Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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Medieval French Interlocutions: Shifting Perspectives on a Language in Contact

Medieval French Interlocutions: Shifting Perspectives...

Author: Dr Thomas O'Donnell (Customer) ,  Professor Jane Gilbert
ISBN: 9781914049149
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Specialists in other languages offer perspectives on the widespread use of French in a range of contexts, from German...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Comedy in Antiquity

A Cultural History of Comedy in Antiquity

Author: Michael Ewans (University of Newcastle, Australia) ,  Professor Andrew McConnell Stott (University of Southern California, USA)
ISBN: 9781350440692
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Drawing together contributions from scholars in a wide range of fields inside Classics and Drama, this volume traces...  Read More >>

HoneyVoiced: A Translation of Pindar’s Songs for Athletes

HoneyVoiced: A Translation of Pindar’s Songs for Athletes...

Author: Dr James Bradley Wells (DePauw University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350226401
Format: Hardback
$200.00

This new translation of Pindar’s songs for victorious athletes marries philological rigour with poetic sensibility...  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

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Beowulf in Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Beowulf in Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Author: Richard Scott Nokes
ISBN: 9781476687780
Format: Paperback
$84.70

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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 >>

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 >>

Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History

Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History

Author: William Bryan Jones, Jr.
ISBN: 9781476688329
Format: Hardback
$127.60

In its expanded third edition, this definitive work on Classics Illustrated explores the enduring series of comic...  Read More >>

Looking at Persians

Looking at Persians

Author: David Stuttard (Independent Scholar, UK) ,  Aeschylus
ISBN: 9781350227965
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Aeschylus’ Persians is unique in being the only extant Greek tragedy on an historical subject: Greece’s victory...  Read More >>

Performing Disability in Medieval and Early Modern Britain

Performing Disability in Medieval and Early Modern Britain...

Author: Mark C. Chambers (Department of English Studies at Durham University)
ISBN: 9781802700091
Format: Hardback
$292.39

Examines the nature and socialization of disabled performers in the medieval and early Tudor periods.  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 >>

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: 9781350337206
Format: Hardback
$130.00

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: 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 >>

An Introduction to the Sagas of Icelanders

An Introduction to the Sagas of Icelanders

Author: Carl Phelpstead
ISBN: 9780813080680
Format: Paperback
$73.92

Combining an accessible approach with innovative scholarship, An Introduction to the Sagas of Icelanders provides...  Read More >>

An Introduction to Middle High German

An Introduction to Middle High German

Author: Howard Jones (Fellow and Lecturer in Linguistics, Fellow and Lecturer in Linguistics, Keble College, University of Oxford) ,  Martin H. Jones (Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, King's College London)
ISBN: 9780198893998
Format: Paperback
$95.95

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to Middle High German, aimed at graduate and undergraduate students...  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

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Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature

Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature...

Author: Curtis Runstedler
ISBN: 9783031266089
Format: Paperback
$369.57

This book explores the different functions and metaphorical concepts of alchemy in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century...  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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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