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Petrarch(2022) CELENZA, CHRISTOPHER S.The first general account of Italian poet Francesco Petrarca in over thirty years.Vezava: Mehka20,96 €
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Lesbian Lyre(2016) DUBAN, JEFFREY M.A groundbreaking study of the work of ancient Greek lyric poet Sappho. The author debunks the postmodernist scholarship by which Sappho is interpreted today and offers translations reflecting the charm and elegant simplicity of the originals.Vezava: Trda35,05 €
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"The Owl and the Nightingale" and the English Poems of Jesus College MS 29 (II)(2022)An edition and translation of The Owl and the Nightingale and other Middle English works from Oxford, Jesus College MS 29 (II), with full scholarly introduction and apparatus.Vezava: Mehka66,53 €
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Introduction to Akkadian Literature(2019) LENZI, ALAN (UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC)A short introduction to the study of Akkadian literature from ancient Babylonia and Assyria, encompassing some two thousand years of literary history of the ancient Middle East.Vezava: Mehka64,14 €
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Piers Plowman and its Manuscript Tradition(2022) WOOD, DR SARAHThe first full survey of crucial witnesses to the reception of Piers Plowman.Vezava: Trda163,65 €
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Tragedy(2020) EAGLETON, TERRYA new account of tragedy and its fundamental position in Western cultureVezava: Trda42,78 €
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Lucan: De Bello Ciuili Book VII(2019)In this book Lucan recounts the decisive victory of Julius Caesar over Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BCE. This edition guides students and scholars through the work and offers generous help with appreciating Lucan's sometimes difficult Latin andVezava: Mehka55,13 €
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Plato: Menexenus(2020)In Menexenus Plato depicts an elderly Socrates reciting an inspiring funeral oration learned from his teacher Aspasia, although such a scenario is entirely fictional. The work reveals Plato's mastery of prose style and his critique of rhetoric and democraVezava: Mehka55,11 €
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Livy: Ab urbe condita Book XXII(2020)Book XXII, narrating Hannibal's defeats of Rome at Trasimene and Cannae, is Livy's most dramatic book in which he transformed Polybius' source material into a rhetorical masterpiece. A new text is provided and the introduction and commentary treat historiVezava: Mehka53,22 €
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Theater of the Word(2019) PAULSON, JULIESheds light on medieval constructions of the self as they emerge from within a deeply sacramental culture. The book examines the medieval morality play, a genre that addresses the question of what it means to be human and takes up the ritual traditions ofVezava: Mehka73,43 €
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Xenophon: Anabasis Book III(2019)An up-to-date commentary on a pivotal section of Xenophon's Anabasis aimed at undergraduates. Advanced students and scholars will profit from its incorporation of recent developments in Xenophontic scholarship and Greek linguistics. Offers new insights inVezava: Mehka51,32 €
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Cicero: Pro Milone(2021)Examining what is arguably Cicero's best speech, this is an edition with text, introduction and commentary for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well professional scholars. Helps students understand and appreciate the Pro Milone as botVezava: Trda134,57 €
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How the Classics Made Shakespeare(2019) BATE, JONATHAN"This book grew from the inaugural E. H. Gombrich Lectures in the Classical Tradition that I delivered in the autumn of 2013 at the Warburg Institute of the University of London, under the title, "Ancient Strength: Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition"Vezava: Trda32,31 €
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Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays(2016) ARISTOPHANESThis vibrant collection of verse translations of Aristophanes' works-featuring Clouds, Women at the Thesmophoria (or Thesmophoriazusae), and Frogs-combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities ofVezava: Mehka16,81 €
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Comedies of Machiavelli(2007) MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO,ATKINSON, JAMES B.Features translations of "The Woman From Andros"; "The Mandrake"; and "Clizia", a work inspired by Plautus' "Casin". This work explores English plays whose racy vernacular language, subtle characterisation, and innovative dramatic construction preceded ShVezava: Mehka33,25 €