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  • An Anglo-Norman Reader

    de Jane Bliss ...
    This book is an anthology with a difference. It presents a distinctive variety of Anglo-Norman works, beginning in the twelfth century and ending in the nineteenth, covering a broad range of genres and writers, introduced in a lively and thought-provoking way. Facing-page translations, into accessible and engaging modern English, are provided throughout, bringing these texts to life for a ... Leer más

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  • Make We Merry More and Less

    An Anthology of Medieval English Popular Literature

    Conceived as a companion volume to the well-received Simple Forms: Essays on Medieval English Popular Literature (2015), Make We Merry More and Less is a comprehensive anthology of popular medieval literature from the twelfth century onwards. Uniquely, the book is divided by genre, allowing readers to make connections between texts usually presented individually.This anthology offers a fruitful ... Leer más

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  • Shame on Who? / Ki sera honni?

    A Tale of a Dance in Calais / Al Feste à Calais, cele Conte

    Ilustraciones de Susantha Rangana ...
    Series Libro 534 - Bilingual Legends
    Joan is caught in the middle of a love triangle which takes an unexpected twist after an embarrassing incident at a ball.Loosely based upon the events surrounding how England's oldest order of knighthood (i.e. the Order of the Garter) was established, Bilingual Legends #534 is presented in both Modern English and the historic Anglo-Norman language of the era. This lavishly illustrated children's ... Leer más

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  • The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain

    This volume examines the erotic in the literature of medieval Britain, primarily in Middle English, but also in Latin, Welsh and Old French. Seeking to discover the nature of the erotic and how it differs from modern erotics, thecontributors address topics such as the Wife of Bath's opinions on marital eroticism, the role of clothing and nudity, the tension between eroticism and transgression, the ... Leer más

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    Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. THE CONSOLATION was written in the period leading up to his brutal execution. It is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between the ailing prisoner and his 'nurse' ... Leer más

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  • Vita Nuova

    Traducido por Barbara Reynolds ...
    A unique treatise by a poet, written for poets, on the art of poetry, LA VITA NUOVA is elaborately and symbolically patterned, consisting of a selection of Dante's early poems, interspersed with his own prose commentary.The poems themselves tell the story of his love for Beatrice, from their first meeting at a May Day party in her father's house, through Dante's sufferings and his attempts to ... Leer más

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  • The Arabian Nights

    A Companion

    de Robert Irwin ...
    This literary companion guides the reader into the labyrinth of storytelling within The Arabian Nights.The Arabian Nights has become a synonym for the fabulous and the exotic. Every child is familiar with the stories of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor and Ali Baba. Yet very few people, even specialists in oriental literature, have a clear idea of when the book was written or what exactly it is.Far from ... Leer más

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  • Music and Performance in the Later Middle Ages

    de E. Upton ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book seeks to understand the music of the later Middle Ages in a fuller perspective, moving beyond the traditional focus on the creative work of composers in isolation to consider the participation of performers and listeners in music-making. ... Leer más

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  • The Poetic Edda

    Essays on Old Norse Mythology

    Series series Garland Medieval Casebooks
    This unique collection of essays applies significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda, a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki, and Thor. The volume also provides very useful introductions that sketch the critical history of the Eddas. By applying new theoretical approaches (feminist, structuralist, post-structuralist) to each of ... Leer más

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  • The Philosophy of Piers Plowman

    The Ethics and Epistemology of Love in Late Medieval Thought

    de David Strong ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book examines William Langland’s late medieval poem, The Vision of Piers Plowman, in light of contemporary intellectual thought. David Strong argues that where the philosophers John Duns Scotus and William of Ockham revolutionize the view of human potential through their theories of epistemology, ethics, and freedom of the will, Langland vivifies these ideas by contextualizing them in an ... Leer más

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  • Leo Tolstoy: The Complete Novels and Novellas (War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Resurrection, The Death of Ivan Ilyich...)

    de Leo Tolstoy ...
    Here you will find the complete novels and novellas of Leo Tolstoy in the chronological order of their original publication. - Childhood - Boyhood - Youth - Family Happiness - The Cossacks - War and Peace - Anna Karenina - The Death of Ivan Ilyich - The Kreutzer Sonata - Resurrection - The Forged Coupon - Hadji Murad ... Leer más

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  • The Captivity of John II, 1356-60

    The Royal Image in Later Medieval England and France

    de Neil Murphy ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book provides a systematic analysis of the innovations that occurred in the display of royal power during John II’s four years in English captivity. Neil Murphy shows how the French king’s competition with Edward III led to a revolution in the presentation of the royal image, manifesting through developments to the sacral character of the French monarchy, lavish displays of gift giving, and ... Leer más

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