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Cambridge University Press Roman Republican Theatre
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Cambridge University Press Old Icelandic Literature and Society
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Cambridge University Press One Hundred Ballades Rondeaux and Virelais from the Late Middle Ages
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Cambridge University Press Latin Sermon Collections from Later Medieval England
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Cambridge University Press Documentary Culture and the Making of Medieval English Literature 50 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 50
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Cambridge University Press The Greeks and Their Past
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Cambridge University Press Chaucer on Interpretation
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Cambridge University Press SelfFulfilling Prophecies
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Cambridge University Press Le Songe Du Vieil Pelerin
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Cambridge University Press Le Songe Du Vieil Pelerin
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Cambridge University Press Petrarchs Humanism and the Care of the Self
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Cambridge University Press Poets and Power from Chaucer to Wyatt
Book SynopsisRobert J. Meyer-Lee examines the tradition of Laureate verse as it develops from the fourteenth century to Tudor times. This study sheds light on the relationships between poets and political power and reveals the importance of this verse for the course of English literary history.Trade Review'Well written and consistently argued, it is literary history of the first order.' The Medieval Review'Robert J. Meyer-Lee's book is a useful survey of English poetry from Hoccleve to Skelton, with Chaucer and Wyatt as bookends. … It would serve as a useful initiation for students to some meta-literary topics and to much fifteenth-century literature.' Daniel Wakelin, Lecturer in English and a Fellow in English at Christ's College, Cambridge'Meyer-Lee's reinvestment in the idea of literary tradition gives him a strong story to tell, and he tells it crisply and effectively in this admirable study.' Notes and QueriesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Notes on citations; Introduction: laureates and beggars; Part I. Backgrounds: 1. Laureate poetics; Part II. The First Lancastrian Poets: 2. John Lydgate: the invention of the English laureate; 3. Thomas Hoccleve: beggar laureate; Part III. From Lancaster to Early Tudor: 4. Lydgateanism; 5. The trace of Lydgate: Stephen Hawes, Alexander Barclay, and John Skelton; Epilogue: Sir Thomas Wyatt: anti-laureate; Notes; Works cited; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Actor as Playwright in Early Modern Drama
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Cambridge University Press Hesiods Cosmos
Book SynopsisIn the Theogony and the Works and Days Hesiod provides the earliest systematic and comprehensive account of the genesis of the Greek gods and the nature of human life. Hesiod's Cosmos argues for reading the two poems as complementary halves of a whole embracing the divine and human cosmos.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'The writing is in general very accessible … and the argument … is always set out clearly.' JACTReview of the hardback: '… scholarly, lucid, serious.' The Times Literary SupplementReview of the hardback: '… this remains a thoughtful book which repays careful study and will become a cornerstone of future Hesiodic scholarship.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review'Clay's book is accessible and unpretentious, thoughtfully structured and full of insight. It will convince you that there is much to admire in Hesiod's works, and perhaps much to complement our student's study of Homer.' The London Association of Classical Teachers NewsletterReview of the hardback: 'This is a thought-provoking book, which deserves to be widely read.' Journal of Hellenic StudiesReview of the hardback: 'Jenny Strauss Clay's excellent new book on Hesiod has the strength characteristic of all her work: she takes her text seriously … richly rewarding and filled with intriguing and thought-provoking insights. Clay has provided us with an important new perspective on the Hesiodic corpus.' HermathenaReview of the hardback: '… this book constitutes an estimable and valuable contribution to scholarly debate on Hesiod, which leads me to strongly recommend it. It is informative, accurate, challenging and, so to speak, a 'fertilizer' both for new reflections on the several topics discussed and for promoting increased interest in trying to better understand a poet traditionally neglected and obscured by comparison with Homer. And both these results are, in my opinion, the most precious values an essay can have.' Rosanna Lauriola, University of Texas, San AntonioTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Orientations: the Theogony; 2. Orientations: the Works and Days; 3. Overtures; 4. The origins of mankind; 5. The two Prometheuses; 6. Perspectives on gods and men; 7. Hybrids; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Sextus Propertius
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Cambridge University Press Octavia
Book SynopsisThe historical tragedy Octauia focuses on Nero's divorce from the princess Octavia and subsequent marriage to Poppaea Sabina. This 2003 book includes a full-length introduction, a new edition of the text based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts, and a detailed commentary dealing with textual, linguistic and literary points.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'It is now Ferri's day. This book compares well with the other volumes in the Cambridge series and will need to be consulted by anyone even contemplating serious work on the Octavia.' BMCRTable of ContentsIntroduction; Text; Commentary; Appendices.
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Cambridge University Press The Talking Greeks
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Cambridge University Press Ovids Lovers
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Cambridge University Press The Ovidian Heroine as Author
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Cambridge University Press Paradise in Antiquity
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Cambridge University Press Archaic and Classical Greek Epigram
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Cambridge University Press Medieval Latin and Romance Lyric to AD 1300
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Cambridge University Press Sodomy Masculinity and Law in Medieval Literature France and England 10501230 51 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 51
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Cambridge University Press Towards a Text of Cicero ad Atticum
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Cambridge University Press Greek Declamation
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Cambridge University Press Papyrology 28 Yale Classical Studies Series Number 28
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Cambridge University Press Horace Made New
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Cambridge University Press Law and Empire in English Renaissance Literature
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Cambridge University Press Martyrdom and Literature in Early Modern England
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Cambridge University Press Aristotle Eudemian Ethics Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press The Exagoge of Ezekiel
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Cambridge University Press Piers Plowman and the Medieval Discourse of Desire
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Cambridge University Press Keepers of the City
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Cambridge University Press Statius Thebaid and the Poetics of Civil War
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Cambridge University Press Milton and Ecology
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Cambridge University Press Theocritus and the Invention of Fiction
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Cambridge University Press Studies in Latin Poetry 21 Yale Classical Studies Series Number 21
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Cambridge University Press Greek Tragedy 25 Yale Classical Studies Series Number 25
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Cambridge University Press Aristophanes Essays in Interpretation 26 Yale Classical Studies Series Number 26
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Cambridge University Press Studies in Fifth Century Thought and Literature 22 Yale Classical Studies Series Number 22
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Cambridge University Press Propertius
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Cambridge University Press Statius Silvae and the Poetics of Empire
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Cambridge University Press Arabic Literature to the End of the Umayyad Period
Book SynopsisThe volumes of the History provide an invaluable source of reference and understanding of the intellectual, literary and religious heritage of the Arabic-speaking and Islamic world. This volume begins its coverage with the oral verse of the sixth century AD, and ends with the fall of the Umayyad dynasty two centuries later.Table of ContentsEditorial introduction; Maps; 1. Background topics A. F. L. Beeston; 2. Pre-Islamic poetry Abdulla el Tayib; 3. Early Arabic prose R. B. Serjeant; 4. The beginnings of Arabic prose literature: the epistolary genre J. D. Latham; 5. The role of parallelism in Arabic prose A. F. L. Beeston; 6. The Qur'an - I R. Paret; 7. The Qur'an - II A. Jones; 8. Qisas elements in the Qur'an H. T. Norris; 9. Aspects of the Qur'an today Jacques Jomier; 10. Hadith literature - I: the development of the science of Hadith Muhammad Abdul Rauf; 11. Hadith literature - II: collection and transmission of Hadith Nabia Abbott; 12. Shi'i Hadith E. Kohlberg; 13. Narrative elements in the Hadith literature Sahair el Calamawy; 14. European criticism of Hadith literature N. J. Coulson; 15. The impact of the Qur'an and Hadith on medieval Arabic literature A. M. Zubaidi; 16. The Maghazi literature J. M. B. Jones; 17. The Sirah literature M. J. Kister; 18. The poetry of the Sirah literature James T. Monroe; 19. Fables and legends in pre-Islamic and early Islamic times H. T. Norris; 20. Umayyad poetry Salma K. Jayyusi; 21. Music and verse O. Wright; 22. The Greek impact on Arabic literature L. E. Goodman; 23. The Persian impact on Arabic literature C. E. Bosworth; 24. The Syrian impact on Arabic literature R. Y. Ebied; Appendix J. D. Pearson; Glossary; List of sources; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Learning and Literature in AngloSaxon England
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Cambridge University Press Racial Prejudice in Imperial Rome
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Cambridge University Press Mycenean Pottery in Italy and Adjacent Areas
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Cambridge University Press The Perfect Age of Mans Life
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Cambridge University Press Flavii Cresconii Corippi Iohannidos
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