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The Gospel according to Shakespeare
ISBN: 9780268022358 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this slim, poetically powerful volume, Piero Boitani develops his earlier work in The Bible and Its Rewritings, focusing on Shakespeare's "rescripturing" of the Gospels. Boitani persuasively urges that Shakespeare read the New Testament with great care and an overall sense of affirmation and participation, and that many of his plays constitute their own original testament, insofar as they translate the good news into human terms. In Hamlet and King Lear, he suggests, Shakespeare's "New Testament" is merely hinted at, and faith, salvation, and peace are only glimpsed from far away. But in...
In this slim, poetically powerful volume, Piero Boitani develops his earlier work in The Bible and Its Rewritings, focusing on Shakespeare's "rescript...
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108,87 zł |
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The Machine of the World: The Modern Cosmos
ISBN: 9781536144956 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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1265,58 zł |
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The Bible and Its Rewritings
ISBN: 9780198184874 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book examines the Bible and its medieval and modern rewritings. It looks at some of the most beautiful and intriguing scenes from the Old and New Testament and the direct or indirect Re-Scriptures of these by writers such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, and T.S. Eliot as well as by ancient exegesis, catacomb frescoes, and church paintings.
This book examines the Bible and its medieval and modern rewritings. It looks at some of the most beautiful and intriguing scenes from the Old and New...
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743,40 zł |
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Dante's Poetry of Donati: The Barlow Lectures on Dante Delivered at University College London, 17-18 March 2005: No. 7: The Barlow Lectures on Dante D
ISBN: 9780952590170 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Members of the Florentine family of the Donati feature prominently in Dante's Divine Comedy . Their presence is explored by Piero Boitani, as a 'comedy' within the Comedy, in close readings of the three major episodes in which they appear, one for each of Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso .
Members of the Florentine family of the Donati feature prominently in Dante's Divine Comedy . Their presence is explored by Piero Boitani, as a 'comed...
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191,87 zł |
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Chaucer and the Imaginary World of Fame
ISBN: 9780859911627 / Angielski / Twarda / 1984 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. lThe House/of/Fame/l> is one of Chaucer's most intellectually challenging poems, drawing on diverse traditions such as dream poetry and mythology, but unified by the central concept of Fame. It is this concept, and the imaginary world' which surrounds it, which Professor Boitani explores in this volume in the Chaucer Studies series. He begins with a brief outline and discussion of the poem, showing what problems it poses, and then turns to explore the history and meaning of the idea of Fame, such as Chaucer might have received from tradition', a quest which leads him into Biblical, classical...
lThe House/of/Fame/l> is one of Chaucer's most intellectually challenging poems, drawing on diverse traditions such as dream poetry and mythology, but...
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414,96 zł |
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The Genius to Improve an Invention: Literary Transitions
ISBN: 9780268029517 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "The Genius to Improve an Invention" derives its title from John Dryden s phrase for the British tendency to take up literary masterpieces from the past and perfect them. Distinguished literary scholar Piero Boitani adopts Dryden s notion as a framework for exploring ways in which classical and medieval texts, scenes, and themes have been rewritten by modern authors. Boitani focuses on a concept of literary transition that takes into account both T.S. Eliot s idea of tradition and individual talent and Harold Bloom s anxiety of influence. In five elegant essays he examines a wide range of...
"The Genius to Improve an Invention" derives its title from John Dryden s phrase for the British tendency to take up literary masterpieces from the pa...
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103,69 zł |
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Looking Upwards: Stars in Ancient & Medieval Cultures
ISBN: 9781536103304 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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1058,10 zł |
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Genius to Improve an Invention: Literary Transitions
ISBN: 9780268029500 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "The Genius to Improve an Invention" derives its title from John Dryden s phrase for the British tendency to take up literary masterpieces from the past and perfect them. Distinguished literary scholar Piero Boitani adopts Dryden s notion as a framework for exploring ways in which classical and medieval texts, scenes, and themes have been rewritten by modern authors.Boitani focuses on a concept of literary transition that takes into account both T.S. Eliot s idea of tradition and individual talent and Harold Bloom s anxiety of influence. In five elegant essays he examines a wide range of...
"The Genius to Improve an Invention" derives its title from John Dryden s phrase for the British tendency to take up literary masterpieces from the pa...
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430,52 zł |
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Anagnorisis: Scenes and Themes of Recognition and Revelation in Western Literature
ISBN: 9789004453661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Anagnorisis has been called ‘one of the great works of comparative literary criticism of our time’. It is a book that spans the millennia, the adventures of Ulysses in Homer and God’s mysterious appearance to Abraham in Genesis, down not only to Joyce’s Ulysses and Thomas Mann’s Joseph and his Brothers, but also to Dumas’ Count of Montecristo, Borges’s ‘The Immortal’, and Walcott's Omeros. ‘Anagnorisis’ means ‘recognition’. Aristotle defined it simply as ‘the passage from ignorance to knowledge’. But the knowledge one gains in anagnorisis is neither...
Anagnorisis has been called ‘one of the great works of comparative literary criticism of our time’. It is a book that spans the millennia, the adv...
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683,58 zł |
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The Tragic and the Sublime in Medieval Literature
ISBN: 9780521131070 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Professor Boitani's latest book explores the areas of the tragic and the sublime in medieval literature by asking what medieval texts mean to modern readers. Boitani, who has written widely on medieval and comparative literature, studies tragic and sublime tensions in stories and scenes recounted by such major poets as Dante, Chaucer and Petrarch, as well as themes shared by writers and philosophers and traditional poetic images. The result is a learned, stimulating, and wide-ranging volume of studies in comparative European literature, which takes into account poems written in English,...
Professor Boitani's latest book explores the areas of the tragic and the sublime in medieval literature by asking what medieval texts mean to modern r...
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217,74 zł |
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A New Sublime: Ten Timeless Lessons on the Classics
ISBN: 9781787701816 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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66,14 zł |
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The European Tragedy of Troilus
ISBN: 9780198129707 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This is the first study devoted to the story of Troilus and Cressida as it has developed through the ages and in various literatures. An international team of scholars examine the way in which the problems of love and death are faced in narrative, poetry, drama, and opera. They trace the story in its mythical form as it passed from the Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans into the hands of artists such as Benoit de Sainte Maure, Boccaccio, Chaucer, Henryson, Shakespeare, and Dryden, and as it was finally resurrected in the 20th century in America, England, and Germany. Analyzing the changes, both...
This is the first study devoted to the story of Troilus and Cressida as it has developed through the ages and in various literatures. An international...
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694,26 zł |
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English Studies in Transition: Papers from the Inaugural Conference of the European Society for the Study of English
ISBN: 9781138883628 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Bringing together twenty-five contributors from all over Europe, this volume represents the vitality and diversity of the current transcultural European dialogue on English studies.
Topics addressed include: * the nature of the canon * the poetics of language * the representation of women and the notion of nationalism in post-colonial literature. The significance of this volume lies not only in the quality of the individual contributions but also in the fact that it marks an important turning point in the history of English studies in Europe. Bringing together twenty-five contributors from all over Europe, this volume represents the vitality and diversity of the current transcultural Europe...
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248,92 zł |
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The Gospel according to Shakespeare
ISBN: 9780268210151 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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430,52 zł |
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Chaucer and the Italian Trecento
ISBN: 9780521313506 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A collection of essays debating what fourteenth-century Italy and its literature meant to Chaucer.
A collection of essays debating what fourteenth-century Italy and its literature meant to Chaucer.
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217,74 zł |
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The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer
ISBN: 9780521894678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This revised edition is based on the first edition which has become a classic in Chaucer studies. Important material has been updated in the text, and its contributions cover recent trends in literary theory as well as in studies of Chaucer's works. The bibliography has been completely revised to provide an indispensable guide for today's student of Chaucer. First Edition Hb (1986): 0-521-30422-9 First Edition Pb (1986): 0-521-31689-8
This revised edition is based on the first edition which has become a classic in Chaucer studies. Important material has been updated in the text, and...
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134,01 zł |
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The Body and the Soul in Medieval Literature
ISBN: 9780859915458 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The theme of the body-and-soul relationship in medieval texts and in modern reworkings of medieval matter is explored in the articles here, specifically the representation of the body in romance; the relevance of bawdy tales to the cultural experience of authors and readers in the middle ages; the function of despair, or melancholy, in medieval and Renaissance literature; and the political significance of late medieval representations of bodies' in the chroniclers' accounts of the Rising and in Gower's poems. Two articles are devoted to modern retellings of medieval themes: John Foxe's Acts...
The theme of the body-and-soul relationship in medieval texts and in modern reworkings of medieval matter is explored in the articles here, specifical...
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414,96 zł |
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English Studies in Transition : Papers from the Inaugural Conference of the European Society for the Study of English
ISBN: 9780415098335 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 341 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "English Studies in Transition" collects the papers offered at the Inaugural Conference of the European Society for the Study of English, held at the University of East Anglia in September 1991. Topics addressed include the nature of the canon, the poetics of language, the representation of women and the notion of nationalism in postcolonial literature.
Among those who have contributed papers are: Sir Frank Kermode, Alan Sinfield, Jean-jacques Lecercle, Jina Politi, Pilar Hidlago and Elleke Boehmer. This volume marks a turning point in the history of English studies in Europe. "English Studies in Transition" collects the papers offered at the Inaugural Conference of the European Society for the Study of English, held at the ...
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700,25 zł |
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The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer
ISBN: 9780521815567 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This revised edition is based on the first edition which has become a classic in Chaucer studies. Important material has been updated in the text, and its contributions cover recent trends in literary theory as well as in studies of Chaucer's works. The bibliography has been completely revised to provide an indispensable guide for today's student of Chaucer. First Edition Hb (1986): 0-521-30422-9 First Edition Pb (1986): 0-521-31689-8
This revised edition is based on the first edition which has become a classic in Chaucer studies. Important material has been updated in the text, and...
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428,85 zł |
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A New Sublime: Ten Timeless Lessons on the Classics
ISBN: 9781609455378 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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78,44 zł |
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