Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Literatures of the Hundred Years War

Literatures of the Hundred Years War

Author: Daniel Davies (Assistant Professor of English) ,  R. D. Perry (Assistant Professor of English and Literary Arts)
ISBN: 9781526141095
Format: Hardback
$215.00

This volume demonstrates how the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) provides a necessary context for late-medieval literature....  Read More >>

Approaches to Emotion in Middle English Literature

Approaches to Emotion in Middle English Literature

Author: Carolyne Larrington
ISBN: 9781526176134
Format: Hardback
$194.99

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Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913-1959

Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913-1959

Author: John M. Bowers (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of Nevada) ,  Peter Steffensen (Instructor of English, Instructor of English, Bishop Gorman High School)
ISBN: 9780192848888
Format: Hardback
$170.95

Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913-59 traces Tolkien's career-long engagement with the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and shows...  Read More >>

Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Iliad

Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Iliad

Author: Jonathan L. Ready (Professor of Classical Studies, Professor of Classical Studies, University of Michigan)
ISBN: 9780198920533
Format: Paperback
$52.95

The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Iliad makes learning about this foundational epic easier than ever, investigating...  Read More >>

Artificial Intelligence in Greek and Roman Epic

Artificial Intelligence in Greek and Roman Epic

Author: Dr Andriana Domouzi (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) ,  Professor Silvio Bär (University of Oslo, Norway)
ISBN: 9781350260696
Format: Hardback
$180.00

This is the first scholarly exploration of concepts and representations of Artificial Intelligence in ancient Greek...  Read More >>

Women in Martial: A Semiotic Reading

Women in Martial: A Semiotic Reading

Author: Ilaria Marchesi (Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, Hofstra University)
ISBN: 9780198920304
Format: Hardback
$161.95

This book systematically examines the portrayals of women in Martial's Epigrams, proposing a new method of exploring...  Read More >>

Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Iliad

Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Iliad

Author: Jonathan L. Ready (Professor of Classical Studies, Professor of Classical Studies, University of Michigan)
ISBN: 9780198869870
Format: Hardback
$230.95

The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Iliad makes learning about this foundational epic easier than ever, investigating...  Read More >>

Consumerism and Prestige: The Materiality of Literature in the Modern Age

Consumerism and Prestige: The Materiality of Literature...

Author: Anthony Enns ,  Bernhard Metz
ISBN: 9781839992544
Format: Paperback
$50.00

This anthology explores the relationships and interdependencies between literary production and distinctions of...  Read More >>

Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, Volume II: Books 21–44

Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, Volume II: Books 21–44

Author: Justin ,  J. C. Yardley
ISBN: 9780674997615
Format: Hardback
$51.95

Justin’s artfully condensed version of the lost Philippic History of Trogus, a contemporary of Livy, is a universal...  Read More >>

Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, Volume I: Books 1–20

Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, Volume I: Books 1–20

Author: Justin ,  J. C. Yardley
ISBN: 9780674997608
Format: Hardback
$51.95

Justin’s artfully condensed version of the lost Philippic History of Trogus, a contemporary of Livy, is a universal...  Read More >>

Fragmentary Speeches

Fragmentary Speeches

Author: Cicero ,  Jane W. Crawford
ISBN: 9780674997622
Format: Hardback
$51.95

Although Cicero’s oratory is well attested—of 106 known speeches, fifty-eight survive intact or in large part—the...  Read More >>

Story, World and Character in the Late Íslendingasögur: Rogue Sagas

Story, World and Character in the Late Íslendingasögur:...

Author: Rebecca Merkelbach
ISBN: 9781843846666
Format: Hardback
$181.13

"Argues for new models of reading the complexity and subversiveness of fourteen ""post-classical"" sagas."  Read More >>

Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity

Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity...

Author: Simcha Gross (University of Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9781009280525
Format: Hardback
$343.20

Offers a radically new account that advances the modern scholarly understanding of Babylonian Jewish history and...  Read More >>

Medea’s Long Shadow in Postcolonial Contexts

Medea’s Long Shadow in Postcolonial Contexts

Author: Ana Filipa Prata ,  Rodrigo Verano
ISBN: 9781032261119
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This interdisciplinary volume explores the ancient Greek myth of Medea and its global analogues found in other mythic...  Read More >>

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 63

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 63

Author: Rachana Kamtekar (Cornell University)
ISBN: 9780192885272
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The...  Read More >>

The Argument of the Action: Essays on Greek Poetry and Philosophy

The Argument of the Action: Essays on Greek Poetry and...

Author: Seth Benardete ,  Ronna Burger
ISBN: 9780226826431
Format: Paperback
$49.95

This volume brings together Seth Benardete’s studies of Hesiod, Homer, and Greek tragedy, eleven Platonic dialogues,...  Read More >>

The Crusades: A Reader, Third Edition

The Crusades: A Reader, Third Edition

Author: S.J. Allen ,  Emilie Amt
ISBN: 9781487525781
Format: Paperback
$98.32

This collection of medieval primary sources provides a comprehensive view of the Crusades from multiple perspectives....  Read More >>

Human Agency in Medieval Society, 1100-1450

Human Agency in Medieval Society, 1100-1450

Author: Ionuț Epurescu-Pascovici
ISBN: 9781837652075
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Argues the case for the individual as autonomous moral agent in the later Middle Ages.  Read More >>

Beds and Chambers in Late Medieval England: Readings, Representations and Realities

Beds and Chambers in Late Medieval England: Readings,...

Author: Hollie L.S. Morgan
ISBN: 9781914049279
Format: Paperback
$103.47

First full-length interdisciplinary study of the effect of these everyday surroundings on literature, culture and...  Read More >>

Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 113

Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 113

Author: Jan M. Ziolkowski
ISBN: 9780674295797
Format: Hardback
$86.95

Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 113 includes new essays on Greek and Roman Classics by Andrew Merritt,...  Read More >>

Arthurian Literature XXXIX: A Celebration of Elizabeth Archibald

Arthurian Literature XXXIX: A Celebration of Elizabeth...

Author: Megan G Leitch ,  Professor Kevin S Whetter (Royalty Account)
ISBN: 9781843847182
Format: Hardback
$181.13

"""Delivers fascinating material across genres, periods, and theoretical issues."" TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT"  Read More >>

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