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Throughout history, some books have transformed the world. They have changed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate,……続きを見る
The great work of Welsh literature, translated in full for the first time in over 100 years by two of its country's foremost poets
Tennyson portrayed him, and wrote at least one poem under his name.……続きを見る
The human protagonists of medieval romance are works in progress. They are learners, taught by an unexpected set of teachers: non-human animals including horses, hawks, lions, and the various quarry……続きを見る
Mark Padilla’s classical reception readings of Alfred Hitchcock features some of the director’s most loved and important films, and demonstrates how they are informed by the educational and cultural……続きを見る
First published in 1882, this volume formed the sixth part of a unique series of English-language Charlemagne romances. It contains three poetic texts in their original 15th and 16th century English……続きを見る
著者:Leanne Grech
出版社: Springer International Publishing
発売日: 2019年06月08日
This book focuses on the role that the Oxford classical curriculum has had in shaping Oscar Wilde’s aestheticism. It positions Wilde as a classically trained intellectual and outlines the path he to……続きを見る
e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited and formatted collection of Dr. Eliot: V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & Penn V. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus Aurelius V. 3: Bacon, Milton's Prose, Browne V……続きを見る
著者:R. M. Wilson
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2019年07月12日
Originally published in 1952 The Lost Literature of Medieval England provides an account of lost masterpieces of medieval English literature. The book examines the evidence for their existence and p……続きを見る
著者:R. M. Wilson
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2019年07月12日
Originally published in 1939, Early Middle English Literature is a comprehensive overview of various aspects of early Middle English literature. The book examines authorship and provenance and the e……続きを見る
著者:Ruth Nisse
出版社: Cornell University Press
発売日: 2017年03月21日
Jewish and Christian authors of the High Middle Ages not infrequently came into dialogue or conflict with each other over traditions drawn from ancient writings outside of the bible. Circulating in ……続きを見る
Originally published in 1984, Literature and Law in the Middle Ages is a comprehensive bibliography on the subject of literature and law in the Middle Ages. The collection was composed with the noti……続きを見る
Written texts of the Iliad and the Odyssey achieved an unprecedented degree of standardization after 150 BCE, but what about Homeric texts prior to the emergence of standardized written texts? Orali……続きを見る
This book considers the place of deification in the writings of Julian of Norwich and Richard Rolle, two of the fourteenth-century English Mystics. It argues that, as a consequence of a belief in de……続きを見る
Dentro de la recopilación 'Dramas de Guillermo Shakespeare: El Mercader de Venecia, Macbeth, Romeo y Julieta, Otelo', encontramos una obra cumbre de la literatura mundial, llena de tragedia, conflic……続きを見る
In 'The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius', readers are presented with a riveting anthology that bridges realms of biting social commentary, personal introspection, and the critiqu……続きを見る
John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' is a classic epic poem that delves into the Fall of Man and the rebellion of Satan in Heaven. Written in blank verse, this masterpiece seamlessly blends classical and C……続きを見る
Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a timeless classic that explores the themes of love, hate, and fate. Written in the late 16th century, this play is set in Verona and follows the tragic ……続きを見る
著者:Jane Dunn
出版社: HarperCollins Publishers
発売日: 2012年10月11日
From the bestselling author of ‘Elizabeth and Mary’, the remarkable love story of Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, set against the turbulence and romance of 17th-century England. [Note that t……続きを見る
This book reveals how Moses ibn Ezra, Judah Halevi, Moses Maimonides, and Shem Tov ibn Falaquera understood metaphor and imagination, and their role in the way human beings describe God. It demonstr……続きを見る
I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
This is the first English translation of the final philosophical work of the great eleventh-century Ismaili thinker, poet, and Fatimid……続きを見る
John Wilson Ross's 'Tacitus and Bracciolini. The Annals Forged in the XVth Century' delves into the fascinating historical mystery surrounding the alleged forgery of Tacitus' Annals by the Italian h……続きを見る
A Spectator Book of the Year
It's fashionable to think of the writers of the past as irredeemably tarnished by prejudice. Aristotle despised women. John Milton, the great champion of free speech, wo……続きを見る
The monograph series Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture showcases the plurilingual and multicultural quality of medieval literature and actively seeks to promote research that not onl……続きを見る
著者:Judy Ann Ford
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2020年05月21日
In 1484, William Caxton, the first publisher of English-language books, issued The Golden Legend, a translation of the most well-known collection of saints’ lives in Europe. This study analyzes the ……続きを見る
The Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy: Perspectives Across the Humanities is an interdisciplinary study of the abiding quarrel to which poet-philosopher Plato referred centuries ago in the Repub……続きを見る
It is widely acknowledged that the hit franchise Game of Thrones is based on the Wars of the Roses, a bloody fifteenth-century civil war between feuding English families. In this book, Jeffrey R. Wi……続きを見る
Compunction was one of the most important emotions for medieval Christianity; in fact, through its confessional function, compunction became the primary means for an affective sinner to gain redempt……続きを見る
Transfiguring medievalism combines medieval literature, modern poetry and theology to explore how bodies, including literary bodies, can become apparent to the attentive eye as more than they first ……続きを見る
Achieved at the height of the Crusades, the Christian conquests of Santarém in 1147 by King Afonso I, and of Alcácer do Sal in 1217 by Portuguese forces and northern European warriors on their way b……続きを見る