Literature
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The Reception of Chaucer's Shorter Poems, 1400-1450: Female Audiences, English Manuscripts, French Contexts [Hardback]
Kara A. Doyle(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843845904
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Chaucer Studies
Volume: Volume 48
Readers have disagreed for centuries about the way Chaucer represented female voices in his Hous of Fame, Parliament of Foules, Anelida and Arcite, Legend of Good Women, and Book of the Duchess; but little attent... .... Learn More -
Spanish National Identity, Colonial Power, and the Portrayal of Muslims and Jews during the Rif War (1909-27) [Hardback]
Elisabeth Bolorinos Allard(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781855663459
Published by : Tamesis Books
Series: Monografías A
Volume: Volume 394
Runner-up for the 2017-18 AHGBI-Spanish Embassy Publication Prize This book examines how anxieties about colonial power and national identity are reflected in Spanish literature, journalism, and photography of Moroccan Muslim and Jewish cul... .... Learn More -
The Futures of Medieval French: Essays in Honour of Sarah Kay [Hardback]
Jane Gilbert(Editor); Miranda Griffin(Editor)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843845959
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Gallica
Volume: Volume 46
Sarah Kay is one of the most influential medievalists of the past fifty years, making vital, theoretically informed interventions on material from early medieval chansons de geste, through troubadour lyric, to late medieval philosophy and poetry, ... .... Learn More -
Medieval English Theatre 42: Religious Drama and Community [Paperback]
Elisabeth Dutton(Editor); Olivia Robinson(Editor)
$60.00ISBN: 9781843845942
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Medieval English Theatre
Volume: Volume 42
Medieval English Theatre is the premier journal in early theatre studies. Its name belies its wide range of interest: it publishes articles on theatre and pageantry from across the British Isles up to the opening of the London playhouses an... .... Learn More -
The Myth of Abstraction: The Hidden Origins of Abstract Art in German Literature [Hardback]
Andrea Meyertholen(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781640141049
Published by : Camden House
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Volume: Volume 223
Once upon a time (or more specifically, in 1911!) there was an artist named Wassily Kandinsky who created the world's first abstract artwork and forever altered the course of art history-or so the traditional story goes. A good story, but not the ... .... Learn More -
The Critical Writings of Ingeborg Bachmann [Hardback]
Ingeborg Bachmann(Author); Karen R. Achberger(Author); Karl Ivan Solibakke(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781571139443
Published by : Camden House
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Volume: Volume 224
The Austrian Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973) is one of the most important postwar writers in German. Her work is enmeshed with the intellectual and cultural developments of the period: she was influenced by European modernism in the early 1950s, exp... .... Learn More -
The Social and Cultural Contexts of Historic Writing Practices [Hardback]
Philip J. Boyes(Editor); Philippa M. Steele(Editor); Natalia Elvira Astoreca(Editor)
Regular Price: $90.00
Special Price: $67.50
ISBN: 9781789254785
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Contexts of and Relations Between Early Writing Systems
Volume: 2
Writing is not just a set of systems for transcribing language and communicating meaning, but an important element of human practice, deeply embedded in the cultures where it is present and fundamentally interconnected with all other aspects of hu... .... Learn More -
Contested Selves: Life Writing and German Culture [Hardback]
Katja Herges(Editor); Elisabeth Krimmer(Editor)
$99.00ISBN: 9781640141056
Published by : Camden House
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Volume: Volume 220
In recent decades, life writing has exploded in popularity: memoirs that focus on traumatic experiences now constitute the largest growth sector in book publishing worldwide. But life writing is not only highly marketable; it also does important e... .... Learn More -
Studies in Medievalism XXX: Politics and Medievalism (Studies) II [Hardback]
Karl Fugelso(Editor)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843845881
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Studies in Medievalism
Volume: Volume 30
This volume continues the theme of its predecessor, addressing how the Middle Ages have been invoked to score political points, particularly with reference to the rise of populism fueled by recent recessions and a pandemic. The nine essays in the ... .... Learn More -
Arthurianism in Early Plantagenet England: from Henry II to Edward I [Paperback]
Christopher Michael Berard(Author)
$24.95ISBN: 9781783276066
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Arthurian Studies
Volume: Volume 88
The precedent of empire and the promise of return lay at the heart of King Arthur's appeal in the Middle Ages. Both ideas found fullness of expression in the twelfth century: monarchs and magnates sought to recreate an Arthurian golden age that wa... .... Learn More
