Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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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 >>

Conversations About History, Volume 2

Conversations About History, Volume 2

Author: Howard Burton
ISBN: 9781771703109
Format: Hardback
$79.17

A five-part compendium featuring eminent historians providing fully accessible, inspiring insights into their work...  Read More >>

The Interpretation of Dreams

The Interpretation of Dreams

Author: Artemidorus ,  David Timson
ISBN: 9798212273459
Format: Audio
$124.05

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The Interpretation of Dreams

The Interpretation of Dreams

Author: Artemidorus ,  David Timson
ISBN: 9798212273466
Format: Audio
$110.85

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Ancient Violence in the Modern Imagination: The Fear and the Fury

Ancient Violence in the Modern Imagination: The Fear...

Author: Irene Berti (Karls Universität, Germany) ,  Dr Maria G. Castello (Research Fellow, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy)
ISBN: 9781350195035
Format: Paperback
$61.99

The collected essays in this volume focus on the presentation, representation and interpretation of ancient violence...  Read More >>

Cultures of Compunction in the Medieval World

Cultures of Compunction in the Medieval World

Author: Graham Williams (University of Sheffield, UK) ,  Charlotte Steenbrugge (University of Sheffield, UK)
ISBN: 9781350217720
Format: Paperback
$61.99

Compunction was one of the most important emotions for medieval Christianity; in fact, through its confessional...  Read More >>

Virgil’s Map: Geography, Empire, and the Georgics

Virgil’s Map: Geography, Empire, and the Georgics

Author: Dr Charlie Kerrigan (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
ISBN: 9781350194908
Format: Paperback
$61.99

Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Trinity College, 2018.  Read More >>

Isokrates: The Forensic Speeches (Nos. 16-21) 2 Hardback Volume Set: Introduction, Text, Translation and Commentary

Isokrates: The Forensic Speeches (Nos. 16-21) 2 Hardback...

Author: David Whitehead (Queen's University Belfast)
ISBN: 9781108303729
Format: Hardback
$388.12

The Athenian educator Isokrates (436-338 BCE) began his career writing 'forensic' speeches, i.e. for delivery in...  Read More >>

The Enthymeme: Syllogism, Reasoning, and Narrative in Ancient Greek Rhetoric

The Enthymeme: Syllogism, Reasoning, and Narrative in...

Author: James Fredal (Ohio State University)
ISBN: 9780271086149
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Examines the concept of the enthymeme in ancient Greek rhetoric, arguing that it is a technique of storytelling...  Read More >>

Ludische Praxis und Kontingenzbewältigung im Spielebuch Alfonsʼ X. und anderen Quellen des 13. Jahrhunderts: Spiel als Modell guten Entscheidens

Ludische Praxis und Kontingenzbewältigung im Spielebuch...

Author: Michael A. Conrad
ISBN: 9783110764406
Format: Hardback
$188.67

The magnificently illuminated Book of Games commissioned by King Alfons X (1252-1284) is one of the most fascinating...  Read More >>

How We Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture's Style and Meaning

How We Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture's Style...

Author: Karolien Vermeulen ,  Elizabeth R Hayes
ISBN: 9780802878090
Format: Paperback
$65.97

The Bible is interpreted in a variety of ways and through a myriad of lenses. But how we interpret Scripture depends...  Read More >>

Estereotipos femeninos desde la antigüedad clásica hasta el siglo XVI

Estereotipos femeninos desde la antigüedad clásica hasta...

Author: Dulce María González Doreste ,  Francisca del Mar Plaza Picón
ISBN: 9783110756012
Format: Hardback
$303.57

The volume gathers eleven contributions on the origins, evolution and function of female models in Western culture,...  Read More >>

Zukunft entscheiden: Optionalitat in vormodernem Erzahlen

Zukunft entscheiden: Optionalitat in vormodernem Erzahlen...

Author: Susanne Spreckelmeier ,  Bruno Quast
ISBN: 9783525352113
Format: Hardback
$150.05

Against the background of Christian-determined visions of the future, decision-making processes represent a form...  Read More >>

Tolkien, Race, and Racism in Middle-earth

Tolkien, Race, and Racism in Middle-earth

Author: Robert Stuart
ISBN: 9783030974749
Format: Hardback
$284.60

Tolkien, Race, and Racism in Middle-earth is the first systematic examination of how Tolkien understood racial issues,...  Read More >>

Das 12. Buch der Dionysiaka des Nonnos aus Panopolis: Ein literarischer Kommentar

Das 12. Buch der Dionysiaka des Nonnos aus Panopolis:...

Author: Simon Zuenelli uenelli
ISBN: 9783525311387
Format: Hardback
$222.50

"The Dionysiaca of Nonnus from Panopolis (5th/6th century AD), an epic about the life and deeds of the god Dionysus,...  Read More >>

Verdichtete Botschaften: Wie Gelehrte um Karl den Großen in Gedichten kommunizierten

Verdichtete Botschaften: Wie Gelehrte um Karl den Großen...

Author: Rebecca Schmalholz
ISBN: 9783412524784
Format: Hardback
$186.27

Text in German. The poems that arose around Charlemagne are unique testimonies to the communication of scholars...  Read More >>

The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts

The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts...

Author: Mary Wellesley ,  Mary Wellesley
ISBN: 9798200897186
Format: Audio
$84.35

A breathtaking journey into the hidden history of medieval manuscripts, from the Lindisfarne Gospels to the ornate...  Read More >>

Henry Daniel and the Rise of Middle English Medical Writing

Henry Daniel and the Rise of Middle English Medical...

Author: Sarah Star
ISBN: 9781487529536
Format: Hardback
$99.99

This collection of original essays introduces readers to the work of Henry Daniel, exploring his many contributions...  Read More >>

Environmental Legacies of the Copernican Universe

Environmental Legacies of the Copernican Universe

Author: Jean-Marie Kauth
ISBN: 9781666901849
Format: Hardback
$186.00

This book re-envisions the cosmos with the holistic, spherical imagination of the Middle Ages, figured in circles,...  Read More >>

Lustrum Band 62 -- 2020

Lustrum Band 62 -- 2020

Author: Marcus Deufert ,  Irmgard Mannlein-Robert
ISBN: 9783525352274
Format: Paperback
$248.37

The research report on Ovid's Metamorphoses, written in English, was prepared by a research team from the University...  Read More >>

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