Beards and Texts - Images of Masculinity in Medieval German Literature (Coxon Sebastian)(Paperback / softback)

The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Lewis C. S.)(Paperback)

The Discarded Image paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, providing the historical and cultural background to the literature of the middle ages and renaissance. It describes the 'image' discarded by later years as 'the medieval synthesis itself, the whole organization of their

The Afterlives of Rape in Medieval English Literature (Edwards S.)(Pevná vazba)

From devotional literature to political narratives, medieval texts propose that sexual violence victims have privileged moral, ethical, and spiritual insight. This book explores these discourses of survival in a wide range of medieval English texts, including letters of spiritual advice, legal

Figure of Minerva in Medieval Literature (Hodapp William F.)(Pevná vazba)

Images of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, appear frequently in medieval literature, derived from antique culture and literature; redemptress, mistress of the liberal arts, patroness of princes, idol, and Venus' ally. Throughout the high to late Middle Ages, Peter Abelard, Guido delle Colonne,

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Lewis C. S.)(Paperback)

C. S. Lewis's Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature is a collection of fourteen fascinating essays, half of which were never published in Lewis's lifetime. The first three provide a general introduction to medieval literature whilst the remaining essays turn to the works of major writers

Emotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature: Body, Mind, Voice (Brandsma Frank)(Paperback)

Literary texts complicate our understanding of medieval emotions; they not only represent characters experiencing emotion and reaction emotionally to the behaviour of others within the text, but also evoke and play upon emotion in the audiences which heard these texts performed or read. The

The Origins of Macho: Men and Masculinity in Colonial Mexico (Lipsett-Rivera Sonya)(Paperback)

With limited resources to contextualize masculinity in colonial Mexico, film, literature, and social history perpetuate the stereotype associating Mexican men with machismo 'defined as excessive virility that is accompanied by bravado and explosions of violence. While scholars studying men (TM)s

Poets of Protest: Mythological Resignification in American Antebellum and German Vormrz Literature (Drescher Michael Rodegang)(Paperback)

Michael Rodegang Drescher analyzes national mythologies in American and German literature. He focuses on processes of mythological resignification, a literary phenomenon carrying significant implications for questions of identity, democracy, and nationalism in Europe and America. Precise

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature (Barrington Candace)(Paperback)

Despite an unprecedented level of interest in the interaction between law and literature over the past two decades, readers have had no accessible introduction to this rich engagement in medieval and early Tudor England. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature addresses this

Medieval Architecture (Coldstream Nicola)(Paperback)

Medieval architecture comprises much more than the traditional image of Gothic cathedrals and the castles of chivalry. A great variety of buildings--synagogues, halls, and barns--testify to the diverse communities and interests in western Europe in the centuries between 1150 and 1550. This book

How to Survive in Medieval England (Mount Toni)(Paperback)

Imagine you were transported back in time to Medieval England and had to start a new life there. Without mobile phones, ipads, internet and social media networks, when transport means walking or, if you're fortunate, horse-back, how will you know where you are or what to do? Where will you live?

Warfare in Medieval Manuscripts (Porter Pamela)(Pevná vazba)

Illustrating the art of war with dozens of medieval images from books and manuscripts, this new edition is completely revised with a selection of new content from the British Library's

Medieval English Lyrics and Carols (Duncan Thomas G.)(Paperback)

Lyrics and carols are two of the most important types of medieval literature. This anthology provides a generous and wide-ranging selection, beginning with the first lyrics in English to celebrate love as romantic devotion to a woman, and including all pre-Chaucerian love lyrics (other than a few

Black Masculinity and the Cinema of Policing (Sexton Jared)(Paperback)

This book offers a critical survey of film and media representations of black masculinity in the early twenty-first-century United States, between President George W. Bush's 2001 announcement of the War on Terror and President Barack Obama's 2009 acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize. It argues that

Children of Lir in German and English (Casey Dawn)(Paperback / softback)

The Medieval Dagger (Windsor Guy)(Paperback)

The term 'medieval martial arts' conjures images of armoured knights wielding sword, lance, and axe. While the image is correct, at the foundation of knightly combat was a sophisticated form of close quarter combat, centered on fighting with-and against-the dagger, a deadly weapon of both

Smell, Memory, and Literature in the Black Country (Groes Sebastian)(Paperback)

From Banks's brewery's yeasty stink to groaty pudding to spicy curry, Sebastian Groes and R. M. Francis have assembled a new literary history of the smells and (childhood) memories that belong to the Black Country. This often overlooked region of the United Kingdom at the frontlines of

The Absent Image: Lacunae in Medieval Books (Gertsman Elina)(Pevná vazba)

Explores the late medieval concepts of absence and void, with a special focus on the materiality of emptiness in later medieval manuscripts

From Jim Crow to Jay-Z: Race, Rap, and the Performance of Masculinity (White Miles)(Paperback)

This multilayered study of the representation of black masculinity in musical and cultural performance takes aim at the reduction of African American male culture to stereotypes of deviance, misogyny, and excess. Broadening the significance of hip-hop culture by linking it to other expressive forms

War On Heresy - Faith and Power in Medieval Europe (Moore Professor R. I.)(Paperback / softback)

A passionate history of the war on heresy which dominated medieval

Between Kant and Hegel - Texts in the Development of Post-Kantian Idealism (Harris H. S.)(Paperback / softback)

Winter Mantle (Chadwick Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Reissue of Elizabeth Chadwick's classic tale of love and battle in medieval

Diary of Anne Frank: York Notes for GCSE (Haughey Bernard)(Paperback / softback)

The 'York Notes' series covers major works from medieval to modern English literature, and classic and contemporary works from Europe, America, the Commonwealth and the Third World. This text examines 'Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young

Masculinity After Trujillo: The Politics of Gender in Dominican Literature (Horn Maja)(Paperback)

'Provides an insightful look at the persistent power of masculinism in Dominican post-dictatorship politics and literature.'--Ignacio L pez-Calvo, author of God and Trujillo'The ideas about masculinization of power developed by Horn are important not only to Dominican scholarship but also to

Inspirations - Selections from Classic Literature (Coelho Paulo)(Paperback / softback)

'Anthology' comes from the Greek word that stands for garlands - a bouquet of flowers. An anthology then, should be a small token of something much larger. In the case of flowers, they bring to mind the colour & fragrance of the fields, of a season.Coelho's anthology, therefore, is not only a