Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: Vol. 1: Problems in the Literary Source Material

The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: Vol. 1: Problems...

Author: Averil Cameron ,  Lawrence I. Conrad
ISBN: 9783959940849
Format: Hardback
$446.16

This volume focuses on the problems researchers face when using (Byzantine) Greek, Syriac and Arabic sources together...  Read More >>

The Later Middle Ages

The Later Middle Ages

Author: Stephen Medcalf ,  Nicola Coldstream
ISBN: 9780367205119
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Originally published in 1981 The Later Middle Ages provides a unified and coherent account of the culture of late...  Read More >>

The Lost Literature of Medieval England

The Lost Literature of Medieval England

Author: R. M. Wilson
ISBN: 9780367196738
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Originally published in 1952, The Lost Literature of Medieval England provides an account of lost masterpieces of...  Read More >>

Early Middle English Literature

Early Middle English Literature

Author: R. M. Wilson
ISBN: 9780367204167
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Originally published in 1939, Early Middle English Literature examines literature from the period of 1066 to 1300...  Read More >>

The Writer as Liar: Narrative Technique in the Decameron

The Writer as Liar: Narrative Technique in the Decameron...

Author: Guido Almansi
ISBN: 9780367207380
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Originally published in 1975, The Writer as Liar examines the Decameron and argues that Boccaccio’s story telling...  Read More >>

A Commentary on Demosthenes' Against Androtion: Introduction, Text, and Translation

A Commentary on Demosthenes' Against Androtion: Introduction,...

Author: Ifigeneia Giannadaki (Assistant Professor and Cassas Chair in Greek Studies, Assistant Professor and Cassas Chair in Greek Studies, University of Florida)
ISBN: 9780198784524
Format: Hardback
$234.00

This volume provides a detailed commentary on Demosthenes' speech Against Androtion (Demosthenes 22). It includes...  Read More >>

Lysistrata: A New Verse Translation

Lysistrata: A New Verse Translation

Author: Aristophanes ,  David Mulroy
ISBN: 9780299329846
Format: Paperback
$26.40

Aristophanes was born c. 450 BCE. Today forty-three of his plays are known by title; eleven survive. The most famous...  Read More >>

Ibn Naẓīf’s World-History: Al-Tā’rīkh al-Manṣūrī

Ibn Naẓīf’s World-History: Al-Tā’rīkh al-Manṣūrī

Author: David Cook
ISBN: 9780367623555
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book is the first translated and annotated edition of Ibn Naẓīf’s Al-Tā’rīkh al-Manṣūrī. Containing an extensive...  Read More >>

Ultimate Motivational Quotes: Learn from the reflective wisdom of the ancient

Ultimate Motivational Quotes: Learn from the reflective...

Author: Jane Darwin
ISBN: 9798701129465
Format: Paperback
$23.24

M t v t n is a crucial f t r n v r hum n' h v m nt. Without motivation, we w ll n t have th willingness...  Read More >>

Middle English Literature: A Critical Study of the Romances, the Religious Lyrics, and Piers Plowman

Middle English Literature: A Critical Study of the Romances,...

Author: George Kane
ISBN: 9780367187293
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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Massekhet Qiddushin Chapter 4: Volume III/7/d. Text, Translation, and Commentary

Massekhet Qiddushin Chapter 4: Volume III/7/d. Text,...

Author: Anat Israeli ,  Esther Fisher
ISBN: 9783161598968
Format: Hardback
$329.65

ENG The last chapter of the Tractate Qiddushin is devoted to """"betrothals"""" and deals with Jewish genealogies...  Read More >>

Metaphor and Imagination in Medieval Jewish Thought: Moses ibn Ezra, Judah Halevi, Moses Maimonides, and Shem Tov ibn Falaquera

Metaphor and Imagination in Medieval Jewish Thought:...

Author: Dianna Lynn Roberts-Zauderer
ISBN: 9783030294243
Format: Paperback
$194.04

This book reveals how Moses ibn Ezra, Judah Halevi, Moses Maimonides, and Shem Tov ibn Falaquera understood metaphor...  Read More >>

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism: Criticism of the Works of World Authors from Classical Antiquity Through the Fourteenth Century, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism: Criticism...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9781410395139
Format: Hardback
$1275.12

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Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer ,  Michael Alexander
ISBN: 9781857591132
Format: Hardback
$34.19

Synopsis coming soon.......  Read More >>

A Christian Mannes Bileeve: Edited from Washington, Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections, MS 4

A Christian Mannes Bileeve: Edited from Washington,...

Author: Nicole D Smith
ISBN: 9783825348113
Format: Paperback
$121.44

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Possibilities of Lyric: Reading Petrarch in Dialogue

Possibilities of Lyric: Reading Petrarch in Dialogue...

Author: Manuele Gragnolati ,  Francesca Southerden
ISBN: 9783965580152
Format: Hardback
$81.84

The book explores possibilities of lyric by reading Petrarch's vernacular poetry in dialogue with that of other...  Read More >>

The Spell of Hypnos: Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature

The Spell of Hypnos: Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient...

Author: Silvia Montiglio (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350197435
Format: Paperback
$64.99

A unique contribution to better understandings of ancient Greek writing and the various ways writers in antiquity...  Read More >>

The Epic of America: An Introduction to Rafael Landivar and the Rusticatio Mexicana

The Epic of America: An Introduction to Rafael Landivar...

Author: Professor Andrew Laird (Brown University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350197398
Format: Paperback
$64.99

In this introduction to the rich and complex tradition of Latin literature from colonial Spanish America, and to...  Read More >>

Behind the Mask: Character and Society in Menander

Behind the Mask: Character and Society in Menander

Author: Angela M. Heap (Independent Scholar, UK)
ISBN: 9781350190696
Format: Paperback
$64.99

This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary...  Read More >>

Writers, Editors and Exemplars in Medieval English Texts

Writers, Editors and Exemplars in Medieval English Texts...

Author: Sharon M. Rowley
ISBN: 9783030557232
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This collection of essays explores the literary legacy of medieval England by examining the writers, editors and...  Read More >>

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