the finest critics writing in...  Read More >>

Poetry and Identity in Quattrocento Naples

Poetry and Identity in Quattrocento Naples

Author: Matteo Soranzo
ISBN: 9781472413550
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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The Huainanzi and Textual Production in Early China

The Huainanzi and Textual Production in Early China...

Author: Sarah Queen ,  Michael Puett
ISBN: 9789004265035
Format: Hardback
$557.04

The Han dynasty Huainanzi is a compendium of knowledge. This edited volume follows a multi-disciplinary approach...  Read More >>

Schweigen in Versen: Text, Ubersetzung Und Studien Zu Den Schweigegedichten Gregors Von Nazianz (Ii,1,34a/B)

Schweigen in Versen: Text, Ubersetzung Und Studien Zu...

Author: Thomas Kuhn
ISBN: 9783110345872
Format: Mixed media product
$406.56

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Ordinary Oblivion and the Self Unmoored: Reading Plato’s Phaedrus and Writing the Soul

Ordinary Oblivion and the Self Unmoored: Reading Plato’s...

Author: Jennifer R. Rapp ,  Jennifer R. Rapp
ISBN: 9780823257430
Format: Hardback
$101.95

Rapp offers a recast interpretation of Plato through a focus upon the transformative processes required by his texts...  Read More >>

The Political Theory of Aristophanes: Explorations in Poetic Wisdom

The Political Theory of Aristophanes: Explorations in...

Author: Jeremy J. Mhire ,  Bryan-Paul Frost
ISBN: 9781438450032
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Examines the political dimensions of Aristophanes’ comic poetry.  Read More >>

Die Badischen Grabungen in Qarara Und El-Hibeh 1913 Und 1914: Wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Und Papyrologische Beitrage (P.Heid. X)

Die Badischen Grabungen in Qarara Und El-Hibeh 1913...

Author: Wolfgang Habermann
ISBN: 9783825362881
Format: Hardback
$264.00

English summary: Taking a history of science based approach, this volume concerns itself with the Badische Grabungen...  Read More >>

Essays on Aesthetics and Medieval Literature in Honor of Howell Chickering

Essays on Aesthetics and Medieval Literature in Honor...

Author: John M Hill (Esync International California USA) ,  Bonnie Wheeler
ISBN: 9780888448255
Format: Hardback
$237.60

"Reflecting the strong aesthetic turn in literary studies, these powerful, persuasive essays keep an eye on the...  Read More >>

Bookish Riddarasögur: Writing Romance in Late Mediaeval Iceland

Bookish Riddarasögur: Writing Romance in Late Mediaeval...

Author: Professor Emerita Geraldine Barnes
ISBN: 9788776747916
Format: Hardback
$56.93

This book deals with a fascinating but until recently largely neglected area of late medieval Icelandic literature:...  Read More >>

Wolfram Von Eschenbach: Ein Handbuch. Studienausgabe

Wolfram Von Eschenbach: Ein Handbuch. Studienausgabe...

Author: Joachim Heinzle
ISBN: 9783110349160
Format: Paperback
$147.84

Das von führenden Fachleuten erarbeitete Handbuch informiert umfassend über Wolfram von Eschenbach und seine Werke...  Read More >>

The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians

The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians

Author: E a Wallis Budge
ISBN: 9781498018234
Format: Paperback
$89.63

The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians is intended to serve as an elementary introduction to the study of Egyptian...  Read More >>

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