Literary studies: general Books

La Guerre Des Masles Contre Les Femelles (1588) est un livre �����crit par Nicolas De Cholieres. Il s'agit d'une satire sociale qui raconte l'histoire d'une guerre entre les hommes et les femmes. Le livre se d�����roule dans un monde imaginaire o�����...

Extraits De Quelques Poesies Du Douze, Treize, Quatorze Siecle (1759) est un livre �����crit par Johann Rudolph Sinner. Il s'agit d'une collection de po�����mes du XIIe, XIIIe et XIVe si�����cle, choisis et pr�����sent�����s par l'auteur. Les po�����mes...

""Elogio Istorico Di Omero Del Pope"" ����� un saggio scritto nel 1769 da Alexander Pope, uno dei pi����� grandi poeti inglesi del XVIII secolo. In questo testo, l'autore esamina la figura di Omero, il celebre poeta greco autore dell'Iliade e...

Joseph Conrad is famous for being an unusual, strange, and even eccentric English writer. However, despite his difference, English criticism has primarily interpreted his fiction from the perspective of the English culture. In turn, Polish criticism has...

Boasian Verse explores the understudied poetic output of three major twentieth-century anthropologists: Edward Sapir, Ruth Benedict, and Margaret Mead. Providing a comparative analysis of their anthropological and poetic works, this volume explores the...

The volume examines the discourse-based critique of coloniality. It brings together an extensive interdisciplinary dialogue that reveals what different research fields - such as sociology of language, social psychology, history and political science,...

The Words of Winston Churchill, a study that ranges over the course of a rich, controversial and remarkable career, is about the power and art of his language as a writer and speaker. Churchill used words as the greatest of poets and orators do, and did...

High White Notes is a critical examination of the writing of Hunter S. Thompson. It is arranged biographically in order to connect life events with literary development. It places the author in his proper literary context by examining those writers...

"Barbarossa in Italy" presents a verse translation of the "Carmen de gestis Frederici I imperatoris in Lombardia." This Latin poem describes the conflict leading up to April of 1162 when Frederick I Hohenstaufen, the German emperor, destroyed Milan in an...

"The Fat Woodworker" is a delightful story in the tradition of the Italian Renaissance "beffe," stories of practical, often cruel jokes. It is the tale of a prank engineered by the great Renaissance architect, Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), played...

"We, the Barbarians" embarks on a careful and exhaustive reading of three of the most prominent authors in the latest wave of Mexican fiction: Yuri Herrera, Fernanda Melchor, and Valeria Luiselli. Originally published in Mexico in 2021, this work is...

First Published in 2002. This book is about the way medieval authors wrote about union with God and how they used language that refers to the senses to articulate their ideas about how a person can be one with God. Rudy argues that such explicit concepts...

As the oldest literary Latin preserved in any quantity, the language of Livius shows many features of linguistic interest and raises intriguing questions of phonolgy, morphology and syntax.

Editors Jean-Michel Ganteau and Susana Onega) have assembled a volume which addresses the relationship between trauma and ethics, and moves one step further to engage with vulnerability studies in their relation to literature and literary form. It...

This book studies the phenomena of monsters and marvels from the time of Pliny the Elder through the 14th century.

Brings together interrelated essays on aspects of oral production and reception in Western European medieval contexts from modern and post-structuralist perspectives. The contributors discusss the physical, social and semiotic qualities of medieval...

Ancient sources and modern scholars have often represented the Athenian festival of Adonis as a marginal and faintly ridiculous private women's ritual. Seeds were planted each year in pots and, once sprouted, carried to the rooftops, where women lamented...

The central theme in any history of texts and books must be that of change and renewal: Parchment that is written on, in one set of circumstances in late antiquity, may in the Early Middle Ages be scraped clean and written on again, leaving evidence of a...

""The Theology and Philosophy in Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, Explained"" is a book written by George Horne in 1751. The book provides a detailed analysis of Cicero's famous work, ""Somnium Scipionis"" (Scipio's Dream), which is a philosophical and...

""The Prophecies of the Captivity: Isaiah 40-44"" is a book written by Robert Travers Herford and published in 1890. The book is a commentary on the biblical book of Isaiah, specifically focusing on chapters 40 to 44. These chapters are known as the...

The Quiet Life: Certain Verses By Various Hands, The Motive Set Forth In A Prologue And Epilogue (1889) is a collection of poems compiled by Austin Dobson. The book features works by several authors, each exploring the theme of a quiet life. The poems...

The Quantity and Music of the Greek Chorus Discovered is a book written by William Willis Moseley and published in 1847. The book is a scholarly work that examines the use of the chorus in ancient Greek drama. Moseley argues that the chorus was not...

The Germany And Agricola Of Tacitus: With English Notes (1850) is a book by Cornelius Tacitus that provides a detailed description of the ancient Germanic tribes and the Roman conquest of Britain. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part...

The Dates of the Pastoral Epistles: Two Essays is a book written by William Edward Bowen in 1900. The book contains two essays that discuss the dates of the pastoral epistles, which are a group of three letters in the New Testament that are addressed to...

The Argument of Aristotle's Metaphysics is a book written by Edith Henry Johnson in 1906. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of Aristotle's Metaphysics, one of the most important works in the history of philosophy. Johnson carefully examines the...

""References For Students Of Miracle Plays And Mysteries"" is a book written by Francis Hovey Stoddard and published in 1887. It is a comprehensive guide for students and scholars interested in the study of medieval miracle plays and mysteries. The book...

Quaestiones Posidonianae est liber auctore Edgaro Martini editus anno MDCCCXCV. In hoc libro, auctor quaestiones variis de rebus antiquis, praecipue de Posidonio philosopho et astronomo Graeco, tractat. Martini inquirere conatur de vita, doctrina, et...

Medieval Lore From Bartholomaeus Anglicus is a book written by Robert Steele and published in 1905. The book is a collection of medieval knowledge and beliefs gathered from the works of Bartholomaeus Anglicus, a 13th-century English scholar. The book...

M. Tullii Ciceronis De Officiis Ad Marcum Filium, Libri Tres (1778) is a book written by the Roman philosopher and statesman, Marcus Tullius Cicero. The book is divided into three parts and is addressed to Cicero's son, Marcus. It is a treatise on the...

Laelius, Sive De Amicitia Dialogus: Laelius, Or A Dialogue On Friendship is a book written by the ancient Roman philosopher and statesman, Marcus Tullius Cicero. The book was originally published in 44 BC and has been translated into several languages...

M. Minucii Felicis Octavius is a book that has been newly revised from the original manuscript. It is a commentary analysis of the text in English and includes an introduction and indices. The author of the book is Felix, Marcus Minucius. The book is a...

""L'Italia Liberata Da Goti, Parte 2"" ����� un'opera storica scritta da Giovanni Giorgio Trissino e pubblicata nel 1729. Questo libro ����� la seconda parte di una serie che racconta la storia dell'Italia durante il periodo dei Goti, dal V al VI secolo...

Les Soir�����es Helv�����tiques, Partie 1-2 : Alsaciennes et Fran-Comtoises (1772) est un livre �����crit par Alexandre Fr�����d�����ric Jacques Depezay. Il s'agit d'un recueil de contes et de l�����gendes de la r�����gion de l'Alsace et de la...

L������������ne d�������or d�������Apul�����e philosophe platonicien V2: avec le d�����mon de Socrate (1736) est un livre �����crit par Madaurensis, Lucius Apul�����e. Cette �����uvre litt�����raire est une version de la c�����l�����bre histoire de...

Irish Melodies, Songs, and Poems is a collection of works by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. Originally published in 1859, the book features a variety of pieces that showcase Moore's lyrical and poetic talents. Many of the works are set to music, and the...

Homerische Theologie ist ein Buch von Carl Friedrich Von Nagelsbach, das im Jahr 1840 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch besch�����ftigt sich mit der Theologie der griechischen Dichtung Homers, insbesondere der Ilias und der Odyssee. Nagelsbach...

Aristoteles Thierkunde V2: Kritisch-Berichtigter Text (1868) is a book written by the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle. This book is the second volume of Aristotle's work on animal biology and is a critical and corrected edition of the original text...

Vernerabilis Bedae Historiae Ecclesiasticae Gentis Anglorum, Libri 3-4, est opus a Beda, venerabili Anglo-Saxonico monacho et historico, scriptum. Libri tres et quattuor historiae ecclesiasticae gentis Anglorum continet, quae a conversione gentis ad...

Hervarar Saga Ok Heidreks Konungs er fornaldarsaga sem var skrifu������ ����� 13. ������ld. �����essi b������k fjallar um s������gu tveggja br�����������ra, Hei������reks og Angant�����s, sem berjast gegn ������vinum s������num ������ mi������aldirnar...

Havelok is a novel written by F. Holthausen and first published in 1901. The story is set in medieval England and follows the life of a young prince named Havelok. After his father, the king of Denmark, is murdered, Havelok is forced to flee and ends up...

Hartford: An Epic Poem is a literary work written by William Colegrove and published in 1905. The book is a poetic tribute to the city of Hartford, Connecticut, and its rich history. Through vivid imagery and lyrical language, the author takes the reader...

Hattatal Snorra Sturlusonar er rit Snorra Sturlusonar sem var skrifa������ ����� 13. ������ld. �����etta er heildar������tg�����fa af Hattatal og er ����������dd ����� ����������sku af Theodor M������bius �����ri������ 1881. Hattatal er lj������������...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This essential and widely used collection of visions of heaven and hell, the first in English, presents new translations of two visions and newly edited versions of previously translated ones. Describes the place of these works in medieval literature and...