Ancient & Classical 96

The Augustan period in Rome was a golden age for poetry, and also the age in which the cult of the author began in the west. By examining some early poetic understandings of what it might have meant……続きを見る

Show your kids a glimpse of the great Mesopotamia in the ancient times with this history book. Attempting to make history as interesting as possible to younger generation, this book contains creativ……続きを見る

Your child must learn to like history and you are the key to making it happen. This book features Europe’s Darkest Hour – a good read for the bright young minds about medieval history. This educatio……続きを見る

Ancient Mesopotamia is often referred to as the “cradle of civilization” and there’s good reason to it. If you take a look at history, a lot of firsts happened in Mesopotamia. These origins were soo……続きを見る

Learning history will never be boring with this educational book. Your kids will surely agree after they see the well thought of and written contents of this Medieval History Book. This attempts to ……続きを見る

Why should your child take the time to study ancient history when it’s long gone and done? The reason is because ancient history gives your child the reasons why certain events today happen. It give……続きを見る

Did you know that in ancient Europe the distribution of power is so great that nobles were very rich while the slaves were very poor? You can still some semblance of this class system today but it w……続きを見る

Did you know that aside from being the longest river in the world, the Nile is also very important in the History of Egypt? Read some interesting facts about the Nile in this child-friendly educatio……続きを見る

In the medieval ages, there were specific societal structures and classes that pretty much dictate how lives were lived. For instance, lords and ladies performed different duties compared to the ser……続きを見る

Travel to the land of the pharaohs and mummies. This wonderful picture book illustrates the many wonders of Ancient Egypt. It also include bits and pieces of the country’s history so that kids would……続きを見る

The Medieval History is very interesting, especially for kids, because it details the time that came after the collapse of the Roman Empire. From this book, your child will learn about the different……続きを見る

Did you know that Ancient Egypt was once run by pharaohs? Read about the pharaohs and their chosen form of government in this history book for children. The wonderful images that accompany the child……続きを見る

The Black Plague is depressing read but it’s something that’s forever embedded in history. It happened. People died. Lessons learned and discoveries made. The last two points are what will make the ……続きを見る

This book is a history of ancient Greek and Roman professionals: doctors, seers, sculptors, teachers, musicians, actors, athletes and soldiers. These individuals were specialist workers deemed to po……続きを見る

This book seeks to understand Xenophon as an elite Athenian writing largely for an elite Athenian audience in the first half of the fourth century BC. It argues that Xenophon calls on men of his own……続きを見る

Marrying life-writing with classical reception, this book examines ancient biography and its impact on subsequent ages. Close readings of ancient texts are framed by an assessment of their influence……続きを見る

'Metalepsis' is a term from classical rhetoric, but in the twentieth century, it was re-framed more broadly as a crossing of the boundaries that separate distinct narrative worlds. This modern notio……続きを見る

Combining the studies of modern film, traditional narratology, and Roman art, this interdisciplinary work explores the complex and highly visual techniques of Tacitus' Annales. The volume opens with……続きを見る

The Thirteenth-Century Animal Turn: Medieval and Twenty-First-Century Perspectives examines a wide range of texts to argue in favour of a thirteenth-century animal turn which not only generated a he……続きを見る

Modern disciplinary silos tend to separate the fields of classical philology and theology. This collection of essays, however, explores for the first time the deep and significant interactions betwe……続きを見る

Cicero's speeches provide a fascinating window into the political battles and crises of his time. In this book, Joanna Kenty examines Cicero's persuasive strategies and the subtleties of his Latin p……続きを見る

How does literary form change as Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape? What is the impact of literary tradition and the new pressures of religious thinking? Tracing a journey over the first ……続きを見る

Chaucer's best-known poem, The Canterbury Tales, is justly celebrated for its richness and variety, both literary - the Tales include fabliaux, romances, sermons, hagiographies, fantasies, satires, ……続きを見る

張愛玲：缺少緊張懸疑、憧憬與神秘感，就不是戀愛， 雖然可能是最珍貴的感情。 張愛玲對《海上花》作者韓子雲獻上的完美致敬， 也是她對上海的款款深情 張愛玲 百歲誕辰 紀念版 長三書寓，一個販售「禁果」的菓園……続きを見る

A comedy about tragedy and a play about playmaking, Aristophanes' Frogs (405 BCE) is perhaps the most popular of ancient comedies. This new introduction guides students through the play, its themes ……続きを見る

This book explores the cultural and intellectual stakes of medieval and renaissance Britain's sense of itself as living in the shadow of Rome: a city whose name could designate the ancient, fallen, ……続きを見る

Matthew Wright brings Menander's Samia to life by explaining how it achieves its comic effects and how it fits within the broader context of fourth-century Greek drama and society. He offers a scene……続きを見る

Śivakōṭyācārya’s Vaḍḍārādhane (Veneration to the Elders) is the earliest extant prose work in Kannada language written by Śivakōṭyācārya during 940 CE. This classical text reflects the oral traditio……続きを見る

Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien proposes that Beowulf was composed according to a formula. Michael Fox imagines the process that generated the poem and provides a mode……続きを見る

This book offers a radically new reading of Quintus' Posthomerica, the first account to combine a literary and cultural-historical understanding of what is the most important Greek epic written at t……続きを見る