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Heroic Identity in the World of Beowulf
Av Scott Gwara
Inbunden, 2008
3828 kr
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Readers of Beowulf have noted inconsistencies in Beowulf's depiction, as either heroic or reckless. Heroic Identity in the World of Beowulf resolves this tension by emphasizing Beowulf's identity as a foreign fighter seeking glory abroad. Such men resemble wreccan, "exiles" compelled to leave their …
Ordering Chaos
The Self and the Cosmos in Twelfth-Century Latin Prosimetrum
Inbunden, 2009
2629 kr
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From c. 1100 until c. 1170, Latin prosimetrical texts characterized by dialogue, allegory, and philosophical speculation enjoyed a notable popularity within the cultural ambit of the French cathedral schools. Inspired by Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, the prosimetrum writers applied his …
Wisdom and Chivalry
Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Medieval Political Theory
Inbunden, 2009
3036 kr
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The Knight's Tale is one of the most controversial of all the Canterbury Tales. Does Chaucer portray Theseus, the duke of Athens whose actions dominate the tale, as an ideal ruler, one who is noble, wise and chivalrous, or does the duke's behaviour reveal him to be immoral, self-seeking and …
Between Hebrew and Arabic Poetry
Studies in Spanish Medieval Hebrew Poetry
Av Yosef Tobi
Inbunden, 2010
4314 kr
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The book includes sixteen studies about medieval Hebrew poetry compared with Arabic poetry. It is well known that since the tenth century medieval Hebrew poets took Arabic poetry as the ultimate paradigm in terms of prosody, language purism and rhetorical devices and even in regard to poetical …
Texts and Contexts of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 108
The Shaping of English Vernacular Narrative
Inbunden, 2010
3400 kr
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The late thirteenth-century, monolingual Oxford manuscript, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 108, bears singular importance to medieval studies, for it preserves and anthologizes unique versions of several seminal Middle English texts, including South English Legendary, Havelok the Dane, and King …
Heads Will Roll
Decapitation in the Medieval and Early Modern Imagination
Inbunden, 2012
3694 kr
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The decapitation motif recurs in nearly all medieval and early modern genres, from saints' lives and epics to comedies and romances, yet decollation is often little regarded, save as a marker of humanity (that is, as the moment mortality exits) or inhumanity (that is, as the moment the supernatural …
Les Eschéz d'Amours
A Critical Edition of the Poem and its Latin Glosses
Av Gregory Heyworth, Daniel E. O'sullivan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
4799 kr
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Les Eschéz d’Amours may be the last great medieval allegory to find its way into a modern edition. In the tradition of the Roman de la Rose, the Eschéz surveys matters of love, politics, economics, music, medicine, and chess through the lens of classical and Scholastic learning. In addition to the …
Renaissance Encounters
Greek East and Latin West
Inbunden, 2012
2870 kr
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The present volume has grown out of the conference held at Princeton University on November 12-14, 2009. Its essays explore a coherent, interrelated nexus of topics that illuminate our understanding of the cultural transactions (social, political, economic, religious and artistic) of the Greek East …
Judgment of Palaemon
The Contest between Neo-Latin and Vernacular Poetry in Renaissance France
Av Philip Ford
Inbunden, 2013
2545 kr
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In Virgil's third Eclogue, Palaemon concludes the poetry competition between Menalcas and Damoetas by saying that he cannot choose between them, a judgment that is emblematic of the contest between Neo-Latin and vernacular poetry in Renaissance France. Both forms of poetry draw on similar roots, …
Aging Gracefully in the Renaissance
Stories of Later Life from Petrarch to Montaigne
Inbunden, 2013
2358 kr
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In Aging Gracefully in the Renaissance: Stories of Later Life from Petrarch to Montaigne Cynthia Skenazi explores a shift in attitudes towards aging and provides a historical perspective on a crucial problem of our time.From the late fourteenth to the end of the sixteenth centuries, the elderly …
Dynamics of Neo-Latin and the Vernacular
Language and Poetics, Translation and Transfer
Inbunden, 2014
2772 kr
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Dynamics of Neo-Latin and the Vernacular offers a collection of studies that deal with the cultural exchange between Neo-Latin and the vernacular, and with the very cultural mobility that allowed for the successful development of Renaissance bilingual culture. Studying a variety of multilingual …
Spoken Word and Social Practice
Orality in Europe (1400-1700)
Inbunden, 2015
3653 kr
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Spoken Word and Social Practice: Orality in Europe (1400-1700) addresses historians and literary scholars. It aims to recapture oral culture in a variety of literary and non-literary sources, tracking the echo of women’s voices, on trial, or bantering and gossiping in literary works, and …
Philology Matters!
Inbunden, 2017
1854 kr
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This book is about philology and its relevance over time. The compilation foregrounds a multi-faceted field of research that has dealt with the relationship between language, literature and culture for over 2,000 years. The main thread of this volume, comprising ten scholarly essays, is to show …
Wycliffite Bible: Origin, History and Interpretation
Inbunden, 2016
3420 kr
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The Wycliffite Bible: Origin, History and Interpretation brings together contributions by leading scholars on different aspects of the first complete translation of the Bible into English, produced at the end of the 14th century by the followers of the Oxford theologian John Wyclif. Though learned …
Anonymous Old English Homily: Sources, Composition, and Variation
Inbunden, 2020
2517 kr
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The Anonymous Old English Homily: Sources, Composition, and Variation offers important essays on the origins, textual transmission, and (re)use of early English preaching texts between the ninth and the late twelfth centuries. Associated with the Electronic Corpus of Anonymous Homilies in Old …
Interpretation and Visual Poetics in Medieval and Early Modern Texts
Essays in Honor of H. Wayne Storey
Inbunden, 2021
2463 kr
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Focusing on literary and non-literary works alike, Interpretation and Visual Poetics in Medieval and Early Modern Texts places visual and material aspects of literary study at the center of the interpretive process. The essays in this collection explore new and traditional areas of research from …
Martianus Capella in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance
Av Katie Reid
Inbunden, 2023
1972 kr
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In this book, Katie Reid argues that the fifth-century author Martianus Capella was a significant influence in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. His poetic encyclopaedia, The Marriage of Philology and Mercury, was a source for writing on the liberal arts, allegory and classical mythology from …
Comparative Poetics of Homeric Literary Imitation from Antiquity to Renaissance France
Aphrodite's Charm
Inbunden, 2025
2592 kr
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Aphrodite’s famous ribbon known as the cestus, the irresistible love charm that she loaned to Hera in the Iliad, was, thanks to a fruitful early misreading, transformed by ancient, medieval, and Renaissance authors into a symbol of honorable feminine chastity: in Maurice Scève’s 1560 Microcosme, an …
Giuochi mathematici by Piero di Niccolò d’Antonio da Filicaia
An Edition with an Introduction
Av Luca Palmarini, Roman Sosnowski
Inbunden, 2025
1955 kr
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This volume explores the treatise Giuochi mathematici, which is only the second known collection of mathematical riddles written in Italian. This treatise was written by Piero d'Antonio di Nicolao da Filicaia between 1515 and 1516, but was not published at the time. It offers a fascinating glimpse …
Late Medieval Image Debate in English and French Literature, 1160–1500
Constructive Iconoclasm
Av Yun Ni
Inbunden, 2025
1925 kr
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Winner of Peking University's 2025 New Oriental Young Scholar AwardEarly modern reformers claimed to reject a superstitious, image-obsessed medieval past—but what if medieval thinkers had already begun to critique sacred images? This book reveals how late medieval literature reimagined breaking …
