Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman: From Beowulf to Sleeping Beauty

The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman: From Beowulf to...

Author: Shiloh Carroll ,  Petrea Burchard
ISBN: 9798874675820
Format: Audio
$97.65

"Neil Gaiman is one of the most widely known writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, having produced...  Read More >>

The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman: From Beowulf to Sleeping Beauty

The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman: From Beowulf to...

Author: Shiloh Carroll ,  Petrea Burchard
ISBN: 9798874675837
Format: Audio
$110.85

"Neil Gaiman is one of the most widely known writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, having produced...  Read More >>

Democracies in America: Keywords for the 19th Century and Today

Democracies in America: Keywords for the 19th Century...

Author: D Berton Emerson ,  D Berton Emerson
ISBN: 9798874666088
Format: Audio
$110.85

Ask someone their thoughts about ""democracy"" and you'll get many different responses. Some may presume it a thing...  Read More >>

Democracies in America: Keywords for the 19th Century and Today

Democracies in America: Keywords for the 19th Century...

Author: D Berton Emerson ,  D Berton Emerson
ISBN: 9798874666071
Format: Audio
$124.05

Ask someone their thoughts about ""democracy"" and you'll get many different responses. Some may presume it a thing...  Read More >>

Dante's Blood

Dante's Blood

Author: Anne C Leone
ISBN: 9781839541728
Format: Hardback
$303.60

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Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome: The Case of Josephus' Jewish War

Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome: The Case of...

Author: Dr Jonathan Davies (Lecturer in Ancient History, Lecturer in Ancient History, Newcastle University)
ISBN: 9780198882992
Format: Hardback
$164.95

This work is a re-examination of the political dimensions of the Jewish War of Flavius Josephus. It offers a significant...  Read More >>

A Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues

A Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues

Author: Andrea Cucchiarelli (Full Professor of Latin Literature, Full Professor of Latin Literature, La Sapienza University of Rome)
ISBN: 9780198827764
Format: Hardback
$464.00

In this commentary, accompanied by a detailed introduction, Andrea Cucchiarelli offers a detailed analysis of Virgil's...  Read More >>

How Plato Writes: Perspectives and Problems

How Plato Writes: Perspectives and Problems

Author: Malcolm Schofield (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781108483087
Format: Hardback
$77.63

Plato is a philosophical writer of unusual and impressive versatility. His dialogues not only engage in argument...  Read More >>

Women and Medieval Literary Culture: From the Early Middle Ages to the Fifteenth Century

Women and Medieval Literary Culture: From the Early...

Author: Corinne Saunders (Durham University) ,  Diane Watt (University of Surrey)
ISBN: 9781108835916
Format: Hardback
$310.50

Focusing on England but covering a wide range of European and global traditions and influences, this authoritative...  Read More >>

The Dutch Hatmakers of Late Medieval and Tudor London: with an edition of their bilingual Guild Ordinances

The Dutch Hatmakers of Late Medieval and Tudor London:...

Author: Shannon McSheffrey (Contributor) ,  Ad Putter
ISBN: 9781837650804
Format: Paperback
$79.17

Uncovers the remarkable lives and writings of these tradesmen, showing how they adapted to their new environment...  Read More >>

Textual Magic: Charms and Written Amulets in Medieval England

Textual Magic: Charms and Written Amulets in Medieval...

Author: Katherine Storm Hindley
ISBN: 9780226825335
Format: Hardback
$74.95

An expansive consideration of charms as a deeply integrated aspect of the English Middle Ages.   Katherine Storm...  Read More >>

The Crisis of Masculinity in the Age of Augustus

The Crisis of Masculinity in the Age of Augustus

Author: Melanie Racette-Campbell
ISBN: 9780299343507
Format: Hardback
$231.00

Masculinity in both the Republic and the Empire are well studied subjects, but by shining a light on the precise...  Read More >>

English Renaissance Manuscript Culture: The Paper Revolution

English Renaissance Manuscript Culture: The Paper Revolution...

Author: Steven W. May (Adjunct Professor of English, Adjunct Professor of English, Emory University)
ISBN: 9780198878001
Format: Hardback
$153.95

English Renaissance Manuscript Culture: The Paper Revolution shows how the advent of paper as a cheap and lasting...  Read More >>

Memory and Narrative at the Origin of the Novel: Three studies, from Chrétien de Troyes to Proust

Memory and Narrative at the Origin of the Novel: Three...

Author: Lorenzo Mainini
ISBN: 9781032122229
Format: Hardback
$110.00

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A Comic Vision of Sacred Kinship: Poetry about the Crowning of a Living (Loving) Soul: Readings of C. S. Lewis, Roger Scruton, Shakespeare, Goethe, and Plato

A Comic Vision of Sacred Kinship: Poetry about the Crowning...

Author: Alan Griesinger
ISBN: 9781637552605
Format: Hardback
$79.07

"For this inquiry into sacred kinship, the author has taken for his text the verse from Genesis 2: ""And the Lord...  Read More >>

Aeschylus: Agamemnon

Aeschylus: Agamemnon

Author: Leah Himmelhoch (Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA)
ISBN: 9781350154902
Format: Paperback
$69.99

This accessible edition for students brings the Agamemnon, Aeschylus' opening play in the Oresteia trilogy, to life...  Read More >>

Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil’s Aeneid: With Introduction and Critical Essays

Ronald Knox’s Lectures on Virgil’s Aeneid: With Introduction...

Author: Dr. Francesca Bugliani Knox (University College London, UK)
ISBN: 9781350118287
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This book makes available Ronald Knox’s hitherto unpublished lectures on Virgil’s Aeneid delivered at Trinity College,...  Read More >>

Aeschylus: Agamemnon

Aeschylus: Agamemnon

Author: Leah Himmelhoch (Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA)
ISBN: 9781350154896
Format: Hardback
$220.00

This accessible edition for students brings the Agamemnon, Aeschylus' opening play in the Oresteia trilogy, to life...  Read More >>

The Earliest English Poetry: A Critical Survey of the Poetry Written before the Norman Conquest, with Illustrative Translations

The Earliest English Poetry: A Critical Survey of the...

Author: Charles W. Kennedy
ISBN: 9781032543048
Format: Hardback
$242.00

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Old English Verse

Old English Verse

Author: T.A. Shippey
ISBN: 9781032531809
Format: Hardback
$210.00

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Plato's Charmides

Plato's Charmides

Author: Raphael Woolf (King's College London)
ISBN: 9781009308199
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Plato's Charmides is a rich mix of provocative drama and intricate argument. This book offers a comprehensive interpretation...  Read More >>

The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman Lib/E: From Beowulf to Sleeping Beauty

The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman Lib/E: From Beowulf...

Author: Shiloh Carroll ,  Petrea Burchard
ISBN: 9798874675813
Format: Audio
$176.85

"Neil Gaiman is one of the most widely known writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, having produced...  Read More >>

Writing Imperial History: Tacitus from Agricola to Annales

Writing Imperial History: Tacitus from Agricola to Annales...

Author: Bram L.H. ten Berge
ISBN: 9780472133437
Format: Hardback
$211.20

Analyzes how Tacitus contributed to our current understanding of history and reveals the themes that permeated his...  Read More >>

A Liturgical Play for the Medieval Feast of Fools: The Laon  Ordo Joseph

A Liturgical Play for the Medieval Feast of Fools: The...

Author: Robert C. Lagueux
ISBN: 9781837650590
Format: Hardback
$168.19

A newly identified medieval play for the Feast of Fools, with a new English translation and musical edition ready...  Read More >>

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