Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Reading Fiction with Lucian

Reading Fiction with Lucian

Author: Mheallaigh Ni, Karen
ISBN: 9781322293332
Format: Electronic book text
$330.00

This book offers a captivating new interpretation of Lucian as a fictional theorist and writer to stand alongside...  Read More >>

Dating of Beowulf

Dating of Beowulf

Author: Leonard Neidorf ,  Leonard Neidorf
ISBN: 9781322326047
Format: Electronic book text
$261.36

Examinations of the date of Beowulf have tremendous significance for Anglo-Saxon culture in general.  Read More >>

Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature

Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature

Author: Vanessa Barrett Gorman ,  Robert Gorman
ISBN: 9781322507439
Format: Electronic book text
$136.59

A widely accepted truism says that luxury corrupts, and in both popular and scholarly treatments, the ancient city...  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: 9781322328515
Format: Electronic book text
$263.97

Transcending dominant debates of whether Plato's Republic is about the ideal state, the soul, art, or education,...  Read More >>

Recollecting Dante's Divine Comedy in the Novels of Mark Helprin

Recollecting Dante's Divine Comedy in the Novels of...

Author: Sara MacDonald ,  Barry Craig
ISBN: 9781322330785
Format: Electronic book text
$211.17

This book studies several of Mark Helprin's novels in terms of their relation to Dante's Divine Comedy. The authors...  Read More >>

Figures of a Changing World: Metaphor and the Emergence of Modern Culture

Figures of a Changing World: Metaphor and the Emergence...

Author: Professor Emeritus of Literature and Art History Harry Berger Jr (University of California, Santa Cruz) ,  Jr Harry Berger
ISBN: 9781322965307
Format: Electronic book text
$269.28

'Figures of a Changing World' offers a dramatic new account of culture change, an account based on the distinction...  Read More >>

Barbarian North in Medieval Imagination

Barbarian North in Medieval Imagination

Author: Robert Rix (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
ISBN: 9781322314600
Format: Electronic book text
$330.00

This book examines the sustained interest in legends of the pagan and peripheral North, tracing and analyzing the...  Read More >>

Teaching Medieval and Early Modern Cross-Cultural Encounters

Teaching Medieval and Early Modern Cross-Cultural Encounters...

Author: Karina F Attar ,  Karina F Attar
ISBN: 9781322966816
Format: Electronic book text
$237.60

Drawing from theatre, English studies, and art history, among others, these essays discuss the challenges and rewards...  Read More >>

Ancient Myths in the Making of Culture

Ancient Myths in the Making of Culture

Author: Malgorzata Budzowska
ISBN: 9781322967677
Format: Electronic book text
$310.73

Conference proceedings, November 2013, odz.  Read More >>

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism

Author: Jelena Krstovic
ISBN: 9781414494395
Format: Hardback
$629.12

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Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books: In Praise of Books

Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books: In Praise of Books

Author: James E. Montgomery
ISBN: 9780748683321
Format: Hardback
$271.69

Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived in...  Read More >>

classica.

classica.

Author: Peter Kuhlmann ,  Peter Kuhlmann
ISBN: 9783525710784
Format: Paperback
$50.16

Die Briefe von Cicero und Plinius gewähren uns wertvolle Einblicke in das gesellschaftliche und politische Alltagsleben...  Read More >>

Arabische Musikinstrumente in Der Literatur Des Mittelalters

Arabische Musikinstrumente in Der Literatur Des Mittelalters...

Author: Veronica Votterle
ISBN: 9783895009877
Format: Hardback
$195.36

English summary: With cultural exchange taking place in various settings during the Middle Ages, European musical...  Read More >>

Studien Zur Originalitat Der Romischen Komodie: Kleine Schriften

Studien Zur Originalitat Der Romischen Komodie: Kleine...

Author: Eckard Lefevre
ISBN: 9783110306415
Format: Mixed media product
$739.20

One of the principal dilemmas for scholars of Roman comedy is demonstrating its originality compared to its (sometimes...  Read More >>

Historische Gestalten der Antike: Rezeption in Literatur, Kunst und Musik

Historische Gestalten der Antike: Rezeption in Literatur,...

Author: Peter von Möllendorff ,  Annette Simonis
ISBN: 9783476024688
Format: Hardback
$498.96

Von der Antike bis heute: Im Spiegel der Epochen und Kulturen lässt sich klar erkennen, wie unterschiedlich ihr...  Read More >>

Crying in the Middle Ages: Tears of History

Crying in the Middle Ages: Tears of History

Author: Elina Gertsman (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415744195
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Sacred and profane, public and private, emotive and ritualistic, internal and embodied, medieval weeping served...  Read More >>

Biblical Paradigms in Medieval English Literature: From Cædmon to Malory

Biblical Paradigms in Medieval English Literature: From...

Author: Lawrence Besserman (Hebrew University, Israel)
ISBN: 9780415744225
Format: Paperback
$101.00

This book examines the intricate and unusual relationship between the sacred and secular spheres of English medieval...  Read More >>

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

Author: C. S. Lewis ,  Walter Hooper
ISBN: 9781107658929
Format: Paperback
$38.79

This entertaining and learned volume contains book reviews, lectures and hard-to-find articles from the late C....  Read More >>

The Polity of The Athenians and The Lacedaemonians

The Polity of The Athenians and The Lacedaemonians

Author: H G Dakyns ,  Xenophon
ISBN: 9781494409432
Format: Paperback
$34.19

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Historia da Literatura Portuguesa - Os Seiscentistas

Historia da Literatura Portuguesa - Os Seiscentistas...

Author: Teofilo Braga
ISBN: 9781494411138
Format: Paperback
$44.88

O predominio da lingua castelhana apagou desastradamente as literaturas da Galiza, de Aragao, de Valencia; salvou-se...  Read More >>

Spenser's Images of Life

Spenser's Images of Life

Author: C. S. Lewis ,  Alastair Fowler
ISBN: 9781107691131
Format: Paperback
$31.02

This book was compiled by Alastair Fowler from notes left by C. S. Lewis at his death. It approaches The Faerie...  Read More >>

Fronto: Selected Letters

Fronto: Selected Letters

Author: Dr Caillan Davenport (Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Queensland, Macquarie University, Australia) ,  Dr Jennifer Manley (Honorary Research Advisor at the University of Quuensland)
ISBN: 9781780934426
Format: Paperback
$56.99

An investigation of the historical insights revealed in selected letters penned by the Roman senator and orator...  Read More >>

The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition

The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition...

Author: C. S. Lewis
ISBN: 9781107659438
Format: Paperback
$59.49

A classic study of the allegorical power of love in literature, traced through major works of the medieval and Renaissance...  Read More >>

A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus: The Non-Greek Languages, and their Relations with Greek, c.1600–300 BC

A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus: The Non-Greek...

Author: Philippa M. Steele (Magdalene College, Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781107042865
Format: Hardback
$232.88

A pioneering interdisciplinary study of the languages and writing systems of ancient Cyprus, covering a broad time-span...  Read More >>

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