Literature
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Chretien's Equal: Raoul de Houdenc: Complete Works [Hardback]
Raoul de Houdenc(Author); Nigel Bryant(Author)
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The Atom in Seventeenth-Century Literature [Hardback]
Cassandra Gorman(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843845935
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature
Volume: Volume 39
The early modern "atom" - understood as an indivisible particle of matter - captured the poetic imagination in ways that extended far beyond the reception of Lucretius and Epicurean atomism. Contrarily to fears of atomisation and materia... .... Learn More -
African Migration Narratives: Politics, Race, and Space [Paperback]
Cajetan Iheka(Editor); Jack Taylor(Editor)
$29.95ISBN: 9781648250064
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Volume: Volume 81
This essay collection examines the representations of migration in African literature, film, and other visual media. Inspired by the proliferation of texts focused on this theme and the ongoing migration crises, essays in the volume probe the ways... .... Learn More -
Retelling Holy Writ: Middle English Biblical Poetry and Romance [Hardback]
Cathy Hume(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843846055
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Medieval England had a thriving culture of rewriting the Bible in art, drama, and literature in Latin, French and English. Middle English biblical poetry was central to this culture, and although these poems have suffered from critical neglect, so... .... Learn More -
Saints' Legends in Late Medieval Sarum Breviaries: Catalogue and Studies [Hardback]
Sherry L. Reames(Author)
$220.00ISBN: 9781903153994
Published by : York Medieval Press
Series: York Manuscript and Early Print Studies
Volume: Volume 2
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The History of Orkney Literature [Paperback]
Simon Hall(Author)
$39.95ISBN: 9781910900512
Published by : John Donald
Since the middle ages, Orkney has proved remarkable for the volume and the quality of its literary output. From the skalds and sagamen of the Viking age, through to the colourful folklorists, polemicists and translators of the Victorian era, and t... .... Learn More -
Arthurian Literature XXXVI: Sacred Space and Place in Arthurian Romance [Hardback]
Megan G. Leitch(Editor); K.S. Whetter(Editor)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843846048
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Arthurian Literature
Volume: Volume 36
Guest Editors: Guest Editors: Sarah Bowden, Susanne Friede
This special issue focuses on space and place in Arthurian literature, from a wide range of European traditions. Topics addressed include the connections between quest space and i... .... Learn More -
The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland [Paperback]
Ernest Walker Marwick(Author); Ernest Marwick(Author)
$18.95Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781912476923
Published by : Origin
The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the ‘simmer din’.
Ori... .... Learn More -
Discourse in Old Norse Literature [Hardback]
Eric Shane Bryan(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843845973
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Studies in Old Norse Literature
Volume: Volume 8
The vast and diverse corpus of Old Norse literature preserves the language spoken not only by the Vikings, kings, and heroes of medieval Scandinavia but also by outlaws, missionaries, and farmers. Scholars have long recognized that the wealth of v... .... Learn More -
The Enclosed Garden and the Medieval Religious Imaginary [Hardback]
Liz Herbert McAvoy(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843845980
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages
Volume: Volume 4
During the Middle Ages, the arresting motif of the walled garden - especially in its manifestation as a sacred or love-inflected hortus conclusus - was a common literary device. Usually associated with the Virgin Mary or the Lady of popular... .... Learn More
