Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

29102 books were found.

Erzahltheorie in Mediavistischer Perspektive

Erzahltheorie in Mediavistischer Perspektive

Author: Armin Schulz ,  Manuel Braun
ISBN: 9783110288865
Format: Mixed media product
$665.28

Narratology from the Perspective of Medieval Studies systematically compiles research on the otherness of medieval...  Read More >>

The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite  and Related Texts: Text, Translation and Commentary

The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite and Related Texts: Text,...

Author: S Douglas Olson (University of Minnesota)
ISBN: 9786613940292
Format: Electronic book text
$487.87

The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite (600s BCE?) tells the story of a brief encounter between the goddess of love and the...  Read More >>

Al Farabi, Epitre Sur l'Intellect

Al Farabi, Epitre Sur l'Intellect

Author: Farabi Al ,  Philippe Vallat
ISBN: 9782251183138
Format: Paperback
$95.04

L'Epitre sur l'intellect de Farabi (c. 950) etait surtout connue jusqu'a recemment dans sa traduction latine editee...  Read More >>

Law and Narrative in the Bible and in Neighbouring Ancient Cultures

Law and Narrative in the Bible and in Neighbouring Ancient...

Author: Klaus-Peter Adam ,  Friedrich Avemarie
ISBN: 9783161508431
Format: Paperback
$243.48

International conference proceedings, September 2009, Marburg.  Read More >>

Slaves Tell Tales: And Other Episodes in the Politics of Popular Culture in Ancientgreece

Slaves Tell Tales: And Other Episodes in the Politics...

Author: Sara Forsdyke
ISBN: 9786613589231
Format: Electronic book text
$125.14

<p>Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law...  Read More >>

Isaac on Jewish and Christian Altars: Polemic and Exegesis in Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria

Isaac on Jewish and Christian Altars: Polemic and Exegesis...

Author: Devorah Schoenfeld (Loyola University Chicago)
ISBN: 9780823243532
Format: Undefined
$448.80

Devorah Schoenfeld's new work offers an in-depth examination of two of the most influential Christian and Jewish...  Read More >>

Miracle Tales from Byzantium

Miracle Tales from Byzantium

Author: Alice-Mary Talbot ,  Scott Fitzgerald Johnson
ISBN: 9780674059030
Format: Hardback
$61.95

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The Lost Second Book of Aristotle's Poetics

The Lost Second Book of Aristotle's Poetics

Author: Walter Watson
ISBN: 9786613655257
Format: Electronic book text
$142.56

Of all the writings on theory and aesthetics - ancient, medieval, or modern - the most important is indisputably...  Read More >>

Considering the End: Mortality in Early Medieval Chinese Poetic Representation

Considering the End: Mortality in Early Medieval Chinese...

Author: TImothy Wai Keung Chan
ISBN: 9789004222090
Format: Hardback
$472.56

This book focuses on the representation of human mortality in medieval Chinese literature. This theme is observed...  Read More >>

Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica: Engaging Homer in Late Antiquity

Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica: Engaging Homer in Late...

Author: Calum Maciver
ISBN: 9789004230200
Format: Hardback
$419.76

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Bibliographie Linguistique de l'Occitan Medieval Et Moderne (1987-2007)

Bibliographie Linguistique de l'Occitan Medieval Et...

Author: Kathryn Klingebiel
ISBN: 9782503531045
Format: Paperback
$295.68

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Reconstructing the Slave: The Image of the Slave in Ancient Greece

Reconstructing the Slave: The Image of the Slave in...

Author: Kelly L. Wrenhaven
ISBN: 9780715638026
Format: Hardback
$260.00

Through an examination of lexical, visual and literary representations of slaves, this book considers how the image...  Read More >>

Sophocles' 'Oedipus the King': A Reader's Guide

Sophocles' 'Oedipus the King': A Reader's Guide

Author: Sean Sheehan (Independent Scholar, UK)
ISBN: 9781441107992
Format: Hardback
$190.00

"Described as the Mona Lisa of literature and the world's first detective story, Sophocles' ""Oedipus the King""...  Read More >>

Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar, 15, 2012

Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar, 15, 2012

Author: Francis Cairns
ISBN: 9780905205557
Format: Hardback
$142.31

The fifteenth volume of PLLS (and the fifth in the Langford series) contains major papers on early Greek epic and...  Read More >>

Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World

Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World

Author: John Muir (Formerly Kings College London, UK)
ISBN: 9780415518376
Format: Paperback
$103.00

This survey of Greek letter writing from a well-known and respected author introduces students to the whole range...  Read More >>

The Christ Child in Medieval Culture: Alpha es et O!

The Christ Child in Medieval Culture: Alpha es et O!...

Author: Mary Dzon ,  Theresa M. Kenney
ISBN: 9780802098948
Format: Hardback
$170.00

The Christ Child in Medieval Culture is the first interdisciplinary investigation of how representations of the...  Read More >>

Callimachus: Aetia

Callimachus: Aetia

Author: Annette Harder
ISBN: 9780199581016
Format: Paperback
$456.95

An introduction to, text of, and commentary on Callimachus' Aetia ('Causes'), an important and influential poem...  Read More >>

Society, Medicine and Religion in the Sacred Tales of Aelius Aristides

Society, Medicine and Religion in the Sacred Tales of...

Author: Ido Israelowich
ISBN: 9789004229082
Format: Hardback
$425.04

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The Medieval Python: The Purposive and Provocative Work of Terry Jones

The Medieval Python: The Purposive and Provocative Work...

Author: R. Yeager ,  T. Takamiya
ISBN: 9781349294596
Format: Paperback
$84.99

(e.g., Medieval Lives) - and in his published scholarship (e.g., Chaucer's Knight, in original and revised editions,...  Read More >>

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism

Author: Lawrence J Trudeau
ISBN: 9781414470702
Format: Hardback
$1275.12

As a convenient source of wide-ranging critical opinion on early literature, this series contains excerpts from...  Read More >>

The Medieval Python: The Purposive and Provocative Work of Terry Jones

The Medieval Python: The Purposive and Provocative Work...

Author: R. Yeager ,  T. Takamiya
ISBN: 9780230112674
Format: Hardback
$84.99

(e.g., Medieval Lives) - and in his published scholarship (e.g., Chaucer's Knight, in original and revised editions,...  Read More >>

The Women of Homer

The Women of Homer

Author: Walter Copland Perry
ISBN: 9781152125018
Format: Paperback
$56.07

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1898 Edition.  Read More >>

Time and the Short Story

Time and the Short Story

Author: Maria Teresa Chialant ,  Marina Lops
ISBN: 9783034311274
Format: Paperback
$170.13

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Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meun, Le Roman de la Rose

Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meun, Le Roman de la Rose...

Author: Armand Strubel
ISBN: 9782812405143
Format: Paperback
$71.28

With a fully updated bibliography, this revised edition of a work first published in 1984 presents a broad range...  Read More >>

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