Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

31028 books were found.

The Queens of the Arabs During the Neo-Assyrian Period

The Queens of the Arabs During the Neo-Assyrian Period...

Author: Ellie Bennett
ISBN: 9789515185822
Format: Paperback
$152.53

The title “Queen of the Arabs” is applied in Neo-Assyrian texts to five women from the Arabian Peninsula. These...  Read More >>

Mudrarakshasa of Visakhadatta

Mudrarakshasa of Visakhadatta

Author: M.R. Kale
ISBN: 9789395458405
Format: Paperback
$62.07

It includes the commentary of Dhundiaja, English translation, critical and explanatory notes, Introduction and various...  Read More >>

Authority, Gender and Space in the Anglo-Norman World, 900-1200

Authority, Gender and Space in the Anglo-Norman World,...

Author: Katherine Weikert
ISBN: 9781837651641
Format: Paperback
$77.60

An interdisciplinary approach to the medieval manor pre- and post-Conquest.  Read More >>

Dante's Divine Comedy: A Reading Guide

Dante's Divine Comedy: A Reading Guide

Author: K. P. Clarke (University of York)
ISBN: 9781009400824
Format: Paperback
$67.25

This essential guide to reading Dante reveals the originality and power of the language of the Divine Comedy. It...  Read More >>

Classic Chinese Poems of Mourning and Texts of Lament: An Anthology

Classic Chinese Poems of Mourning and Texts of Lament:...

Author: Victor H. Mair ,  Zhenjun Zhang (St. Lawrence University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350337213
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Bathed with the blood and tears of countless poets and authors and naturally expressing the most heartfelt emotions...  Read More >>

Myths and Ancient Stories: Narrative, Meaning and Influence in the West

Myths and Ancient Stories: Narrative, Meaning and Influence...

Author: Professor Kevin Mills
ISBN: 9781350346857
Format: Paperback
$39.99

An introduction to ancient myths and the critical discussions that surround them, this book dives into the stories...  Read More >>

Dante's Divine Comedy: A Reading Guide

Dante's Divine Comedy: A Reading Guide

Author: K. P. Clarke (University of York)
ISBN: 9781009400817
Format: Hardback
$181.13

This essential guide to reading Dante reveals the originality and power of the language of the Divine Comedy. It...  Read More >>

Myths and Ancient Stories: Narrative, Meaning and Influence in the West

Myths and Ancient Stories: Narrative, Meaning and Influence...

Author: Professor Kevin Mills
ISBN: 9781350346840
Format: Hardback
$130.00

An introduction to ancient myths and the critical discussions that surround them, this book dives into the stories...  Read More >>

Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author

Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author...

Author: Sophus Helle
ISBN: 9780300276763
Format: Paperback
$30.95

The complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the world’s first known author, newly translated from the original...  Read More >>

Imitation and Contamination of the Classics in the Comedies of Ben Jonson: Guides Not Commanders

Imitation and Contamination of the Classics in the Comedies...

Author: Tom Harrison
ISBN: 9780367498375
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book focuses on the influence of classical authors on Ben Jonson’s dramaturgy, with particular emphasis on...  Read More >>

Courtly Pastimes

Courtly Pastimes

Author: Gloria Allaire ,  Julie Human
ISBN: 9781032307916
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Courtly Pastimes analyzes the underlying rationales for such activities: to display power and prestige, to acquire...  Read More >>

The Battle Rhetoric of Crusade and Holy War, c. 1099–c. 1222

The Battle Rhetoric of Crusade and Holy War, c. 1099–c....

Author: Connor Christopher Wilson
ISBN: 9781032365305
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book examines Latin narratives produced in the aftermath of the First Crusade and challenges the narrative...  Read More >>

Latin Poetry and Its Reception: Essays for Susanna Braund

Latin Poetry and Its Reception: Essays for Susanna Braund...

Author: C. W. Marshall (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
ISBN: 9780367552725
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This volume offers 18 new studies reflecting the latest scholarship on Latin verse, explored both in its original...  Read More >>

Medieval Afterlives: Transforming Traditions in Shakespeare and Early English Drama

Medieval Afterlives: Transforming Traditions in Shakespeare...

Author: Daisy Black (Lecturer in English) ,  Katharine Goodland (Professor)
ISBN: 9781526172136
Format: Hardback
$206.99

An essay collection showing how early drama traditions were transformed, recycled, re-used and reformed across time...  Read More >>

Fantastic Histories: Medieval Fairy Narratives and the Limits of Wonder

Fantastic Histories: Medieval Fairy Narratives and the...

Author: Victoria Flood (Senior Lecturer)
ISBN: 9781526164148
Format: Hardback
$194.99

Details the political and cultural contexts of the entry of fairies to the historical record in twelfth century...  Read More >>

Conceiving Bodies: Reproduction in Early Medieval English Medicine

Conceiving Bodies: Reproduction in Early Medieval English...

Author: Dana Oswald
ISBN: 9781526176882
Format: Hardback
$194.99

The Old English remedies for women's reproductive ailments gesture to contemporary notions of bodily autonomy. Close...  Read More >>

Chaucer (Yearbook of English Studies 53)

Chaucer (Yearbook of English Studies 53)

Author: Sue Niebrzydowski ,  Vicki Kay Price
ISBN: 9781839542374
Format: Paperback
$525.36

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Coterie Poetics and the Beginnings of the English Literary Tradition: From Chaucer to Spenser

Coterie Poetics and the Beginnings of the English Literary...

Author: R. D. Perry
ISBN: 9781512826029
Format: Hardback
$184.67

"In Coterie Poetics and the Beginnings of the English Literary Tradition, R. D. Perry reveals how poetic coteries...  Read More >>

The City of Rome

The City of Rome

Author: John Patterson
ISBN: 9781405115711
Format: Paperback
$69.84

Books in the series: Food in the Ancient World: John Wilkins, Exeter (2004) Ethnicity and Identity in the Ancient...  Read More >>

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