Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Beyond the River, Under the Eye of Rome

Beyond the River, Under the Eye of Rome

Author: Tim Hart
ISBN: 9780472133536
Format: Hardback
$211.20

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Feminism in Greek Literature: From Homer to Aristotle

Feminism in Greek Literature: From Homer to Aristotle...

Author: F. A. Wright
ISBN: 9781032828206
Format: Hardback
$189.00

First published in 1923, Feminism in Greek Literature explores the representation of women in ancient Greek literature....  Read More >>

Dante, Michelangelo and Milton

Dante, Michelangelo and Milton

Author: John Arthos
ISBN: 9781032834160
Format: Hardback
$168.00

Originally published in 1963, this is a study of the greatness of Dante, Michelangelo and Milton, and of the differences...  Read More >>

Texts and Contexts: The Roman Writers and Their Audience

Texts and Contexts: The Roman Writers and Their Audience...

Author: Kenneth Quinn
ISBN: 9781032821269
Format: Hardback
$189.00

First published in 1979, Texts and Contexts identifies those classics of Roman literature which deserve to survive...  Read More >>

Orbis Romanus: Byzantium and the Legacy of Rome in the Carolingian World

Orbis Romanus: Byzantium and the Legacy of Rome in the...

Author: Laury Sarti (Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Freiburg)
ISBN: 9780197746523
Format: Hardback
$220.95

How did the medieval Frankish world relate to the orbis Romanus? Although this term is only sporadically attested...  Read More >>

Medieval Literature: An Introduction to Type-Scenes

Medieval Literature: An Introduction to Type-Scenes...

Author: Dominique Battles
ISBN: 9781032439570
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Medieval Literature: An Introduction to Type-Scenes is the first book-length exploration of the type-scenes of western...  Read More >>

Greek and Latin Literature: A Comparative Study

Greek and Latin Literature: A Comparative Study

Author: John Higginbotham
ISBN: 9781032769776
Format: Hardback
$252.00

Greek and Latin Literature (1969) examines the two ancient literatures using a comparative method that recognizes...  Read More >>

The Roman Stage: A Short History of Latin Drama in the Time of the Republic

The Roman Stage: A Short History of Latin Drama in the...

Author: W. Beare
ISBN: 9781032772745
Format: Hardback
$252.00

The Roman Stage (1964) gives a connected account of the drama of ancient Rome in its historical setting. Using original...  Read More >>

Medieval Literature: An Introduction to Type-Scenes

Medieval Literature: An Introduction to Type-Scenes...

Author: Dominique Battles
ISBN: 9781032439587
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Medieval Literature: An Introduction to Type-Scenes is the first book-length exploration of the type-scenes of western...  Read More >>

Rereading Chaucer and Spenser: Dan Geffrey with the New Poete

Rereading Chaucer and Spenser: Dan Geffrey with the...

Author: Rachel Stenner ,  Tamsin Badcoe
ISBN: 9781526179043
Format: Paperback
$45.99

Rereading Chaucer and Spenser: Dan Geffrey with the New Poete offers dynamic new approaches to the relationship...  Read More >>

Erotic Medievalisms: Medieval Pleasures Empowering Marginalized People

Erotic Medievalisms: Medieval Pleasures Empowering Marginalized...

Author: Elan Justice Pavlinich
ISBN: 9781032458748
Format: Paperback
$83.99

"Erotic displays of marginalized people in medieval contexts, such as Santiago García and David Rubín’s Beowulf,...  Read More >>

Ecphrastic Shields in Graeco-Roman Literature: The World’s Forge

Ecphrastic Shields in Graeco-Roman Literature: The World’s...

Author: Karel Thein
ISBN: 9780367722586
Format: Paperback
$83.99

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Chandi Purana: A Goddess Goes to War

Chandi Purana: A Goddess Goes to War

Author: Sarala Das ,  Udayanath Sahoo
ISBN: 9781032382111
Format: Paperback
$83.99

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Emotional Alterity in the Medieval North Sea World

Emotional Alterity in the Medieval North Sea World

Author: Erin Sebo ,  Matthew Firth
ISBN: 9783031339677
Format: Paperback
$422.37

This book addresses a little-considered aspect of the study of the history of emotions in medieval literature: the...  Read More >>

History in Flames: The Destruction and Survival of Medieval Manuscripts

History in Flames: The Destruction and Survival of Medieval...

Author: Robert Bartlett (University of St Andrews, Scotland)
ISBN: 9781009457156
Format: Hardback
$51.75

The writings of the medieval period come down to us in manuscripts, which are highly vulnerable. This book explores...  Read More >>

In the Mists of Time: Negotiating the Past in Ancient Literature

In the Mists of Time: Negotiating the Past in Ancient...

Author: No Contributor
ISBN: 9783111500638
Format: Hardback
$78.62

The volume explores the wide-ranging concept of the past as expressed through myth and early history and as reflected...  Read More >>

校栞古文觀止 (繁體竪排)

校栞古文觀止 (繁體竪排)...

Author: 裏瓣編輯部 ,  楚材 吳
ISBN: 9798990538405
Format: Paperback
$52.77

山陰吳楚材、吳調侯叔侄編《古文觀止》爲古文選本中流傳最廣者。今取其選文二百二十二篇,校勘訂正,重排刊印。 古文觀止 Guwen Guanzhi is the most popular reader of intermediate...  Read More >>

Aristotle on What Emotions Are

Aristotle on What Emotions Are

Author: Giles Pearson (Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Bristol)
ISBN: 9780198879343
Format: Hardback
$219.95

Providing the first systematic interpretation of what Aristotle thinks emotions are and pointing to some philosophical...  Read More >>

Criticism of the Court and the Evil King in the Middle Ages: Literary-Historical Analyses

Criticism of the Court and the Evil King in the Middle...

Author: Albrecht Classen
ISBN: 9781666941210
Format: Hardback
$223.00

Examining literary narratives from the tenth through the fifteenth centuries, this book explores how writers used...  Read More >>

Immaterial Texts in Late Medieval England: Making English Literary Manuscripts, 1400–1500

Immaterial Texts in Late Medieval England: Making English...

Author: Daniel Wakelin (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9781009113311
Format: Paperback
$59.49

This volume elucidates the craft practices, cultural conventions and literary attitudes of scribes of late medieval...  Read More >>

Lucretian Receptions in Prose

Lucretian Receptions in Prose

Author: George Kazantzidis
ISBN: 9783111443669
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This volume looks into the De Rerum Natura's reception in prose writers, including Cicero, Celsus, Seneca the Younger,...  Read More >>

Early Greek Epic Fragments III: Epics on Herakles and Theseus: Panyassis’ ›Herakleia‹ and the ›Theseis‹

Early Greek Epic Fragments III: Epics on Herakles and...

Author: Christos Tsagalis
ISBN: 9783111447278
Format: Hardback
$348.45

This volume is a full-scale edition with commentary on the archaic epic poems Herakleia by Panyassis of Halikarnassos...  Read More >>

Juan de Segovia and the Qur’an: Converting the Muslims in Fifteenth-Century Europe

Juan de Segovia and the Qur’an: Converting the Muslims...

Author: Davide Scotto
ISBN: 9783111438382
Format: Hardback
$348.45

In 1456, with the help of the Muslim faqīh Y�a Gidelli, Juan de Segovia accomplished a trilingual Qur'an (Castilian,...  Read More >>

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