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Text with facing translation, commentary and notes. (Aris and Phillips 1988) ... Read more

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What was it like to be in love in Rome? The 22 poems of Sextus Propertius' first book of elegies (published in 28 B.C.) offer an answer. Defiantly un-Roman in his devotion to his love for his Cynthia and to his art, Propertius writes with a strangely modern voice - passionate, wry, self-scrutinizing and ironic. But it is a voice that has been shaped and controlled by a literary tradition already centuries old. ... Read more

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A collection of 26 international papers which consider the influence of Homeric epic on Roman and modern literature. The book includes examinations of themes within the Ilaiad and Odyssey, such as anger and disease, father and son relationships and Odysseus' speeches. Other papers present broader analyses of stylistic characteristics of ancient epic and place it within a cultural context. Contributors also examine Virgil's contribution to the genre and more recent works such as Joyce's Ulysses and Erich Auerbach's Mimesis. This is a scholarly work, not aimed at the casual reader, sprinkled with Greek extracts, some of which are translated. Fourteen essays are in English, eleven in German and one in French. ... Read more

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Layamon's Brut is a landmark in English literature, the first major work in English after the Norman Conquest, and the precursor of a rich Arthurian literature, from Malory to Tennyson and on to our own time. This edition combines a fully-edited version of the original text with a close parallel prose translation, together with a lengthy Introduction, textual notes and a full and up-to-date bibliography.

Written c.1200-1220, the Brut develops the themes of its principal source, Robert Wace's Roman de Brut, itself a version of Geoffrey of Monmouth's bestseller, the Historia Regum Britanniae, in a metre and idiom reminiscent of Old English. It demonstrates the fundamental strength of a native culture which survived two centuries of French dominance to re-emerge as a fusion of a national tradition and continental influences. ... Read more

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Not everyone can read Layamon's English
First of all, this is not a review of the poem (it's alright as far as Arthurian stories go); rather, it's a review of the edition.The biggest problem I had was a lack of a glossary in the back.For those who are unfamiliar with Middle English the original text becomes sort of annoying visual aid or historical oddity as the translation dominates one's reading.I think it could have been made much better by original text side-glossed, with translations at the bottom of the page if needed.That would actually encourage people to learn Middle English as opposed to looking at it, thinking it looks pretty or quaint and then reading the translation.

I also think a side-by-side printing of both manuscripts would have been helpful as well.I believe TEAMS makes an edition like this with the entire Brut but I'm not sure.

Bottom line: pretty good edition, but it could be a bit better for both the serious student and the newcomer to Middle English.
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In early 1256, amidst growing tensions between Parisian secular and mendicant academies, the theologian William of Saint-Amour published his major assault on the friars, De periculis novissimorum temporum, or On the Dangers of the Last Times. As its title proclaims, the treatise employed the exegetical language of apocalypticism to expose the mendicants' success as the ultimate universal threat, and to warn their supporters that they were siding with the Antichrist. Official response to these audacious accusations did not delay. At the instigation of Louis IX of France (St. Louis) - himself an outspoken mendicant sympathizer - the pope banished William from Paris and declared his treatise unorthodox. William's party was silenced, at least for the time being, yet De periculis lived on. For centuries to follow it furnished the basic vocabulary of anti-fraternal polemics through an ever-changing political and religious landscape. Medieval poets, Reformation theologians, modern playwrights - all have drawn upon this anathematized treatise to different ends. The present volume offers a fresh Latin edition of De periculis and its first translation into any modern language. The introduction supplies the immediate context for the treatise's original publication, revises its traditional interpretation, and charts its literary and theological afterlife. ... Read more

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A Good Resource
Peace! A useful primary resource for those trying to understand the Franciscan movement and also the thirteenth century development of the university and church ministry. ... Read more

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The fragmentary plays of Euripides are a body of texts still regularly increasing in number and extent. They are of very great interest in themselves, apart from the significant aid they give to the fuller appreciation of the surviving complete plays. This volume contains: Alexandros (together with Palamedes and Sisyphus), Oedipus, Andromeda, Antiope, Hypsipyle, Archelaus (415 to about 407 B.C.). ... Read more

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More Amazonian bungling!
Yet again the folks at Amazon have bungled matters.The other "review" of this book is in fact a review of (or a puff for) the Penn series of translations of Greek tragedy, not of Euripides' "Selected Fragmentary Plays," a scholarly edition offering Greek texts, English translations, and detailed notes on several of Euripides' fragmentary plays.It should also noted that the book in question is the recently published---and long-awaited---second volume of a work whose first volume appeared in 1995.Eventually, there will be a Loeb Classical Library edition of the major fragments of Euripides, but it is unlikely to replace these volumes of Collard et al., for their very full notes will remain invaluable. ... Read more

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Text with translation and comentary. (Aris and Phillips 1989) ... Read more

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For the first time available in paperback, this classic anthology provides readers with important literary works composed during the Middle English period (1100-1500) in England, Scotland, and Ireland.The editors provide glosses for all unfamiliar words and obscure phrases and every selection refers to at least one definitive edition where details of recent scholarship can be found.Modern punctuation and capitalization are used throughout and variant spellings are kept to a minimum to avoid unnecessary confusion.The introduction discusses important literary and linguistic questions; the headnotes and bibliography offer extensive guidance to secondary sources; and the appendixes clarify pronunciation, verb use, and dialect variations. ... Read more

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A.W. Verrall was a crucial figure in the emergence of literary criticism as distinct from, but based in, traditional classical philology. In this book (first published in 1895) he presents a resolutely rationalist Euripides, whose uses of divine intervention are seen as deeply ironic:"[Euripides'] stories assume that "the gods" do not exist; and unless we are alive to this, unless we keep it always before us, the best of Euripides, the essence of Euripides, must be sealed up from us.' (Verrall's italics) He noted that, while the ancients were unanimous in regarding Euripides as a dramatic artist of the first rank, modern scholarship had resorted either to distaste for his values and innovative dramatic methods, or to apologetic excuse for them - which misses the point. Verrall's contentious book proved influential in explaining features of Euripidean dramatic technique - especially in his 'problem plays' - that have been basic to interpretation ever since. In a distinctly 'modern' way his readings are continually sensitive to the tensions and challenges inherent in the relationship between the play in performance and its audience.For this re-issue Peter Burian has written a new introduction, placing Verrall's work in its context, assessing its major influence on subsequent criticism, and adding a select bibliography.A.W. Verrall was fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Cambridge's first Professor of English Literature. He published important editions of plays by Aeschylus and Euripides, as well as literary critical essays on them, and on Horace and Dryden. Peter Burian is Professor of Classics in Duke University, North Carolina and has written extensively on Greek tragedy, especially Euripides. ... Read more

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superb service
I ordered these books for the Adult Religious Ed class at my church. The books arrived in perfect condition in a timely manner. I am very pleased as the price was within the range of the students. I had checked other sources and could not get the number I needed from the same source so that all would be the same version. Thankyou for your service. Roberta

Revelations of Divine Love
A very spiritual book.Not one you read quickly for full comprehension, it is a contemplative writing that rewards you when you meditate on it's meaning.

Kindle Edition Unreadable
Download a sample before purchasing the Kindle Edition.It is not worth the effort to try to decipher.Amazon needs to be more careful about Kindle editions.

Kindle format
This book was easily downloaded and yet unreadable.
The format that came through read like computer code. While the words/content of the book were there - so was the formatting code.

Those Who Love Olde English
This is a goodtranslation of the revelations, as the author spells out exactly where he is coming from in the Introduction.Be sure to read this before hitting the content so you will know from where you are coming from.It is a more difficult read for thosenot used to Olde English, but one that is good to have at hand along with a more modern translation. ... Read more

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The two sagas here presented in translation with commentary belong to a class of medieval Icelandic texts commonly called family sagas. There are some three dozen of these sagas, composed for the most part in the thirteenth century, which tell stories about leading Icelandic figures and families from the time of the island's colonization around 900 to the middle of the eleventh century. This book contains the only complete translation of Ljosvetninga saga in English and the only English commentary on either saga. The authors aim to present the basic material needed for an informed reading of the Icelandic sagas. Both represent a school that urges that the sagas be refocused as historical documents, and they represent the two approaches to rehistorian (Andersson), the other a social and legal historian (Miller). One attempts to tie the sagas more closely to medieval literature and oral literature in general. The other attempts to define the relationship between the sagas and the social systems in which they evolved, and is much influenced by American legal realism and law-and-society scholarship.The authors assert that the case can be plausibly made that the sagas at times surpass the quality of other, more 'historical' sources for purposes of historical inquiry. Saga authors, for instance, took great care to contextualize the disputes that form the core of these narratives. Disputants are situated in kin groups, in households, in neighborhoods, and amidst juridical institutions confirmed by other sources, and the disputes themselves are traced through time.< ... Read more

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The essays in this volume reflect the range and diversity of approach and of critical stance which have characterised romance studies in recent years. Amongst the areas of interest addressed are those of generic definition; the role of romance in relation to emergent ideas of nationalism; the complex associations between gender and genre, and between historical events and their expression in literature. Other issues explored are the transmission and reception of texts; the nature of the audiences; and the implications of critical theory for the reading of medieval romance.
Contributors: MALDWYN MILLS, J.A. BURROW, DONNA CRAWFORD, A.S.G. EDWARDS, ARLYN DIAMOND, JOCELYN WOGAN-BROWNE, JOHN J. THOMPSON, THORLAC TURVILLE-PETRE, DIANA SPEED, JOHN SCATTERGOOD, COLIN RICHMOND, CAROL M. MEALE. ... Read more

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The legends of Jason and Medea illustrate how disparate and sometimes contradictory stories were combined in the creation of the first secular princely quest, how that quest functioned as a benchmark of western chronology, and how that in turn assured the stories' position as part of the legends of Troy. The innovations of Euripides and Apollonius were imitated throughout Antiquity, and examples of murderous mothers illustrated the lethal disruptions of which women could be capable. For many medieval authors - Dante, Chaucer, Boccaccio, Gower, Christine de Pizan and others -the problem of a hero who betrays his oath and a heroine who murders and escapes offered insoluble and tragic subjects. This study discusses how the legends contribute not only to ideas of history, but also to conceptions of the power and ruthlessness of women. ... Read more

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This study explains how the Volksbuch developed from the medieval courtly romance under the influence of complex sociological, economic, technological, and cultural factors during the 15th century and became an art form in its own right. The new genre was characterized by a wide range of styles, from the earthy plot and language of "Till Eulenspiegel" to the formal style and moralistic didacticism of the "Magelone". The study goes on to examine the history of the genre's critical evaluation from the Romantic period to the present, providing a close-up survey of the history of German literary scholarship. It also discusses four major representatives of the genre: Thuring von Ringoltingen's "Melusine", the anonymous "Fortunatus", "Till Eulenspiegel", and "Historia von D. Johann Fausten". This book should interest not only students and scholars of German, but also those interested in the social, historical, and mental transition of Germany from the late Middle Ages to the modern age. ... Read more

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J. A. Burrow shows that the literature of authors such as Chaucer, Gower, and Langland is more readily accessible than usually imagined, and well worth reading too. By placing medieval writers in their historical context - the four centuries between the Norman Conquest and the Renaissance - Professor Burrow explains not only how they wrote, but why. This book provides a valuable introduction to the problems which a modern reader encounters when approaching Middle English writings for the first time. ... Read more