Literature
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The Legend of Charlemagne in Medieval England: The Matter of France in Middle English and Anglo-Norman Literature [Paperback]
Phillipa Hardman(Author); Marianne Ailes(Author)
$24.95ISBN: 9781843846017
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures
Volume: Volume 8
The Matter of France, the legendary history of Charlemagne, had a central but now largely unrecognised place in the multilingual culture of medieval England. From the early claim in the Chanson de Roland that Charlemagne held England as his... .... Learn More -
Singing the Crusades: French and Occitan Lyric Responses to the Crusading Movements, 1137-1336 [Paperback]
Linda Paterson(Author)
$24.95ISBN: 9781843846000
Published by : D.S. Brewer
The crusading movements provoked a vast and diverse mass of reactions in the medieval West. While Latin sources provide official versions of its preaching, organisation and events, the vernacular lyrics of the troubadours and trouvres present a se... .... Learn More -
The Old English Metrical Calendar (Menologium) [Paperback]
Kazutomo Karasawa(Editor)
$24.95ISBN: 9781843845997
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Anglo-Saxon Texts
Volume: Volume 12
WINNER of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists 2017 Publication Prize: Best Edition
The late tenth-century Old English Metrical Calendar (traditionally known as Menologium) summarises, in the characteristic heroic diction a... .... Learn More -
Politics and Truth in Hölderlin: "Hyperion" and the Choreographic Project of Modernity [Hardback]
Anthony Curtis Adler(Author); Peter Fenves(Foreword)
$99.00ISBN: 9781640141063
Published by : Camden House
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
While few would question the importance of Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) for the development of German idealism and twentieth-century literature, philosophy, and critical theory, Hölderlin scholarship remains largely inaccessible to th... .... Learn More -
Politics and Culture in Germany and Austria Today: Edinburgh German Yearbook, volume 14 [Hardback]
Frauke Matthes(Editor); Dora Osborne(Editor); Katya Krylova Myrto Aspioti(Editor)
$85.00ISBN: 9781640140844
Published by : Camden House
Series: Edinburgh German Yearbook
As debates about Europe, migration, resurgent nationalism, and neoliberalism intensify in Germany and Austria, politics has gained particular prominence in cultural production and cultural institutions. How does this development affect German Stud... .... Learn More -
Romanian / Limba Romana: A Course in Modern Romanian [Paperback]
James Augerot(Author)
$29.99ISBN: 9781592110766
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
This comprehensive course in modern Romanian is intended for English-speaking university students and others interested in learning this Eastern Romance language. Its purpose is to provide English speakers interested in Romania with a comprehensiv... .... Learn More -
Eroi in fiamme: Makuch e gli altri che sfidarono l’Urss [Paperback]
Dario Fertilio(Author); Olena Ponomareva(Author)
$24.00ISBN: 9788856404555
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Series: VS | Verità Scomode
Volume: 4
Between 1968, a year marked by the invasion of Prague, and the fall of the Soviet empire in 1991, some solitary heroes dared to challenge the “red giant” by resorting to the most extreme gesture: the immolation of themselves through fi... .... Learn More -
Arezzo e gli aretini nella Divina Commedia [Paperback]
Stefano Pasquini(Author)
$28.00ISBN: 9788856404609
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Series: Storie del mondo
Volume: 42
This essay explores the relationship between the Divine Comedy and the Italian city of Arezzo. The author focuses on some of the characters of the poem, reconstructing important events that saw them as protagonists, such as the exploits of ... .... Learn More -
I grani, i pani e i popoli: Le antiche varietà di frumento, le «biade», le «piante esotiche» descritte da Saverio Manetti (1765) con le annotazioni autografe dell’autore [Paperback]
Lucia Bigliazzi(Author); Luciana Bigliazzi(Author)
$20.00ISBN: 9788859621362
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Saverio Manetti (1723-1784), who was one of the founders of the Georgofili Academy, published in 1765 the treatise On the different species of wheat and bread as of bread making (...), divided into ten articles, with the purpose of solving ... .... Learn More -
La forma della scrittura: Studi in ricordo di Elettra Giaconi [Paperback]
Anna Agostini(Editor); Maria Camilla Pagnini(Editor)
$30.00ISBN: 9788859621355
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
The focus of the book is the multifaceted work of the Italian researcher Elettra Giaconi (1930-2020), whose studies concerned subjects as Dante Alighieri and the Florentine Humanism, the work of Giacomo Leopardi, the Futurists, and also artistic t... .... Learn More
