Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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The State of Speech: Rhetoric and Political Thought in Ancient Rome

The State of Speech: Rhetoric and Political Thought...

Author: Joy Connolly
ISBN: 9780691162256
Format: Paperback
$42.99

Rhetorical theory, the core of Roman education, taught rules of public speaking that are still influential today....  Read More >>

Apuleius: Metamorphoses Book I

Apuleius: Metamorphoses Book I

Author: Regine May
ISBN: 9781908343819
Format: Paperback
$59.49

Apuleius' Metamorphoses, our only complete Latin novel, tells the story of Lucius, a young man turned into a donkey....  Read More >>

The Body in Mystery: The Political Theology of the 'Corpus Mysticum' in the Literature of Reformation England

The Body in Mystery: The Political Theology of the 'Corpus...

Author: Jennifer R. Rust
ISBN: 9780810129313
Format: Paperback
$105.47

In The Body in Mystery, Jennifer R. Rust engages the political concept of the mystical body of the commonwealth,...  Read More >>

A History of the Medieval Diocese of Cloyne

A History of the Medieval Diocese of Cloyne

Author: Paul MacCotter
ISBN: 9781782181187
Format: Hardback
$58.95

A History of the Medieval Diocese of Cloyne is written both for the general reader and the specialist. This intriguing...  Read More >>

Silence in Catullus

Silence in Catullus

Author: Benjamin E. Stevens
ISBN: 9780299296643
Format: Paperback
$92.27

"Both passionate and artful, learned and bawdy, Catullus is one of the best-known and critically significant poets...  Read More >>

The Petra Papyri II

The Petra Papyri II

Author: L. Koenen ,  J. Kaimio
ISBN: 9789957854362
Format: Hardback
$250.99

The second volume in the Petra Papyri series, the scholarly publication meticulously documenting, translating and...  Read More >>

Apuleius: Metamorphoses Book I

Apuleius: Metamorphoses Book I

Author: Regine May
ISBN: 9781908343802
Format: Hardback
$129.38

Apuleius' Metamorphoses, our only complete Latin novel, tells the story of Lucius, a young man turned into a donkey....  Read More >>

The Body in Mystery: The Political Theology of the 'Corpus Mysticum' in the Literature of Reformation England

The Body in Mystery: The Political Theology of the 'Corpus...

Author: Jennifer R. Rust
ISBN: 9780810129634
Format: Hardback
$211.20

In The Body in Mystery, Jennifer R. Rust engages the political concept of the mystical body of the commonwealth,...  Read More >>

Citation, Intertextuality and Memory in the Middle Ages and Renaissance volume 2: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Medieval Culture

Citation, Intertextuality and Memory in the Middle Ages...

Author: Yolanda Plumley (Department of History, University of Exeter (United Kingdom)) ,  Giuliano Di Bacco (Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature, Indiana University (United States))
ISBN: 9780859898614
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Essays in this volume cover topics relevant to medieval Europe including sacred and secular music, historiography,...  Read More >>

Textual Rivals: Self-Presentation in Herodotus' Histories

Textual Rivals: Self-Presentation in Herodotus' Histories...

Author: David Branscome
ISBN: 9780472118946
Format: Hardback
$211.07

Textual Rivals studies some of the most debated issues in Herodotean scholarship. It speaks to those interested...  Read More >>

The Virgil Encyclopedia, 3 Volume Set

The Virgil Encyclopedia, 3 Volume Set

Author: Richard F. Thomas (Harvard University, USA) ,  Jan M. Ziolkowski (Harvard University, USA)
ISBN: 9781405154987
Format: Hardback
$824.95

The Virgil Encyclopedia represents the first comprehensive reference volume to be published in English on Virgil,...  Read More >>

Die zweite Philippica als Flugschrift in der späten Republik

Die zweite Philippica als Flugschrift in der späten...

Author: Frank-Thomas Ott
ISBN: 9783110310887
Format: Hardback
$308.79

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Plato and the Post-Socratic Dialogue: The Return to the Philosophy of Nature

Plato and the Post-Socratic Dialogue: The Return to...

Author: Charles H. Kahn (University of Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9781107031456
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Plato's late dialogues have often been neglected because they lack the literary charm of his earlier masterpieces....  Read More >>

Themistius, Julian, and Greek Political Theory under Rome: Texts, Translations, and Studies of Four Key Works

Themistius, Julian, and Greek Political Theory under...

Author: Simon Swain (University of Warwick)
ISBN: 9781107026575
Format: Hardback
$316.80

Power, government, the age-old struggle between rulers and ruled - these are the topics of the extraordinary exchange...  Read More >>

A Jacobean Company and its Playhouse: The Queen's Servants at the Red Bull Theatre (c.1605–1619)

A Jacobean Company and its Playhouse: The Queen's Servants...

Author: Eva Griffith
ISBN: 9781107041882
Format: Hardback
$144.90

This unique and colourful history tells the story of Thomas Heywood's playing company, the Queen's Servants, and...  Read More >>

God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination

God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination

Author: Richard Jenkyns (Emeritus Professor of the Classical Tradition, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall)
ISBN: 9780199675524
Format: Hardback
$132.95

God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination is a unique exploration of the relationship between the ancient Romans'...  Read More >>

Predigt im Kontext

Predigt im Kontext

Author: Volker Mertens ,  Hans-Jochen Schiewer
ISBN: 9783484640160
Format: Hardback
$652.08

Die Erschließung des Kontextes der mittelalterlichen Predigt zielt auf die inner- und außerliterarischen Einflüsse,...  Read More >>

Wissen und Weisheit

Wissen und Weisheit

Author: Marcus Castelberg
ISBN: 9783110332476
Format: Hardback
$607.20

Die 'Süddeutsche Tafelsammlung', Library of Congress, Rosenwald...  Read More >>

Die, Süddeutsche Tafelsammlung'

Die, Süddeutsche Tafelsammlung'

Author: Marcus Castelberg ,  Richard F Fasching
ISBN: 9783110332469
Format: Hardback
$469.89

Zum ersten Mal liegt die deutsch-lateinische 'Süddeutsche Tafelsammlung', Library of Congress, Rosenwald Collection,...  Read More >>

The Late Middle English 'Lucydarye'

The Late Middle English 'Lucydarye'

Author: Stephen Morrison
ISBN: 9782503540825
Format: Paperback
$232.32

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Form and Meaning in Drama: A Study of Six Greek Plays and of Hamlet

Form and Meaning in Drama: A Study of Six Greek Plays...

Author: H. D. F. Kitto
ISBN: 9780415729369
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Analysing six Greek tragedies and Hamlet, this book also contains a chapter on the Greek and the Elizabethan dramatic...  Read More >>

Storytelling: Critical and Creative Approaches

Storytelling: Critical and Creative Approaches

Author: J. Shaw ,  P. Kelly
ISBN: 9781137349941
Format: Hardback
$84.99

This collection uses the concept of 'story' to connect literary materials and methods of analysis to wider issues...  Read More >>

Medievalia et Humanistica, No. 39: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture: New Series

Medievalia et Humanistica, No. 39: Studies in Medieval...

Author: Reinhold F. Glei ,  Wolfgang Polleichtner
ISBN: 9781442226739
Format: Hardback
$181.95

Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication...  Read More >>

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