Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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How to Read a Latin Poem: If You Can't Read Latin Yet

How to Read a Latin Poem: If You Can't Read Latin Yet...

Author: William Fitzgerald (Professor of Latin Language & Literature, King's College London)
ISBN: 9780199657865
Format: Hardback
$84.95

This is a book about poetry, language, and classical antiquity, and explains to the reader with little or no Latin...  Read More >>

Violence and the Writing of History in the Medieval Francophone World

Violence and the Writing of History in the Medieval...

Author: Noah D Guynn (Customer) ,  Zrinka Stahuljak (Contributor)
ISBN: 9781843843375
Format: Hardback
$290.40

An examination of medieval historican writings through the prism of violence.  Read More >>

French Arthurian Literature V: The Lay of Mantel

French Arthurian Literature V: The Lay of Mantel

Author: Glyn S. Burgess ,  Leslie C Brook
ISBN: 9781843843382
Format: Hardback
$250.80

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The Dramaturgy of Senecan Tragedy

The Dramaturgy of Senecan Tragedy

Author: Thomas D. Kohn
ISBN: 9780472118571
Format: Hardback
$197.87

Fresh insight into the dramaturgical practices of the Younger Seneca  Read More >>

Langland and the Rokele Family: The Gentry Background to 'Piers Plowman'

Langland and the Rokele Family: The Gentry Background...

Author: Robert Adams
ISBN: 9781846823817
Format: Hardback
$90.56

The social and political opinions of the author of Piers Plowman derive from, and reflect, a personal background...  Read More >>

Translating Troy: Provincial Politics in Alliterative Romance

Translating Troy: Provincial Politics in Alliterative...

Author: Alex Mueller
ISBN: 9780814293225
Format: CD-ROM
$39.47

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Nicephori Blemmydae. de Virtute Et Ascesi Necnon. Iosephi Racendytae. de Virtute

Nicephori Blemmydae. de Virtute Et Ascesi Necnon. Iosephi...

Author: E Gielen
ISBN: 9782503544120
Format: Hardback
$504.24

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Koenig OEdipus

Koenig OEdipus

Author: Sophokles
ISBN: 9781482751550
Format: Paperback
$15.58

Sophokles: Koenig OEdipus OEdipus wird als Kind ausgesetzt und erschlagt spater seinen Vater und ehelicht...  Read More >>

Aktuelle Tendenzen der Artusforschung

Aktuelle Tendenzen der Artusforschung

Author: Brigitte Burrichter ,  Matthias Däumer
ISBN: 9783110310702
Format: Hardback
$231.57

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Thucydides Between History and Literature

Thucydides Between History and Literature

Author: Antonis Tsakmakis ,  Melina Tamiolaki
ISBN: 9783110297683
Format: Hardback
$205.83

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Viking Language 1

Viking Language 1

Author: Jesse L. Byock
ISBN: 9781480216440
Format: Paperback
$105.57

Viking Language 1: Learn Old Norse, Runes, and Icelandic Sagas (the first book in the Viking Language Series) is...  Read More >>

Vita Latina Adae Et Evae

Vita Latina Adae Et Evae

Author: J -P Petorelli ,  Jd Kaestli
ISBN: 9782503545431
Format: Hardback
$739.20

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Ludus Compleatur: Theatralisierungsstrategien Epischer Stoffe Im Spatmittelalterlichen Und Fruhneuzeitlichen Spiel

Ludus Compleatur: Theatralisierungsstrategien Epischer...

Author: Andrea Grafetstatter
ISBN: 9783895009419
Format: Hardback
$506.88

"English Summary: This study concentrates on strategies of the theatralization of epic motifs in the late medieval...  Read More >>

Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship

Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship...

Author: F. Tolhurst
ISBN: 9781349447398
Format: Paperback
$84.99

Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship provides the first feminist analysis of the part of...  Read More >>

Ovid and Hesiod: The Metamorphosis of the Catalogue of Women

Ovid and Hesiod: The Metamorphosis of the Catalogue...

Author: Ioannis Ziogas (Lecturer in Classics, Australian National University, Canberra)
ISBN: 9781139021944
Format: Undefined
$435.60

Argues that a profound engagement with Hesiod is central to Ovid's poetic world. An important contribution to the...  Read More >>

The Cambridge Companion to Cicero

The Cambridge Companion to Cicero

Author: Catherine Steel (University of Glasgow)
ISBN: 9781139048750
Format: Undefined
$594.00

A comprehensive introduction to Cicero's writings for students and non-specialists. Draws on recent transformative...  Read More >>

Shakespeare beyond Doubt: Evidence, Argument, Controversy

Shakespeare beyond Doubt: Evidence, Argument, Controversy...

Author: Paul Edmondson ,  Stanley Wells
ISBN: 9781139084352
Format: Undefined
$594.00

Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare? The authorship question has been much treated in works of fiction, film and television,...  Read More >>

Euripides' Medea: A New Translation

Euripides' Medea: A New Translation

Author: Diane J. Rayor (Grand Valley State University, Michigan)
ISBN: 9781139059077
Format: Undefined
$594.00

Euripides' Medea comes alive in this new translation that will be useful for both academic study and stage production....  Read More >>

Cicero: Pro Marco Caelio

Cicero: Pro Marco Caelio

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero ,  Andrew R. Dyck (University of California, Los Angeles)
ISBN: 9781139028202
Format: Undefined
$1372.80

New edition of and detailed commentary on what is perhaps Cicero's best-loved speech. Offers advanced undergraduates...  Read More >>

Thucydides: The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians

Thucydides: The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians...

Author: Thucydides ,  Jeremy Mynott (Wolfson College, Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781139050371
Format: Undefined
$1372.80

Thucydides' classic work is a foundational text in the history of Western political thought. This new translation...  Read More >>

Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship

Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship...

Author: F. Tolhurst
ISBN: 9781137277848
Format: Hardback
$84.99

Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship provides the first feminist analysis of the part of...  Read More >>

Challenges to the Power of Zeus in Early Greek Poetry

Challenges to the Power of Zeus in Early Greek Poetry...

Author: Professor Noriko Yasumura
ISBN: 9781472504470
Format: Paperback
$79.99

"In the earliest extant works of Greek literature, Zeus reigns supreme in the Olympian hierarchy. However, scattered...  Read More >>

Emotion, Genre and Gender in Classical Antiquity

Emotion, Genre and Gender in Classical Antiquity

Author: Dana LaCourse Munteanu (Assistant Professor of Classics, Ohio State University)
ISBN: 9781472504487
Format: Paperback
$79.99

This tightly focused collection of essays by a distinguished group of scholars analyses the degree to which expressions...  Read More >>

Slaves to Rome: Paradigms of Empire in Roman Culture

Slaves to Rome: Paradigms of Empire in Roman Culture...

Author: Myles Lavan (University of St Andrews, Scotland)
ISBN: 9781107026018
Format: Hardback
$232.88

This book provides a provocative new perspective on the ideology of Roman imperialism. The analysis of metaphors...  Read More >>

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