Sir Lancelot du Lac is one of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend and King Arthur's greatest companion, the lord of Joyous Gard and the greatest swordsman and jouster of the age.
The medieval Christian West's most radical practitioners of a Neoplatonic, negative theology with a mystical focus are John Scottus Eriugena, Meister Eckhart and Nicholas Cusanus.
LA GRAN E IMPRESCINDIBLE OBRA SOBRE LA HISTORIA DE LA LITERATURA GRIEGADesde su publicación original, la Historia de la literatura griega, de Albin Lesky, marcó un hito en el estudio de la cultura de la Antigüedad.
Portraying Authorship argues that the medieval Castilian writer Juan Manuel fashioned a seemingly modern authorial persona from the accumulation and synthesis of medieval authorial roles.
Entdecke eine Sammlung verlorener Geschichten: Drucke, Manuskripte und TagebücherTauche ein in eine Welt voller vergessener Geschichten und entdecke die Geheimnisse der Vergangenheit.
Genesis Myth in Beowulf and Old English Biblical Poetry explores the adaptation of antediluvian Genesis and related myth in the Old Testament poems Genesis A and Genesis B, as well as in Beowulf, a secular heroic narrative.
This volume draws readers into the exciting world of the Dead Sea Scrolls - around 930 manuscripts which were discovered in caves near the ancient settlement of Qumran between 1947 and 1956, and which transformed scholarship of the Bible, Judaism and Christianity.
This volume draws readers into the exciting world of the Dead Sea Scrolls - around 930 manuscripts which were discovered in caves near the ancient settlement of Qumran between 1947 and 1956, and which transformed scholarship of the Bible, Judaism and Christianity.
Taking the reader through the fragmentary text of Petronius' Satyrica in a coherent sequence, this book gives a deeper understanding of the fascinating aesthetic, literary and social issues raised within the text.
This volume presents a series of penetrating analyses of particular poems and problems of literary history illustrating the many sides of medieval poetry and the interactions of learned, popular and courtly traditions.
Genesis Myth in Beowulf and Old English Biblical Poetry explores the adaptation of antediluvian Genesis and related myth in the Old Testament poems Genesis A and Genesis B, as well as in Beowulf, a secular heroic narrative.
This Sourcebook contains numerous original translations of ancient poetry, inscriptions and documents, all of which illuminate the multifaceted nature of sexuality in antiquity.
La historia de la lectura y de la escritura abordada por Martyn Lyons sigue la línea de investigaciones de Roger Chartier, Guglielmo Cavallo y Armando Petrucci; como ellos, en lugar de poner el acento en los productores de libros o en los autores, Lyons lo sitúa en los lectores, en su capacidad para seleccionar, interpretar y rehacer lo que leen.
This book offers a unique journey into the worlds of preachers, sages, ascetics, and princes through rare excerpts of their sayings that embody moral, religious, and scientific depth.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Collected Works of Theodore Dreiser"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Hainsworth and David Robey take a different approach to Dante, by examining the main themes and issues that run through all of his work, ranging from autobiography, to understanding God and the order of the universe.
Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt des Sufismus, der mystischen Tradition des Islam, die seit Jahrhunderten Menschen auf der ganzen Welt inspiriert.
In his wonderful book, Ibrahim Zidane takes us on an amazing journey through the orchards of luxurious Arabic literature, where he rediscovers the most beautiful anecdotes and anecdotes that abound in ancient Arabic books.
Florus’ dialogue, of which only a fragment survives, dealt with the literary issue of whether Virgil, who had already been a canonical author in the Roman school for decades, was an orator or a poet.
