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Early Welsh Saga Poetry: A Study and Edition of the Englynion
ISBN: 9780859912754 / Angielski / Twarda / 698 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The early Welsh Saga Englynion are lyric poems in character, long presumed to be the poetic remains of lost stories, told in a mixture of prose and verse. Three main cycles survive, centred on the figures of Llywarch Hen, who loses all his sons in his vicarious quest for glory; Unrien Rheged, a king unwillingly betrayed by his follower and kinsman; and Heledd, the sole survivor of an English invasion of her country. There are also many non-cyclical poems of the same type with other narrator figures such as the leper of Abercuawg. The best poems display considerable artistry and emotional...
The early Welsh Saga Englynion are lyric poems in character, long presumed to be the poetic remains of lost stories, told in a mixture of prose and ve...
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782,04 zł |
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Beowulf
ISBN: 9781907523939 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A stirring tale of heroism, monsters and battle, 'Beowulf' is famous as the first epic poem in English literature. Written down sometime in the 7th century, an oral version of the poem was probably recited by bards several hundred years earlier. Beowulf battles the ogre Grendl for fame and reward, but has then to cope with the vengeance of an even greater fiend - the monster's mother. In his final battle, abandoned by his warriors, he must face the wrath of a fearsome dragon alone. This poem opens a door on the world-view of the Dark Ages, with its code of honour between warriors, its belief...
A stirring tale of heroism, monsters and battle, 'Beowulf' is famous as the first epic poem in English literature. Written down sometime in the 7th ce...
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40,57 zł |
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Fleas, Flies, and Friars
ISBN: 9780801451027 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Medieval children lived in a world rich in poetry, from lullabies, nursery rhymes, and songs to riddles, tongue twisters, and nonsensical verses. They read or listened to stories in verse: ballads of Robin Hood, romances, and comic tales. Poems were composed to teach them how to behave, eat at meals, hunt game, and even learn Latin and French. In Fleas, Flies, and Friars, Nicholas Orme, an expert on childhood in the Middle Ages, has gathered a wide variety of children's verse that circulated in England beginning in the 1400s, providing a way for modern readers of all ages to... Medieval children lived in a world rich in poetry, from lullabies, nursery rhymes, and songs to riddles, tongue twisters, and nonsensical verses. T... |
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788,56 zł |
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Fleas, Flies, and Friars
ISBN: 9780801477751 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Medieval children lived in a world rich in poetry, from lullabies, nursery rhymes, and songs to riddles, tongue twisters, and nonsensical verses. They read or listened to stories in verse: ballads of Robin Hood, romances, and comic tales. Poems were composed to teach them how to behave, eat at meals, hunt game, and even learn Latin and French. In Fleas, Flies, and Friars, Nicholas Orme, an expert on childhood in the Middle Ages, has gathered a wide variety of children's verse that circulated in England beginning in the 1400s, providing a way for modern readers of all ages to... Medieval children lived in a world rich in poetry, from lullabies, nursery rhymes, and songs to riddles, tongue twisters, and nonsensical verses. T... |
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102,85 zł |
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Old English Shorter Poems
ISBN: 9780674057890 / Angielski / Twarda / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alongside famous long works such as Beowulf, Old English poetry offers a large number of shorter compositions, many of them on explicitly Christian themes. This volume of the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library presents twenty-nine of these shorter religious poems composed in Old and early Middle English between the seventh and twelfth centuries. Among the texts, which demonstrate the remarkable versatility of early English verse, are colorful allegories of the natural world, poems dedicated to Christian prayer and morality, and powerful meditations on death, judgment, heaven, and... Alongside famous long works such as Beowulf, Old English poetry offers a large number of shorter compositions, many of them on explicitly C... |
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154,10 zł |
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The Castleweaver's Tales: A Dozen Glimpses of Medieval Madness: 25th Anniversary Edition
ISBN: 9781452863320 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Not for the faint of heart, the horrors of the Castleweaver's exploits lie couched in the intricacies of poetic form. Eldreth is a master weaver. His tapestries adorn the halls and bedchamber walls of the richest and grandest in the surrounding kingdoms. He is also a wizard whose talents over-shadow those of his aging mentor, and Eldreth has turned to the dark arts to exact revenge on those he deems his enemies. Deep in the lower reaches of his castle, his fingers fly across his looms, weaving more than wool and flax and dye into his tapestries, entwining the very souls of his victims in the...
Not for the faint of heart, the horrors of the Castleweaver's exploits lie couched in the intricacies of poetic form. Eldreth is a master weaver. His ...
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40,43 zł |
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Inferno
ISBN: 9780141393544 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A translation that describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide. It depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins. It also includes explanatory notes and illustrations showing the different layers of hell.
A translation that describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide. It depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned ...
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50,40 zł |
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The Divine Comedy: Purgatory
ISBN: 9780140444421 / Angielski / Miękka / 399 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second volume in Dante's Divine Comedy
Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when God threw Satan into depths of the earth. As he travels through the first seven levels, Dante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise, and through these encounters he is himself transformed into a stronger and better man. For it is only when he has learned from each of these levels that he can ascend to the gateway to... The second volume in Dante's Divine Comedy
Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgi... |
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50,40 zł |
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The Prose Edda
ISBN: 9780140447552 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda is the source of most of what we know of Norse mythology. Its tales are peopled by giants, dwarves, and elves, superhuman heroes and indomitable warrior queens. Its gods live with the tragic knowledge of their own impending destruction in the cataclysmic battle of Ragnarok. Its time scale spans the eons from the world's creation to its violent end. This robust new translation captures the magisterial sweep and startling psychological complexity of the Old Icelandic original.
For more than seventy years,... Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda is the source of most of what we know of Norse mythology. Its ta...
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50,40 zł |
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The Poetic Edda: The Heroic Poems
ISBN: 9780486460215 / Angielski / Miękka / 303 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Passed down long ago from poet to poet and singer to singer in the great oral tradition of Scandinavia, this collection of heroic sagas explores a mythical world. Incorporating legends of Norse gods and heroes, great fires and floods, superhuman warriors and doomed lovers, these dramatic poems weave vivid portraits of powerful characters caught up in passion, ambition, and destiny. Filled with gripping conceptions of the world's creation and ultimate destruction, the verses chronicle the triumphs and tragedies of a lost mythological past, where words of wisdom and beauty echoed off the steel...
Passed down long ago from poet to poet and singer to singer in the great oral tradition of Scandinavia, this collection of heroic sagas explores a myt...
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65,47 zł |
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
ISBN: 9781554810192 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thorough glossing, normalized spelling, and helpful annotation make this classic poem accessible to readers in its original Middle English.
Thorough glossing, normalized spelling, and helpful annotation make this classic poem accessible to readers in its original Middle English.
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139,30 zł |
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Beowulf (ca. 1000)
ISBN: 9781554810642 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a brilliant, exemplary edition and a must-have for any serious student of the poem. Liuzza has set the standard for many years to come. Stacy S. Klein, Rutgers University
This is a brilliant, exemplary edition and a must-have for any serious student of the poem. Liuzza has set the standard for many years to come. Stacy...
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91,64 zł |
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Beowulf: Facing Page Translation
ISBN: 9781554811137 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. R.M. Liuzza's acclaimed translation of the classic story of Beowulf, hero and dragon-slayer, appears here in an updated and expanded edition.
R.M. Liuzza's acclaimed translation of the classic story of Beowulf, hero and dragon-slayer, appears here in an updated and expanded edition.
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121,95 zł |
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The Complete English Poems of John Skelton: Revised Edition
ISBN: 9781846319488 / Angielski / Miękka / 580 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Scattergood's 'The Complete English Poems of John Skelton', originally published in 1983 and long out of print, was the leading academic edition with comprehensive notes. Students are currently limited to searching for Skelton's poems in anthologies. This new edition contains the poems, accompanied by around 150 pages of revised notes. There is an entirely new introduction, covering all developments in Skelton scholarship since the early 1980's, and an updated reading list. Scattergood also reproduces much of the Latin paratexts, considered by readers to be so essential to Skelton - and...
John Scattergood's 'The Complete English Poems of John Skelton', originally published in 1983 and long out of print, was the leading academic edition ...
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223,81 zł |
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Ride of Her Life
ISBN: 9781530958726 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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24,23 zł |
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A Gothic Rendezvous
ISBN: 9781941880395 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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48,35 zł |
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Old English Shorter Poems
ISBN: 9780674053069 / Staroangielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The twenty-five poems and eleven metrical charms in this Old English volume offer tantalizing insights into the mental landscape of the Anglo-Saxons. The Wanderer and The Seafarer famously combine philosophical consolation with introspection to achieve a spiritual understanding of life as a journey. The Wife's Lament, The Husband's Message, and Wulf and Eadwacer direct a subjective lyrical intensity on the perennial themes of love, separation, and the passion for vengeance. From suffering comes wisdom, and these poems find meaning in the loss of fortune and...
The twenty-five poems and eleven metrical charms in this Old English volume offer tantalizing insights into the mental landscape of the Anglo-Saxons. ...
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154,10 zł |
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The Old English Poem Seasons for Fasting: A Critical Edition
ISBN: 9781938228438 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Old English Poem Seasons for Fasting: A Critical Edition provides a new text and translation of the poem, accompanied by an extensive introduction, commentary, and glossary.
The Old English Poem Seasons for Fasting: A Critical Edition provides a new text and translation of the poem, accompanied by an extensive introduction...
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173,37 zł |
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Beyond Camlann: How the king came to Avalaon and thence to Glastonbury
ISBN: 9781494946197 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why, in the final part of Le Morte D'Arthur, did Sir Thomas Malory place the gravely wounded King Arthur into the hands of his most implacable adversary - his sister Morgan le Fay? Beyond Camlann offers an insightful elucidation of this most enduring of literary mysteries.
Why, in the final part of Le Morte D'Arthur, did Sir Thomas Malory place the gravely wounded King Arthur into the hands of his most implacable adversa...
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26,30 zł |
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The Siege of Jerusalem: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition
ISBN: 9781554811588 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Siege of Jerusalem (c. 1370-90 CE) is a difficult text. By twenty-first-century standards, it is gruesomely violent and offensive. It tells the story of the Roman destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, an event viewed by its author (as by many in the Middle Ages) as divine retribution against Jews for the killing of Christ. It anachronistically turns first-century Roman emperors Titus and Vespasian into Christian converts who battle like medieval crusaders to avenge their saviour and cleanse the Holy Land of enemies of the faith. It makes little sense without...
The Siege of Jerusalem (c. 1370-90 CE) is a difficult text. By twenty-first-century standards, it is gruesomely violent and offensive. It tel...
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121,95 zł |
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