6,963円 First published in 1975, The English Morality Play is the extended history of the English morality play, its persistence and flourishing as a dramatic tradition. The book sheds light on the intellectual and social origins of the morality play, its relationship to the medieval Corpus Christi cycle...

15,800円 Hybridity in the Literature of Medieval England offers a wide-ranging exploration of hybridity in medieval English literature. Anxiety about hybridity surfaces in characters of mixed ethnic identity in the romances. But anxiety is found also in the intersection of the natural and the supernatural...

2,560円 Over the course of the Middle Ages, the economies of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa became more closely integrated, fostering the international and intercontinental journeys of merchants, pilgrims, diplomats, missionaries, and adventurers. During a time in history when travel was often difficu...

1,760円 This seminal study addresses one of the most beautifully decorated 15th-century copies of the New Statutes of England, uncovering how the manuscript's unique interweaving of legal, religious, and literary discourses frames the reader's perception of the work. Taking internal and external evidence...

2,479円 Just like we do today, people in medieval times struggled with the concept of human exceptionalism and the significance of other creatures. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the medieval bestiary. Sarah Kay's exploration of French and Latin bestiaries offers fresh insight into how this promin...

903円 Italo Pizzi (Parma 1849 - Torino 1920) è stato uno dei maggiori orientalisti italiani di ogni tempo. Docente di Persiano e di Filologia indo-iranica all’Università di Torino e vice bibliotecario della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana di Firenze, tradusse e pubblicò tra il 1886 e il 1888 la versione...

1,179円 哈利波特、魔戒、FGO、金牌特務、變形金剛 不知道這些作品有何關連嗎？ 那你一定要看這本書 2小時讀懂西方最偉大的奇幻經典 「亞瑟王」居然源於蠻族的傳說！？ 魔法師梅林、哈利波特的魔法世界、魔戒裡的精靈族、好萊塢英雄系列電影、英國的紳士風度、「我為人人，人人為我」……亞瑟王傳奇一千多年來啟發無數精彩...

150円 In "Rossetti," H. C. Marillier delves into the intricate life and work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a defining figure of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. This elegantly crafted biography weaves together art and poetry, showcasing not only Rossetti's artistic genius but also the complex interplay of ...

780円 Von Wikingersagen und romantischen Rittergeschichten bis zu religiösen und philosophischen Klassikern, entdecken Sie die wandelbare und faszinierende Welt des Mittelalters mit den größten Literaturklassikern dieser Epoche: Das Nibelungenlied (437-590) Mohammed: Der Koran (610-632) Beowulf (700) D...

4,807円 This book investigates certain recurrent structures in the history of the novel as a textual genre and as a narrative form typical of Western literature. From its origins, in the vernacular cultures of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the novel text seems to be characterised by certain styli...

9,450円 This book comprises a searching philosophical meditation on the evolution of the humanities in recent decades, taking Dante studies as an exemplary specimen. The contemporary currents of theory have decisively impacted this field, but Dante also has a strong relationship with theology. The idea t...

158円 Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, ‘The Prose Edda’ is an Old Norse language Icelandic collection of four sections interspersed with excerpts from earlier Skaldic and Eddic poetry containing tales from Norse mythology. Its tales are peopled by giants, dwarves, elves, ...