Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Was nach der Sintflut wirklich geschah: "Die ""Antiquitates"" des Annius von Viterbo und ihre Rezeption in Deutschland im 16. Jahrhundert"

Was nach der Sintflut wirklich geschah: "Die ""Antiquitates""...

Author: Thomas Lehr
ISBN: 9783631623565
Format: Hardback
$111.26

Der italienische Mönch Annius von Viterbo veröffentlichte 1498 eine große Sammlung antiker Texte, die Antiquitates....  Read More >>

Space in Ancient Greek Literature: Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative, Volume Three

Space in Ancient Greek Literature: Studies in Ancient...

Author: I.J.F. de Jong ,  I J F Jong
ISBN: 9789004222571
Format: Hardback
$781.44

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The Medieval Imagination: Mirabile Dictu: Essays in Honour of Yolande De Pontfarcy Sexton

The Medieval Imagination: Mirabile Dictu: Essays in...

Author: Phyllis Gaffney ,  Jean-Michel Picard
ISBN: 9781846823282
Format: Hardback
$129.38

"Celebrating the life and works of Yolande de Pontfarcy Sexton, this volume builds on her work to show how, in European...  Read More >>

Nova Mediaevalia.: Zur Konstruktion von Geschlechtsidentität in den galego-portugiesischen âºCancioneirosâ¹ des Mittelalters

Nova Mediaevalia.: Zur Konstruktion von Geschlechtsidentität...

Author: Alice Otto ,  Nikolaus Henkel
ISBN: 9783899718331
Format: Hardback
$119.00

"Religiöse Motive finden sich häufig in den mittelalterlichen galego-portugiesischen ""Cancioneiros"", wurden in...  Read More >>

The Pregnant Male as Myth and Metaphor in Classical Greek Literature

The Pregnant Male as Myth and Metaphor in Classical...

Author: David D. Leitao (San Francisco State University)
ISBN: 9781139083638
Format: Undefined
$435.60

This book traces the image of the pregnant male as it evolved in classical Greek literature. Originating as a representation...  Read More >>

Plato, Aristotle, and the Purpose of Politics

Plato, Aristotle, and the Purpose of Politics

Author: Kevin M. Cherry (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Richmond)
ISBN: 9781139128889
Format: Undefined
$435.60

In this book, Kevin M. Cherry compares the views of Aristotle and Plato about the practice, study and, above all,...  Read More >>

Platonic Drama and its Ancient Reception

Platonic Drama and its Ancient Reception

Author: Nikos G. Charalabopoulos (University of Patras, Greece)
ISBN: 9780511978081
Format: Undefined
$435.60

This book studies the reception of Plato's dialogues as performance texts both by his original audience and by his...  Read More >>

Flavio Biondo. Rome Restauree, Livre II

Flavio Biondo. Rome Restauree, Livre II

Author: Anne Raffarin ,  Anne Raffarin-Dupuis
ISBN: 9782251800257
Format: Paperback
$182.16

English summary: This volume seeks to reconcile antiquity with modern times by proposing a cohabitation or fusion...  Read More >>

Latin Panegyric

Latin Panegyric

Author: Roger Rees (Reader in Latin, St Andrews University.)
ISBN: 9780199576722
Format: Paperback
$128.95

Latin Panegyric represents modern readings on the collection of classical Latin oratory addressed to Roman emperors....  Read More >>

Aeneid 6

Aeneid 6

Author: Vergil ,  Patricia A. Johnston
ISBN: 9781585102303
Format: Paperback
$22.95

This is the sixth in the series of books of the Aeneid which include the text in Latin, with an introduction and...  Read More >>

Guidance for Women in Twelfth-Century Convents

Guidance for Women in Twelfth-Century Convents

Author: Vera Morton ,  Jocelyn Wogan-Browne (Customer)
ISBN: 9781843842958
Format: Paperback
$51.72

Collection of letters and texts offering guidance for nuns, and including selections from Abelard's letters to Heloise....  Read More >>

Agnes Blannbekin, Viennese Beguine: Life and Revelations

Agnes Blannbekin, Viennese Beguine: Life and Revelations...

Author: Ulrike Wiethaus (Royalty Account)
ISBN: 9781843842927
Format: Paperback
$51.72

Female mysticism, usually nourished in contemplative surroundings, in Blannbekin's case drew its inspiration from...  Read More >>

Anne of France: Lessons for my Daughter

Anne of France: Lessons for my Daughter

Author: Sharon L Jansen (Customer Opt-In)
ISBN: 9781843842934
Format: Paperback
$51.72

Anne of France (1461-1522) composed these lessons - presented as a portrait of an ideal princess - as guidance in...  Read More >>

Goscelin of St Bertin: The Book of Encouragement and Consolation [Liber Confortatorius]

Goscelin of St Bertin: The Book of Encouragement and...

Author: Monika C Otter (Royalty Account)
ISBN: 9781843842941
Format: Paperback
$51.72

Late eleventh-century spiritual counsel for a woman recluse, anticipating medieval advice literature for anchoresses....  Read More >>

Late-Medieval German Women's Poetry: Secular and Religious Songs

Late-Medieval German Women's Poetry: Secular and Religious...

Author: Professor Albrecht Classen (Customer)
ISBN: 9781843842965
Format: Paperback
$79.07

A considerable collection of German women's poetry in translation, results of ingenious archival research.  Read More >>

The Vision of Christine de Pizan

The Vision of Christine de Pizan

Author: Glenda McLeod (Customer) ,  Charity Cannon Willard
ISBN: 9781843842989
Format: Paperback
$51.72

Translation of Christine's autobiographical Vision, both dealing with her own life and career, and offering a possible...  Read More >>

Women of the Gilte Legende: A Selection of Middle English Saints Lives

Women of the Gilte Legende: A Selection of Middle English...

Author: Larissa Tracy (Royalty Account)
ISBN: 9781843842996
Format: Paperback
$51.72

The first modern translation of one of the most influential books to come from the middle ages.  Read More >>

Women's Books of Hours in Medieval England

Women's Books of Hours in Medieval England

Author: Charity Scott-Stokes
ISBN: 9781843843009
Format: Paperback
$51.72

English translation of a variety of texts from women's books of hours, with introduction, notes, and an interpretive...  Read More >>

Aelius Aristide Et La Rhetorique de l'Hymne En Prose

Aelius Aristide Et La Rhetorique de l'Hymne En Prose...

Author: J Goeken
ISBN: 9782503541488
Format: Paperback
$406.56

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Ptolemy in Perspective: Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

Ptolemy in Perspective: Use and Criticism of his Work...

Author: Alexander Jones
ISBN: 9789400730861
Format: Paperback
$465.72

Ptolemy was the most important physical scientist of the Roman Empire, and for a millennium and a half his writings...  Read More >>

I lessici a Platone di Timeo Sofista e Pseudo-Didimo: Introduzione ed edizione critica

I lessici a Platone di Timeo Sofista e Pseudo-Didimo:...

Author: Stefano Valente
ISBN: 9783110240795
Format: Hardback
$334.53

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Markusevangelium: Text

Markusevangelium: Text

Author: Petra Hörner ,  Thomas von Aquin
ISBN: 9783110280883
Format: Hardback
$429.00

Die Reihe Catena aurea deutsch präsentiert in ihrem zweiten Band die ostmitteldeutsche Übersetzung der Catena aurea...  Read More >>

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