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This work reassesses the last elegies of the Roman poet Propertius. By using psychoanalytic theory to illuminate the texts, the book examines the relation between... Læs mere
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This book presents translations of four major practitioners of octosyllabic verse, the dominant literary form of 12th- and 13th-century France. The introduction discusses the varying views of women and love in the texts and their place in the courtly tradition.
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Begun shortly after the Spanish Civil War, this collection of poems by the Spanish Nobel Laureate was written during a period of hardship and despair. In spite of his surroundings, Aleixandre created the splendour of a lost paradise from nostalgia, memory and illusion.
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Introduces representation theory into the study of Ciceronian persuasion and contends that an understanding of milieu - social, political, topographical - is crucial to understanding Ciceronian oratory.
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From Latin through the Romance languages, which types of past participle survived? Which older "irregular" types disappeared and which older "regular" types... Læs mere
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Focusing on the hundreds of letters that Columbus wrote to the King and Queen of Spain concerning his discoveries in the New World, this study analyzes questions concerning the... Læs mere
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In a post-structuralist study of 13th-century French historical texts, the author investigates the reasons for the rise of French vernacular prose historiography at this particular time.
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One of the greatest works of Spanish literature, this 800-year-old saga narrates the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy D'az of Bivar, known as El Cid--"the Lord"--and his part in the long struggle between Christianity and Islam.anity and Islam.
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Contains commentary on the Purgatorio by various scholars. This book presents to the nonspecialist reader one of the cantos of the transitional middle cantica of Dante's unique Christian epic. It provides awareness of Dante's timeless aspirations and achievements.
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A shaman and visionary - not a poet in any ordinary sense - Maria Sabina lived out her life in the Oaxacan mountain village of Huautla de Jimenez. This work includes a... Læs mere