Litteraturvetenskap: klassisk, tidig & medeltida litteratur

En kylslagen majdag för ett sekel sedan gjorde ynglingen Einar Kjellén en makalös arkeologisk upptäckt. Under mossan på en uppländsk bergknalle hittade han världens äldsta bildberättelse, dold sedan bronsåldern. I myllrande hällristningsscener åte...

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Hur gick det till när latinet blev ett världsspråk? Och hur kommer det sig att vi än idag fascineras av ett språk som inte längre talas? Författaren och journalisten Karin Westin Tikkanen, docent i latin, tar oss med på en resa som flätar samman 2...

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She sees, coming up a second time,earth from the ocean, eternally green;the waterfalls plunge, an eagle soars above them,over the mountain hunting fish. After the terrible conflagration of Ragnarok, the earth rises serenely again from the ocean, a...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'Greedily she engorged without restraint,And knew not eating death;'Milton's Paradise Lost is a poem of epic proportions that tells of Satan's attempts to mislead Ev...

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A "e;brilliant"e; examination of American complacency and how it puts the nation's-and the world's-security at risk (The Wall Street Journal).The ancient Greeks hard-wired a tragic sensibility into their culture. By looking disaster square...

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Antikens historier är myterna och äventyren, alla anekdoterna om filosofer och fältherrar och kejsare, diktarnas och vetenskapsmännens liv och verk, politiken och vardagslivet, de religiösa ceremonierna, den grekiskromerska mytologins gudar och hj...

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'no one else in our times has attempted to write a universal history' Polybius' ambitious goal was to describe how Rome conquered the Mediterranean world in less than fifty-three years. This great study of imperialism takes the reader back to Rome...

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Introduction to Medieval Europe 300-1500 provides a comprehensive survey of this complex and varied formative period of European history within a global context, covering themes as diverse as barbarian migrations, the impact of Christianisation, t...

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'Whoever best acquits himself, and tellsThe most amusing and instructive tale,Shall have a dinner, paid for by us all...'In Chaucer's most ambitious poem, The Canterbury Tales (c. 1387), a group of pilgrims assembles in an inn just outside London ...

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Any list of the six greatest European poets would include Virgil, Aeschylus and Homer. A recent history of philosophy named Aristotle and Plato as two of the world's four greatest philosophers. The greatest historian of all is likely to be Thucydi...

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Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford)'A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer ... There's something that hits the mark on every page' Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New Statesman...

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The classic bestselling Chinese novel spanning four decades following the creation of the People's Republic in 1949, translated into English for the first time.Originally published in 1987, two years before the Tiananmen Square protests, The Ancie...

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Shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize, an epic novel of startling originality which confirms Nicola Barker as one of Britain's most exciting literary talents.If history is a sick joke which keeps on repeating, then who keeps on telling it? Cou...

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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 the family trees contained in this ebook are best ...

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This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the brilliant, prolific writer, C. S. Lewis.C. S. Lewis was a deeply complex man, capable of inspiring both great devotion and great hostility. This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the cle...

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HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.'Bronte's infamous Gothic novel tells the story of orphan Jane, a child of unfortun...

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HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading...

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HarperCollins is pround to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.'A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, The Scarlet Letter exposes the moral rig...

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HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'It's a poor sort of memory that only works backward.'In Carroll's sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice once again finds herself in a bizarre and nonsensical ...

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HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'Stars, hide your fires!Let not light see my black and deep desires.'One of Shakespeare's darkest and most violent tragedies, Macbeth's struggle between his own ambition a...

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The Complete Works of Shakespeare contains the recognized canon of the bard's plays, and his sonnets and poems. The texts were edited by the late Professor Peter Alexander, making it one of the most authoritative editions, recognized the world ove...

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On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome...'Four Seasons in Rome' charts the repercussions of that day, describing Doerr's varied advent...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Here is one of Thomas Hardy's most popular novels, soon to be released as a major motion picture in May 2015.'I shall do one thing in this life - one thing certain ...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books; for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved, and the hea...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'"e;I'll not listen to reason,"e; she said, now in full possession of her voice, which had been rather choked with sobbing. "e;Reason always means what s...

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A Theban adventure from the master of Science-Fiction, here proving himself adept at imagining historical worlds. Part of the Brian Aldiss Collection.In Jocasta, Aldiss brings vividly to life the ancient world of dreaming Thebes: a world of sun-dr...

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One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.Complete with a Life & Times section, which offers insight into the author, her works and the time of publication,...

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Collins Classics brings you a haunting selection of the finest horror stories from classic literature - featuring works by Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and Mary Shelley - with additional content.Complete with a Life & T...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.Hugely ambitious in its historical focus and vast geographical scope, Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare's most astonishing tragedies. The drama centr...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.Bianca is beautiful and demure, with a plethora of wood-be suitors, but marriage is forbidden until her older sister Katherina finds a suitable match. The hit...

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