Zbirka: Klasična zgodnja in srednjeveška
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Beyond the Northlands - Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas(2018) ELEANOR ROSAMUND BARRACLOUGHVezava: Mehka24,52 € -
Beast Within(2022) SALISBURY, JOYCE E. (PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY, USA)The third edition of The Beast Within has been updated throughout to include current scholarship, new discussion of definitions, and fresh perspectives on critical animal theory that places animals, rather than humans, at the center of the discourse.Vezava: Mehka72,22 € -
Gods and Humans in Medieval Scandinavia(2018) WELLENDORF, JONAS (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY)The first monograph in English on the medieval Scandinavian reception and re-interpretation of pre-Christian Scandinavian religion. Contextualizes the canonical Prose Edda by drawing on a range of less well known texts. Translations are provided of all quVezava: Trda152,40 € -
Revelations of Divine Love(2017) NORWICH, JULIAN OFA classic of Christian spirituality and a famous meditation on the love of God and his presence in sufferingVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Experience of Education in Anglo-Saxon Literature(2018) DUMITRESCU, IRINA (RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAT BONN)This engaging study explores how early medieval writers reflected on the nature of education and the acquisition of wisdom. By studying representations of teaching and learning in five early English texts, Irina Dumitrescu sheds light on the underappreciaVezava: Trda152,40 € -
Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric(2021) ARISTOTLE, ROBERT COne of the foundational works of Western culture, Art of Rhetoric has shaped our understanding of speech and persuasion for millennia now; this fresh translation makes it available anew for teacher of rhetoric, philosophy, politics, and intellectual histoVezava: Mehka28,51 € -
In Search of the Irish Dreamtime(2016) MALLORY, J. P.By comparing the world depicted in the earliest Irish literary tradition with the archaeological evidence available on the ground, the author explores Ireland's rich mythological tradition and tests its claims to represent reality.Vezava: Trda26,57 € -
How to Teach Classics to Your Dog(2021) WOMACK, PHILIPAn introduction to the classical world for you and your canineVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Dante(2015) HAINSWORTH, PETER (EMERITUS FELLOW, LADY MARGARET HALL OXFORD),ROBEY, DAVID (EMERITUS PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF READING, AND EMERITUS FELLOW, WOLFSON COLLEGE, OXFORD)This Very Short Introduction examines all the major aspects of Dante's work, emphasizing the features that have made him such an important point of reference for modern writers and their readers. Exploring and explaining The Divine Comedy, they also discuVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Hebrew Bible as Literature(2016) LINAFELT, TOD (PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE, THEOLOGY DEPARTMENT, PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE, THEOLOGY DEPARTMENT, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY)This book offers a thorough and lively introduction to the Hebrew Bible's two primary literary modes, narrative and poetry, foregrounding the nuances of plot, character, metaphor, structure and design, and intertextual allusions.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Daphnis and Chloe(2009) LONGUSLongus' romance tells the story of two teenagers, who love each other but do not know how to make love. Divine presences mingle with peasant life in this colourful story of the mystery of love and sexual initiation. Ronald McCail's new translation is immeVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature(2021) QUAYSON, ATO (STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA)This book focuses on a comparative reading of tragedy from the Greeks through Shakespeare to postcolonial examples from Africa, India, Ireland, and the African-American tradition. It will appeal to a wide range of both specialists and non-specialists alikVezava: Trda68,43 € -
Comedy and Religion in Classical Athens(2018) BARRENECHEA, FRANCISCO (UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK)A detailed study of how Aristophanes manipulates traditional narratives of important religious experiences (oracles, healings, epiphanies) to engage with the religious discourse of his time, with a particular focus on the comedy Wealth. This book opens upVezava: Trda152,40 € -
Afterlives of the Roman Poets(2019) GOLDSCHMIDT, NORA (UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM)Brings innovations in modern life-writing studies to Roman poetry and its reception. While its core fields are Latin poetry and reception studies, this interdisciplinary book will interest all those working on life-writing. Individual chapters focus on toVezava: Trda176,72 € -
Shaping the Archive in Late Medieval England(2017) NOVACICH, SARAH ELLIOTT (RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NEW JERSEY)Tracing three episodes in sacred history - the loss of Eden, the loading of Noah's Ark, and the Harrowing of Hell - Sarah Elliott Novacich shows how medieval writers and artists pondered ways of preserving and transmitting the past, and considered the pleVezava: Trda103,25 € -
Boastful Chef(2000) WILKINS, JOHN (SENIOR LECTURER IN CLASSICS, SENIOR LECTURER IN CLASSICS, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER)This is a book about Greek culture. It explains why Greek comedy picked out food in particular as a cultural marker. Hundreds of comic fragments are quoted in translation. The development of comedy is explored together with comic creativity as poets soughVezava: Trda481,33 € -
How Dead Languages Work(2020) GEORGE, COULTER H. (PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS, PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA)Different languages have different personalities, and there is a lot that can be lost in translation. This volume offers an engaging and accessible introduction to six ancient and medieval languages, introducing their most distinctive features and showingVezava: Trda46,55 € -
Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts(2021) TREHARNE, ELAINE (ROBERTA BOWMAN DENNING PROFESSOR OF HUMANITIES AND PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, STANFORD UNIVERSITY)Engages with the materiality of medieval manuscripts to illustrate the importance of the study of physical texts to literary appreciation, and studies marginal annotation, the physical characteristics of manuscripts and books, and miniature illustrationsVezava: Trda70,47 €
