Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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The Complete Works of Claudian: Translated with an Introduction and Notes

The Complete Works of Claudian: Translated with an Introduction...

Author: Neil Bernstein (Ohio University, USA)
ISBN: 9780367373641
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This first translation of Claudian's works since 1922 offers an accessible, comprehensive overview of his varied...  Read More >>

Persius-Scholien: Die Lateinische Persius-Kommentierung Der Tradition B

Persius-Scholien: Die Lateinische Persius-Kommentierung...

Author: Udo W Scholz ,  Konrad Goehl
ISBN: 9783752007008
Format: Hardback
$435.60

"English summary: The edition of the Persius scholia of the ""tradition B"" is the third and last volume (vol....  Read More >>

Dracontius’ Orestes

Dracontius’ Orestes

Author: Paul Roche (University of Sydney, Australia.)
ISBN: 9781032131269
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This is the first English translation of Dracontius’ Orestes: a Latin poem from Vandal North Africa. Accompanied...  Read More >>

Performing Gods in Classical Antiquity and the Age of Shakespeare

Performing Gods in Classical Antiquity and the Age of...

Author: Professor Dustin W. Dixon (Assistant Professor of Classics, Grinnell College, USA) ,  Professor John S. Garrison (Independent Scholar, USA)
ISBN: 9781350239432
Format: Paperback
$59.99

The gods have much to tell us about performance. When human actors portray deities onstage, such divine epiphanies...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to Medieval English Literature

The Routledge Companion to Medieval English Literature...

Author: Raluca Radulescu ,  Sif Rikhardsdottir
ISBN: 9780367186494
Format: Hardback
$420.00

The Routledge Companion to Medieval English Literature offers a new, inclusive, and comprehensive context to the...  Read More >>

Kannagi Through the Ages: From the Epic to the Dravidian Movement

Kannagi Through the Ages: From the Epic to the Dravidian...

Author: Prabha Rani (University of Delhi)
ISBN: 9789354355318
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Kannagi and Silappatikaram are important parts of the cultural landscape of Tamil Nadu—the story has been told in...  Read More >>

Dieu et ses anges dans le Nouveau Testament

Dieu et ses anges dans le Nouveau Testament

Author: Denis Fricker ,  Nathalie Siffer
ISBN: 9783161610226
Format: Paperback
$272.21

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Der Tannhauser: Untersuchungen Zur Selbstbezuglichkeit Seiner Lyrik Und Kommentierte Neuedition

Der Tannhauser: Untersuchungen Zur Selbstbezuglichkeit...

Author: Manuel Mildner
ISBN: 9783752006742
Format: Hardback
$435.60

Glaubt man den einschlagigen Handbuchern und Monographien, ist Selbstbezuglichkeit, also die Eigenschaft von Kunst...  Read More >>

Qur'?Nic Stories: God, Revelation and the Audience

Qur'?Nic Stories: God, Revelation and the Audience

Author: Leyla Ozgur Alhassen
ISBN: 9781474483186
Format: Paperback
$54.31

Leyla Ozgur Alhassen approaches the Qur'an as a literary, religious and oral text to show how Qur'anic stories function...  Read More >>

Hecale. Hymns. Epigrams

Hecale. Hymns. Epigrams

Author: Callimachus ,  Dee L. Clayman
ISBN: 9780674997332
Format: Hardback
$51.95

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Aetia. Iambi. Lyric Poems

Aetia. Iambi. Lyric Poems

Author: Callimachus ,  Dee L. Clayman
ISBN: 9780674997349
Format: Hardback
$51.95

The prolific scholar-poet Callimachus of Cyrene spent his career at the royal court and great Library at Alexandria....  Read More >>

Fragmentary Republican Latin, Volume VI: Livius Andronicus. Naevius. Caecilius

Fragmentary Republican Latin, Volume VI: Livius Andronicus....

Author: Robert Maltby ,  Niall W. Slater
ISBN: 9780674997486
Format: Hardback
$51.95

Livius Andronicus, Naevius, and Caecilius were highly influential pioneers in the creation and development of Latin...  Read More >>

Hybrid Healing: Old English Remedies and Medical Texts

Hybrid Healing: Old English Remedies and Medical Texts...

Author: Lori Ann Garner (Associate Professor of English)
ISBN: 9781526158499
Format: Hardback
$185.00

This book works from the premise that the tremendous diversity of Old English medical texts requires an equally...  Read More >>

Greek Tragedy and Modernist Performance: Hellenism as Theatricality

Greek Tragedy and Modernist Performance: Hellenism as...

Author: Olga Taxidou
ISBN: 9781399511094
Format: Paperback
$54.31

This book examines the ways the encounters between modernist theatre makers and Greek tragedy were constitutive...  Read More >>

The Body in Arabic Love Poetry: The Udhri Tradition

The Body in Arabic Love Poetry: The Udhri Tradition...

Author: Jokha Alharthi
ISBN: 9781474486347
Format: Paperback
$67.25

Jokha Alharthi re-appraises the relationship between love, poetry and Arab society in the 8th to 11th centuries....  Read More >>

Ulysse Dans Le Monde d'Hermes

Ulysse Dans Le Monde d'Hermes

Author: Jean-Michel Ropars
ISBN: 9782251453859
Format: Paperback
$58.08

En s'appuyant sur le travail des aedes, qui auraient cree le personnage d'Ulysse en faisant descendre le dieu dans...  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: 9780028672199
Format: Hardback
$1356.96

Classical and Medieval Literature CriticismM assembles and contextualizes critical responses to the works of writers...  Read More >>

Why Read the Classics?

Why Read the Classics?

Author: Italo Calvino ,  Martin McLaughlin
ISBN: 9798212514125
Format: Audio
$136.62

A posthumously published collection of thirty-six essays offering Italo Calvino's invigorating and illuminating...  Read More >>

Why Read the Classics?

Why Read the Classics?

Author: Italo Calvino ,  Martin McLaughlin
ISBN: 9798212514132
Format: Audio
$136.62

A posthumously published collection of thirty-six essays offering Italo Calvino's invigorating and illuminating...  Read More >>

Fra Gli Invidiosi: Nuovi Saggi Su Dante

Fra Gli Invidiosi: Nuovi Saggi Su Dante

Author: Gennaro Sasso
ISBN: 9791254690277
Format: Paperback
$134.64

Sotto il titolo di uno di essi, Fra gli invidiosi, questo volume presenta una raccolta di saggi inediti nei quali...  Read More >>

Eusebius the Evangelist: Rewriting the Fourfold Gospel in Late Antiquity

Eusebius the Evangelist: Rewriting the Fourfold Gospel...

Author: Jeremiah Coogan (Assistant Professor of New Testament, Assistant Professor of New Testament, Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University)
ISBN: 9780197580042
Format: Hardback
$233.00

Eusebius the Evangelist analyzes Eusebius of Caesarea's fourth-century reconfiguration of the Gospels as a window...  Read More >>

The Ultimate Italian: Dante and a Nation’s Identity

The Ultimate Italian: Dante and a Nation’s Identity...

Author: Fulvio Conti
ISBN: 9781032390895
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book shows how Dante Alighieri has been represented in the Italian collective imagination from the late eighteenth...  Read More >>

Writing the North of England in the Middle Ages: Regionalism and Nationalism in Medieval English Literature

Writing the North of England in the Middle Ages: Regionalism...

Author: Joseph Taylor (University of Alabama, Huntsville)
ISBN: 9781009182119
Format: Hardback
$194.06

Writing the North of England in the Middle Ages examines the origins of England's North-South divide, illustrating...  Read More >>

The Aesthetics of Melancholia: Medical and Spiritual Diseases in Medieval Iberia

The Aesthetics of Melancholia: Medical and Spiritual...

Author: Luis F. López González (Assistant Professor of Spanish, Vanderbilt University)
ISBN: 9780192859228
Format: Hardback
$198.95

Explores the intersection between medicine and medieval Iberian literature with a particular emphasis on melancholy...  Read More >>

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