Platos Charmides is a rich mix of provocative drama and intricate argument. This book offers a comprehensive interpretation of its disparate elements. Paying close attention to its complex structure, and to the methodology of reading Plato, Raphael...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Mar-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300244434)
A fascinating and highly original history of medieval magic told through twenty key illuminated manuscripts Medieval Europe was preoccupied with magic. From the Carolingian Empire to Renaissance Italy and Tudor England, great rulers,...Loe edasi...
Dantes Paradiso delivers an accessible readers guide to the third canticle of The Divine Comedy, while providing critical overviews of the whole poem....Loe edasi...
Ancient Greece was rich with stories of queer love and genderfluid identity—but what can these ancient stories tell us about our contemporary world?Tales as old as antiquity—whether the love affair of Achilles and Patroclus, the gend...Loe edasi...
The Holy Land is more than a sanctified geographical space that roughly corresponds to the Roman province that has been known as Palaestina since the end of the Bar Kochba War. Instead, it is primarily an idea and imaginative space created by a compl...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781108492508)
Gary Burges study explores the Roman context for Colossians and demonstrates how Pauls gospel would overturn the religious beliefs that affected their lives. He also interrogates Pauls overlooked letter to Philemon, which accompanied Colossians....Loe edasi...
Gary Burges study explores the Roman context for Colossians and demonstrates how Pauls gospel would overturn the religious beliefs that affected their lives. He also interrogates Pauls overlooked letter to Philemon, which accompanied Colossians....Loe edasi...
The Element adopts a historical approach to explore the psychological functioning of Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic royal house. It investigates key themes that emerge from the data, including childhood trauma and displacement, sibli...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009487788)
The Element adopts a historical approach to explore the psychological functioning of Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic royal house. It investigates key themes that emerge from the data, including childhood trauma and displacement, sibli...Loe edasi...
Sari: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009628877)
This book offers an innovative study of the uses of writing in early medieval England during a pivotal century of political and societal upheaval. It will appeal to students and scholars interested in Anglo-Saxon and early medieval England, the viki...Loe edasi...
Ki-Eun Jang analysiert Prozesse, durch die im altorientalischen Literaturmilieu Identitätsbezeichnungen beansprucht, zurückgewiesen und neu angeeignet wurden. Sie kontrastiert die moderne Genealogie der Gentilicia mit antiken Praktiken sozialer Zuor...Loe edasi...
In this work, Lenin Prado examines the relationship between the Priestly (P) and Yahwistic (J) narratives in the Pentateuch, focusing on the plagues of Egypt (Exod 7-11) and Moses call (Exod 3-4). He argues that the Priestly document is dependent on...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Modern Language Association of America, ISBN-13: 9781603297196)
King Arthur legends spark enduring debates about leadership, love, and community, weaving medieval texts with modern retellings across cultures and media. Essays span early works to creative reinventions that engage classroom discussions on race, ge...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Modern Language Association of America, ISBN-13: 9781603297189)
Scholarly essays examine the enduring allure of Arthurian legendsfrom medieval texts to modern adaptations across diverse languages and cultures. They delve into timeless themes such as leadership, community, and love while inspiring fresh classroom...Loe edasi...
This book demonstrates how Chaucer uses the Bible in The Canterbury Tales as an authoritative literary source and model for his own literary production, his self-definition as an author, and the invention of his audience. ...Loe edasi...
This book examines the history of goblins from the Middle Ages to the present. It shows that goblins—whether interpreted as creatures, objects, ideas, or people—were historically contingent and grounded in an often-hazy interplay...Loe edasi...
Redefining Faith in Dantes Divine Comedy offers a bold reinterpretation of one of the worlds most studied poems. Through close readings of all three canticles, Jason Aleksander shows how Dantes poem provocatively reconfigures faith as a mode of cr...Loe edasi...
This book investigates issues of identity and narrativity in late Byzantine romances in a Mediterranean context, covering the chronological span from the capture of Constantinople by the Crusaders in 1204 to the sixteenth century....Loe edasi...
Intellectual shifts in the late 20th century led to profound change in the questions that could be asked about the ancient world; the chapters in this volume are inspired by the way these shifts have affected scholars’ attitude towards...Loe edasi...
This interdisciplinary volume explores the ancient Greek myth of Medea and its global analogues found in other mythic and folk tales of deadly, exiled women, such as those of La Malinche and La Llorona, examining the connections between these figure...Loe edasi...
