Beowulf
1,455円 Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES 'This accessible illustrated guide is a great introduction to the story, its origins and its enduring legacy' BBC HISTORY - Which is more terrifying - a monster or its mother? - Why did Berserkers run naked into battle? - How was the story of Beowulf alm...
The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective
10,613円 The Ninth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron is significant both for numerological and structural reasons. Whether we consider the Decameron as reproducing an itinerary toward the attainment of virtue or following other possible interpretive schematics, Day Nine remains a liminal moment of pau...
East of the Wardrobe
2,958円 A fascinating look at the rich but under-appreciated Eastern sources behind the Narnia book C. S. Lewis was no great traveller but he was a prodigious bibliophile who absorbed the world's traditions of myth, religion, and cosmology. The Chronicles of Narnia are steeped in allusions to the Bible, ...
The Medieval Devil
3,507円 The Medieval Devil is a unique collection of primary sources that examines the development of medieval society through the lens of how people perceived the devil. In exploring where and how Europeans discerned his presence, detected his machinations, and sought to counter his actions, readers wil...
The Logic of Love in the Canterbury Tales
12,603円 The Logic of Love in The Canterbury Tales argues that Geoffrey Chaucer’s magnum opus draws inventively on the resources of late medieval logic to conceive of love as an "insoluble." Philosophers of the fourteenth century expended great effort to solve insolubilia, like the notorious Liar paradox,...
Functions of Medieval English Stage Direc...
9,119円 When we speak of theatre, we think we know what a stage direction is: we tend to think of it as an authorial requirement, devised to be complementary to the spoken text and directed at those who put on a play as to what, when, where, how or why a moment, action or its staging should be completed....
The Ruins of the Abbey of Fitz-Martin
150円 The Ruins of the Abbey of Fitz-Martin is a contemplative exploration of heritage, memory, and the passage of time, crafted in a poetic style that blends vivid imagery with a reflective tone. Set against the backdrop of the desolate yet hauntingly beautiful abbey, the narrative delves into themes ...
Chaucer
150円 In "Chaucer," G.K. Chesterton offers a perceptive and engaging exploration of the life and works of Geoffrey Chaucer, often hailed as the father of English literature. Written in Chesterton'Äôs characteristic witty and nuanced style, the book delves into Chaucer's rich tapestry of characters and ...
Medieval literary voices
17,246円 Voice is a fleeting physical phenomenon that leaves behind traces of its existence. Medieval literary voices offers a wide-reaching approach to the concept of literary voices, both the vanished authorial ones and the implicit textual ones. Its impressive lineup deepens our understanding of how li...
Narrating Medicine in Middle English Poetry
5,194円 Exploring medical writing in England in the 100+ years after the advent of the “Great Mortality”, this book examines the storytelling practices of poets, patients, and physicians in the midst of a medieval public health crisis and demonstrates how literary narratives enable us to see a kinship be...
An Unexpected Journal: Dragons
1,250円 Dragons: History, Myths, and Legends Greedy, wicked, vengeful, powerful. Dragons occupy a powerful position in cultural imaginations across the world and across the years. From C.S. Lewis's boy who almost deserved to be named Eustace Clarence Scrubb to the Hydra of Greek mythology, these creature...
English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700
9,723円 English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700: New Kingdoms of Womanhood uncovers a tradition of women’s utopianism that extends back to medieval women’s monasticism, overturning accounts of utopia that trace its origins solely to Thomas More. As enclosed spaces in which women wielded authority th...
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