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Boethius ,
Victor Watts
[Paperback 2007]
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The Consolation of Philosophy is perhaps unique in the nature and extent of its influence on Western thinking. An eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, Boethius (c. A D 475-525) was also an exceptional Greek scholar and it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned when he... more
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Barbara Fuchs
[Paperback 2004]
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Often derided as an inferior form of literature, 'romance' as a literary mode or genre defies satisfactory definition, dividing critics, scholars and readers alike. This useful guidebook traces the myriad transformations of 'romance' from medieval courtly love to Mills and Boon, and claims that its elusive and complex nature serves... more
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J B Ross ,
Various ,
Mary M Mc Laughlin
[Paperback 1977]
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Terry Jones ,
Terry Dolan ,
Juliette Dor
[Paperback 2006]
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Brigitte Cazelles
[Hardcover 1996]
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The history of the Grail legend begins with a romance composed by Chretien de Troyes in the last decades of the twelfth century, Perceval ou Le Conte du Graal. Whereas Chretien's earlier romances explored the secular tensions generated by chivalric and courtly life, the Conte du Graal has appeared to... more
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Snorri Sturluson ,
Hermann Palsson ,
Magnus Magnusson
[Paperback 1976]
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Michael Lapidge ,
James L Rosier ,
Neil Wright
[Paperback 2009]
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Carol Falvo Heffernan
[Hardcover 2009]
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Rebecca Dixon
[Hardcover 2010]
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Fred Orton ,
Ian Wood ,
Clare A Lees
[Hardcover 2008]
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Conor Mc Carthy
[Paperback 2009]
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Seamus Heaney's engagement with medieval literature constitutes a significant body of work by a major poet that extends across four decades, including a landmark translation of Beowulf. This book, the first to look exclusively at this engagement, examines both Heaney's direct translations and his adaptation of medieval material in his... more
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Simon Keynes ,
Michael Lapidge ,
Peter Clemoes
[Paperback 2007]
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Four very different kinds of Anglo-Saxon thinking are clarified in this volume: traditions, learned and oral, about the settlement of the country, study of foreign-language grammar, interest in exotic jewels as reflections of the glory of God, and a mainly rational attitude to medicine. Publication of no less than three... more
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Gail Ashton
[Paperback 2007]
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This guide to The Canterbury Tales introduces students to Chaucer's life and times, before providing an analysis of the tales' language and style. Exemplary close readings of key tales and the General Prologue cover questions such as narrative voice, genre, gender and authority. A survey of the critical reception goes... more
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Antonnia Harbus ,
A Harbus ,
Antonina Harbus
[Hardcover 2002]
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St Helena, mother of Constantine the Great and legendary finder of the True Cross, was appropriated in the middle ages as a British saint. The rise and persistence of this legend harnessed Helena's imperial and sacred status to portray her as a romance heroine, source of national pride, and a... more
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Sheila Delany
[Hardcover 1998]
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In a pathbreaking new inquiry into 15th-century cultural studies, leading medievalist Sheila Delany examines the work of English Augustinian friar Osbern Bokenham to fully explore the relationship between history and literature in a particularly turbulent period in English history. Illustrated. This pioneering book explores the work of English Augustinian friar... more
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Elizabeth Archibald
[Hardbound 2001]
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R M Liuzza
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2002]
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Recognizing the dramatic changes in Old English studies over the past generation, this up-to-date anthology gathers twenty-one outstanding contemporary critical writings on the prose and poetry of Anglo-Saxon England, from approximately the seventh through eleventh centuries. The contributors focus on texts most commonly read in introductory Old English courses while... more
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Douglas Gray
[Hardcover 2003]
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With over 2,000 entries from an international team of scholars, this new Oxford Companion provides a wealth of clear, up-to-date assessments on all aspects of Chaucer. Entries, both short and long, from "Aaron" to "Zodiac," provide information on Chaucer's life and times, his works and the characteristics in them, his... more
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Warren S Smith
[Hardcover 2004]
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Maxwell S Luria ,
Richard L Hoffman
[Paperback 1974]
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This Norton Critical Edition offers one of the largest collections of Middle English lyrics ever made available to the college student.... more
