Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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After Ovid: Aspects of the Reception of Ovid in Literature and Iconography

After Ovid: Aspects of the Reception of Ovid in Literature...

Author: Franca Ela Consolino
ISBN: 9782503592503
Format: Paperback
$248.16

The 2000th anniversary of Ovid's death, in 2017-2018, led to an upsurge in conferences and publications dedicated...  Read More >>

The Etiquette of Early Northern Verse

The Etiquette of Early Northern Verse

Author: Roberta Frank
ISBN: 9780268202521
Format: Hardback
$171.60

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Le Royaume Arthurien Au Xiie Siecle: La Quete d'Une Eutopie

Le Royaume Arthurien Au Xiie Siecle: La Quete d'Une...

Author: Flore Verdon
ISBN: 9782406129103
Format: Paperback
$97.68

"This thesis analyses the fundamental role of the Arthurian kingdom in the Arthurian narrative of the twelfth century....  Read More >>

Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age

Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age

Author: Benjamin Albritton ,  Georgia Henley
ISBN: 9780367498771
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age explores one major manuscript repository’s digital presence and poses timely...  Read More >>

The Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy: Perspectives Across the Humanities

The Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy: Perspectives...

Author: John Burns ,  Matthew Flamm
ISBN: 9780367552442
Format: Paperback
$41.99

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The Medieval Postcolonial Jew, In and Out of Time

The Medieval Postcolonial Jew, In and Out of Time

Author: Miriamne Ara Krummel
ISBN: 9780472132379
Format: Hardback
$224.40

Studies violent temporal clashes that are written into the medieval vision of annus domini. Through a select group...  Read More >>

The Scent of Ancient Magic

The Scent of Ancient Magic

Author: Britta K. Ager
ISBN: 9780472133024
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Explores the complex interconnection of scent and magic in the Greco-Roman world between 800 BCE and CE 600, drawing...  Read More >>

Contested Pasts: A Determinist History of Alexander the Great in the Roman Empire

Contested Pasts: A Determinist History of Alexander...

Author: Jennifer Finn
ISBN: 9780472133031
Format: Hardback
$184.80

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Le Royaume Arthurien Au Xiie Siecle: La Quete d'Une Eutopie

Le Royaume Arthurien Au Xiie Siecle: La Quete d'Une...

Author: Flore Verdon
ISBN: 9782406129110
Format: Hardback
$224.40

"This thesis analyses the fundamental role of the Arthurian kingdom in the Arthurian narrative of the twelfth century....  Read More >>

Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

Author: Amy Jeffs
ISBN: 9781529408003
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A vivid and beautifully illustrated mythology of the British Isles - reframing ancient stories that deal with human...  Read More >>

Estate Management and Symposium

Estate Management and Symposium

Author: Xenophon ,  Emily Baragwanath (Associate Professor of Classics, University of North Carolina)
ISBN: 9780198823513
Format: Paperback
$21.95

Xenophon recounted several Socratic dialogues which included his Symposium and Oeconomicus and both are concerned...  Read More >>

Cicero and the Early Latin Poets

Cicero and the Early Latin Poets

Author: Hannah Čulík-Baird (Boston University)
ISBN: 9781316516089
Format: Hardback
$194.06

The writings of Cicero contain hundreds of quotations of Latin poetry. This book examines his citations of Latin...  Read More >>

Translation, Reception and Canonization of The Art of War: Reviving Ancient Chinese Strategic Culture

Translation, Reception and Canonization of The Art of...

Author: Tian Luo (Chongqing Jiaotong University, China)
ISBN: 9780367458461
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book presents a systematic and in-depth investigation into the translation and reception of The Art of War...  Read More >>

Emotions through Time: From Antiquity to Byzantium

Emotions through Time: From Antiquity to Byzantium

Author: Douglas Cairns ,  Martin Hinterberger
ISBN: 9783161613418
Format: Hardback
$243.48

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Three More Plays by Aristophanes: Staging Politics

Three More Plays by Aristophanes: Staging Politics

Author: Jeffrey Henderson (Boston University, United States of America)
ISBN: 9780367747596
Format: Paperback
$75.99

This volume provides modern, uncensored translations of Aristophanes’ Acharnians, Knights, and Wasps. These translations...  Read More >>

The Art of Greek Comedy

The Art of Greek Comedy

Author: Katherine Lever
ISBN: 9781032225784
Format: Hardback
$221.00

Originally published in 1956, this is a critical analysis of the comedies of Aristophanes and Menander studied in...  Read More >>

[Set Antike Fabeln, Tusculum, 4 Bände]

[Set Antike Fabeln, Tusculum, 4 Bände]

Author: Niklas Holzberg
ISBN: 9783110794069
Format: Hardback
$382.77

Dieses Set versammelt alle von 2018 bis 2022 erschienenen Fabelbände, übersetzt von Niklas Holzberg, und spannt...  Read More >>

Three More Plays by Aristophanes: Staging Politics

Three More Plays by Aristophanes: Staging Politics

Author: Jeffrey Henderson (Boston University, United States of America)
ISBN: 9780367747626
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This volume provides modern, uncensored translations of Aristophanes’ Acharnians, Knights, and Wasps. These translations...  Read More >>

"""The Owl and the Nightingale"" and the English Poems of Jesus College MS 29 (II)"

"""The Owl and the Nightingale"" and the English Poems...

Author: Susanna Fein ,  Susanna Fein
ISBN: 9781580445207
Format: Paperback
$105.47

An edition and translation of The Owl and the Nightingale and other Middle English works from Oxford, Jesus College...  Read More >>

Literary Memory and New Voices in the Ancient Novel

Literary Memory and New Voices in the Ancient Novel...

Author: Marília Futre Pinheiro ,  J R Morgan
ISBN: 9789493194465
Format: Hardback
$277.20

The papers in this volume discuss, from various perspectives, the engagement of the ancient novels with their predecessors...  Read More >>

The Owl and the Nightingale: A New Verse Translation

The Owl and the Nightingale: A New Verse Translation...

Author: Simon Armitage
ISBN: 9780691202167
Format: Hardback
$52.67

From the UK Poet Laureate and bestselling translator of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a complete verse translation...  Read More >>

The Political Economy of Indo-European Polytheism: How to Deal with Too Many Gods

The Political Economy of Indo-European Polytheism: How...

Author: Mario Ferrero
ISBN: 9783030979423
Format: Hardback
$194.04

Presenting case studies on the transformation and demise of various polytheistic religions, it highlights the pivotal...  Read More >>

Writing Plague: Language and Violence from the Black Death to COVID-19

Writing Plague: Language and Violence from the Black...

Author: Alfred Thomas
ISBN: 9783030948498
Format: Hardback
$258.72

It argues that while the human “hardware” has changed enormously between the medieval past and the present (urbanization,...  Read More >>

Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous

Author: Rudyard Kipling
ISBN: 9789357270762
Format: Paperback
$39.57

One of Kipling's most enduringly popular works, this classic tale of the sea and fable of a boy's initiation into...  Read More >>

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