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Wright, Joseph & O. L. Sayce
GRAMMAR OF THE GOTHIC LANGUAGE And the Gospel of St. Mark, Selections from the Other Gospels and the Second Epistle to Timothy, with Notes and Glossary
Minor shelfwear. Very minor bump to base of spine. ; 383 pages; The author of several Old English and Old High German primers and grammars, Joseph Wright wrote the present book as an alternative to revising his earlier Gothic Primer for a third edition. The Grammar provides a comprehensive knowledge of Gothic and understanding of comparative Germanic grammar, essential to anyone studying the ancient Germanic languages. By way of readings, the book provides the Greek texts of the gospels of St matthew (Chapter VI) and St. Luke (Chapter XV) along with the Gothic translations by Ulfilas (AD 311-383) , bishop of the Goths. Interesting for students of comparative philology. A knowledge of Gothic is indispensable to students of the oldest periods of other Germanic languages, this book will be of interest to students whose interests are mainly philological and linguistic. This Grammar provides a comprehensive knowledge of Gothic and an understanding of comparative Germanic grammar. If Wulfila had not translated the very Bible into Gothic, we wouldn't have today any tangible hint of the existence of this early Germanic language.
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Groden, Michael & Martin Kreiswirth (Eds. )
THE JOHNS HOPKINS GUIDE TO LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
Light bump to top of textblock. DJ spine is a bit sunned with minor discoloration. Small tear to upper edge of DJ (1/2 cm). Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Postmodernism. Feminism. Bakhtin. New Historicism. Kristeva. Hermeneutics. Cultural Studies. Said. Deconstruction. Semiotics. Over the past generation, literary theory and criticism have become the focus of intellectual activity in the humanities and social sciences--often sparking interest and debate beyond university classrooms in discussions of "political correctness," multiculturalism, and educational reform. The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism is a major new reference book designed to serve as an international, encyclopedic guide to the important figures, schools, and movements in this influential and expanding area of study. While concentrating on the explosion of contemporary critical and theoretical works, the Guide provides a comprehensive historical survey of ideas and individuals ranging from Plato and Aristotle to twentieth-century scholars. It includes nearly 200 alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. It also examines developments in other disciplines which have shaped literary theory and criticism. ; 792 pages; Extremely heavy book. Overseas shipping may incur extra charges.
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Morgan, J. Vyrnwy
WELSH RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE VICTORIAN ERA
Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock and endpages. Tear to cloth at head of spine (2 cm). Corners rounded. Fraying to head of spine. Else VG. ; 480 pages
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Haley, Sir William
A SMALLHOLDING ON PARNASSUS
Wraps are a bit browned and with faint soiling. Minor shelfwear. ; Discusses the threat to the printed word. ; Twelfth Annual Lecture of the National Book League; 23 pages
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Fornara, Charles W. (edited and translated by)
ARCHAIC TIMES TO THE END OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
Light shelfwear with minor creasing and scuffing. ; Translated Documents of Greece and Rome 1; 231 pages; The first volume is devoted to the period which begins with the era of Greek colonization and ends with the close of the Peloponnesian War in 404 B. C. Charles Fornara has gathered together material compiled from inscriptions, ancient encyclopedias, scholia, and similar sources. The material, much of it translated by him for the first time, covers not only events of national significance - wars and treaties, the founding of towns and colonies, the dedication of temples - but also presents such records of daily life as ration lists, wine trade regulations, inventories of treasure, drinking songs, and financial records. The documents are accompanied by a brief commentary, which is basically intended to clarify obscurities in the text. An extensive glossary and indexes explain obscure terms of Greek social and governmental structure and permit detailed prosopographical analysis.
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Fornara, Charles W. (edited and translated by)
ARCHAIC TIMES TO THE END OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
Some shelfwear with creasing and scuffing. Some staining. ; Translated Documents of Greece and Rome 1; 231 pages; The first volume is devoted to the period which begins with the era of Greek colonization and ends with the close of the Peloponnesian War in 404 B. C. Charles Fornara has gathered together material compiled from inscriptions, ancient encyclopedias, scholia, and similar sources. The material, much of it translated by him for the first time, covers not only events of national significance - wars and treaties, the founding of towns and colonies, the dedication of temples - but also presents such records of daily life as ration lists, wine trade regulations, inventories of treasure, drinking songs, and financial records. The documents are accompanied by a brief commentary, which is basically intended to clarify obscurities in the text. An extensive glossary and indexes explain obscure terms of Greek social and governmental structure and permit detailed prosopographical analysis.
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Lintott, Andrew
VIOLENCE, CIVIL STRIFE AND REVOLUTION IN THE CLASSICAL CITY 750-330 BC
Very light shelfwear. ; Gives a conspectus of violence and civil strife in classical society during the most exciting period of its development. Examines first the extent and function of violence in this form of society and then traces the development of civil strife as the cities become more powerful and politically more sophisticated. Major themes are aristocratic rivalry, the tensions between rich and poor, the link between imperialism and civil strife and the causes of constitutional revolution. ; 289 pages
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Hanson, Victor Davis; John Keegan (Intro. )
THE WESTERN WAY OF WAR Infantry Battle in Classical Greece
271 pages; Second Edition. The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics--that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens--but also the central act of Western warfare, the decisive infantry battle. Instead of ambush, skirmish, maneuver, or combat between individual heroes, the Greeks of the fifth century b. C. Devised a ferocious, brief, and destructive head-on clash between armed men of all ages. In this bold, original study, Victor Davis Hanson shows how this brutal enterprise was dedicated to the same outcome as consensual government--an unequivocal, instant resolution to dispute. The Western Way of War draws from an extraordinary range of sources--Greek poetry, drama, and vase painting, as well as historical records--to describe what actually took place on the battlefield. It is the first study to explore the actual mechanics of classical Greek battle from the vantage point of the infantryman--the brutal spear-thrusting, the difficulty of fighting in heavy bronze armor which made it hard to see, hear and move, and the fear. Hanson also discusses the physical condition and age of the men, weaponry, wounds, and morale. This compelling account of what happened on the killing fields of the ancient Greeks ultimately shows that their style of armament and battle was contrived to minimize time and life lost by making the battle experience as decisive and appalling as possible. Linking this new style of fighting to the rise of constitutional government, Hanson raises new issues and questions old assumptions about the history of war.
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Norbrook, David
WRITING THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC Poetry, Rhetoric and Politics, 1627-1660
Scholar's name to half-title (Robert Brown). Else very light shelfwear. ; This magisterial new history of seventeenth-century republican political culture sets key texts by Marvell and Milton in a richly detailed context, showing how writers reimagined English literary culture without kingship. The book draws on extensive archival research, bringing to light exciting and neglected manuscript and printed sources. Offering a bold new narrative of the whole period, and a timely reminder that England has a republican as well as a royalist heritage, it will be of compelling interest to historians as well as literary scholars. ; 524 pages
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Smith, Nigel
LITERATURE AND REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND, 1640-1660
Creasing to 1 corner of wraps. 4 pages or so have light corner creasing. Scholar's name to half-title (Robert Brown). ; The years of the British Civil War and Interregnum constituted a turning point not only in the political, social, and religious history of seventeenth-century England but also in the use and meaning of English language and literature. Smith examines literary output from the age from Milton's Paradise Lost to epics and romances, to psalms and hymns. This highly original book explores the effect of politics on the practice of writing and the impact of literature on patterns of historical change ; 442 pages
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Martindale, Charles
JOHN MILTON AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ANCIENT EPIC
Scholar's name to half-title (Robert Brown). Else book is fine. ; Milton has long been recognised as being among English poets most indebted to ancient literature, but the range and depth of that debt have rarely been explored. Here Martindale examines the use Milton made of other ancient poets, notably Homer, Ovid and Lucan, and finds some surprising elements in the style of "Paradise Lost" - Horace for example. He is primarily concerned with Milton's attitude to the classics and the questions that raises as to his methods. Renaissance views of classical poets and eighteenth-century commentaries on Milton are brought to bear on these questions. Finally the limits of Milton's classicism and the differences between "Paradise Lost" and its predecessors are considered. ; Bristol Classical Paperbacks; 256 pages
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Carlsen, Hanne
A BIBLIOGRAPHY TO THE CLASSICAL TRADITION IN ENGLISH LITERATURE
Some rubbing to wraps. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; Anglica Et Americana 21; 164 pages
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Martindale, Charles & A. B. Taylor (Eds. )
SHAKESPEARE AND THE CLASSICS
Very light shelfwear. Scholar's name to half-title (Robert Brown). ; Compiled by an international team of Shakespeareans and classicists, this study investigates Shakespeare's classicism and demonstrates how he used a variety of classical books to explore such crucial areas of human experience as love, politics, ethics, and history. It offers a comprehensive analysis of Shakespeare's classicism that will also serve as a useful introduction for students and others approaching the subject for the first time. ; 334 pages
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Smith, Eric
A DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL REFERENCE IN ENGLISH POETRY
Small scratch near top of spine. Light shelfwear. ; A Dictionary of Classical Reference comprises a guide to classical names and references in English poetry from Chaucer to the twentieth century. Over eighty poets are covered, and all classical references in their works, with only minor exceptions, are included. The Dictionary is in two parts, the first of which consists of entries by character or event, defining the classical myths or stories attached to the subject in question and giving the original source followed by a list of the references in English poetry. The second part of the book is a reverse index, arranged by poet and works. It is therefore possible to study both the use of, for example, a particular myth in English poetry as a whole, or a particular poet's choice of classical material. The dictionary is particularly welcome at a time when the classical authors are no longer a part of the range of knowledge of most readers. ; 320 pages
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Gillespie, Stuart
THE POETS ON THE CLASSICS An Anthology of English Poets' Writings on the Classical Poets and Dramatists from Chaucer to the Present
Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Light shelfwear to book. DJ has a couple of small chips and light edgewear. DJ spine a bit sunned. ; A collection of poetic English writing on the classics, providing a first-hand guide to the relations between classical literature and the English poetic tradition. It contains over two hundred entries, ranging from the Middle Ages to today. ; 256 pages
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Chester, Allan Griffith
THOMAS MAY: MAN OF LETTERS, 1595-1650 A Thesis
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Original wraps appear to have been mounted on boards. Red cloth spine. ; 204 pages
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Thomson, J. A. K
CLASSICAL INFLUENCES ON ENGLISH POETRY
Spine sunned and creased. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown) with additional names. Underlining and markings in red pen to some pages. ; 254 pages
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Garrick, David; George Pierce Baker (Ed. )
SOME UNPUBLISHED CORRESPONDENCE OF DAVID GARRICK With Illustrations. [Letters of David Garrick]
Spine a bit browned (spine label browned) and discolored, ffep loose but present. Rear hinge cracked. A bit of chipping to foreedges of a few pages with a bit of loss. ; Number 205 of an edition of 430, designed by Bruce Rogers. Xiv+140pp + 30pls. ; 140 pages
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Ridley, Nancy
A NORTHUMBRIAN REMEMBERS
192pp + plates. Foreword by Dame Irene Ward. Pays tribute to the county and its people; 192 pages
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Coleman, Edward D. (Complied by) & Isaiah Sheffer
THE BIBLE IN ENGLISH DRAMA An Annotated List of Plays Including Translations from Other Languages from the Beginnings to 1931. a Survey of Recent Major Plays (1968) by Isaiah Sheffer.
Spine a bit sunned and dulled. Light shelfwear. ; xiii+212pp..; 212 pages
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Corder, Philip (Ed. )
THE ROMAN TOWN AND VILLA AT GREAT CASTERTON RUTLAND Second Interim Report for the Years 1951-1953 by Members of the Summer Schools in Romano-British Archaeology Held At Great Casterton, 1951-3
Small stain on rear wrap. Some rubbing and discolorations to wraps. Creasing to corners of wraps. ; 47pp+13pp of b+w plates. ; 60 pages
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Höfele, Andreas
ZOOLOGIE DER TRAGÖDIE Von Menschen Und Tieren Bei Shakespeare
Schriften Der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse Der Heidelberger Akademie Der Wissenschaften Band 30; 37 pages
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Gray, James
JOHNSON'S SERMONS A Study
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and traces of removed pocket to inner cover. Stamps to top of textblock and on dedicatory page are deleted with black marker. ; X, 263pp, 4pls. ; 263 pages
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Spacks, Patricia Meyer
CONTEMPORARY WOMEN NOVELISTS A Collection of Critical Essays
Light shelfwear. ; 183pp.; Twentieth Century Views; 183 pages
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Brodersen, Kai
DAS RÖMISCHE BRITANNIEN Spuren Seiner Geschichte
Very light shelfwear else fine. ; 260pp, illustrated.; 260 pages
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Jay, Peter & Caroline Lewis (Eds. )
SAPPHO Through English Poetry
Faint creasing through pages. Creasing to wraps. ; 2nd printing. Traces Sappho's reception in English literature; Poetica 27; 144 pages
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McCloy, Andrew & Andrew Midgley
EXPLORING ROMAN BRITAIN
Very light shelfwear to book and DJ. DJ has small chip to base of spine. DJ in mylar. ; 160pp, nicely illustrated.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 160 pages
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Goulder, Laurance
WESTMINSTER (Pilgrimage Pamphlets, No. 2)
Ink date to titlepage. Some scattered foxing. ; A Roman Catholic look at Westminster Abbey, with the "Daily Prayer" to convert England printed on the rear inside cover. ; 101 pages
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Wacher, John S.
THE TOWNS OF ROMAN BRITAIN
Very light bump to 1 corner and lower edge of boards. Else book is fine. DJ has light edgewear now protected in mylar. ; illustrated. ; Large 8vo; 460 pages
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Dyer, James
SOUTHERN ENGLAND: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL GUIDE The Prehistoric and Roman Remains
First few pages bit creased with slight rubbing to spine. ; Xxxiii, 380pp, profusely illustrated. ; 380 pages
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Frere, Sheppard
BRITANNIA A History of Roman Britain
Very light shelfwear to book. DJ has minor edgewear with light creasing. ; Xvi, 423pp, 32pls. ; 423 pages
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Peddie, John
INVASION The Roman Invasion of Britain in the Year Ad 43 and the Events Leading to Their Occupation of the West Country
Book is fine. DJ is protected in plastic. ; 214pp, 70 illustrations.; 214 pages
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Kestner, Joseph A.
MYTHOLOGY AND MISOGYNY The Social Discourse of Nineteenth Century British Classical-Subject Painting
1 corner very lightly bumped. Else book is fine. DJ has a few tears and creasing. ; Xxi, 418pp, nicely illustrated. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 418 pages
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Holdsworth, Philip
EXCAVATIONS AT MELBOURNE STREET, SOUTHAMPTON, 1971-76
Spine sunned and discolored. Else fine. ; Southampton Archaeological Research Committee Report I; CBA Research Report 33; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 140 pages
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MacKie, Euan Wallace
SCOTLAND: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL GUIDE From Earliest Times to the 12th Century A. D.
Underlining in red ink to about 10 or so pages. Else very minor shelfwear. DJ spine sunned. DJ has light edgewear but now in mylar; 309pp, illustrated.; Archaeological Guides; 309 pages
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Thwaite, Anthony
BEYOND THE INHABITED WORLD Roman Britain
Book is fine. DJ has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 123pp, illustrated. Roman influence on Britain. ; A Clarion Book; 123 pages
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Webster, Graham
ROME AGAINST CARATACUS The Roman Campaigns in Britain, AD 48-58
Pages beginning to brown. 1 corner bumped. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; 181pp, illustrated. ; 181 pages
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Gordon, G. S. (Collected by)
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND THE CLASSICS
Light foxing. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Reprint of the 1912 ed. Contents: Tragedy, by Gilbert Murray; Platonism, by J. A. Stewart; Theophrastus, by G. S. Gordon; Greek romances, by J. S. Phillimore; Ciceronianism, by A. C. Clark; Vergil, by H. W. Garrod; Ovid, by S. G. Owen; Satura, by R. J. E. Tiddy; Senecan tragedy, by A. D. Godley. Collected by G. S. Gordon. ; 252 pages; "A collection of nine lectures delivered in Oxford ... In the winter of 1911-12." --Pref.
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Joos, Martin
THE ENGLISH VERB Form and Meanings
Crease to rear upper corner of wraps now cracking. Front hinge cracking. ; 262 pages
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Merry, W. W. (Ed. )
SELECTED FRAGMENTS OF ROMAN POETRY From the Earliest Times of the Republic to the Augustan Age. Edited with Introductions, Headings and Notes.
Former owner's name on ffep. Fraying to spine ends. Minor wear to corners. Pencilling to a few pages with ink marginalia to some pages (checkmarks) ; Convenient handbook containing a representative selection from the fragments which have been preserved of the epic, dramatic, and satiric poets of Rome. Latin Selection with English introductions and preface. ; 260 pages
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Kegel-Brinkgreve, E.
THE ECHOING WOODS Bucolic and Pastoral from Theocritus to Wordsworth
Book is fine. DJ spine a bit sunned with discoloration. DJ has 1 tiny chip. ; For the first time since more than ninety years a survey is offered of bucolic and pastoral, extending from the classical mainspring of the genre to the English 18th cen-tury. The emphasis is on the genre itself, the role of imitation in constituting and maintaining its identity, and on the Renaissance extension from bucolic to the wider and more diffuse phenomenon of pastoral. Therefore the seminal role of Theocritus, Virgil, Dante, Petrarch, Sannazaro, Tasso, and in England Spenser and Sidney is highlighted by means of an analysis of their works in this vein. The subject is of interest for classical scholars who want to become acquainted with the Renaissance revival and mutation of an ancient genre, and for students of English and comparative literature who want to study the important classical sources and the development of pastoral in English literature from 1578 up to the end of the eighteenth century. ; Proefschrift (Diss. ) ; 625 pages
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Sutton, Walter & Vivian (Eds. )
PLATO TO ALEXANDER POPE Backgrounds of Modern Criticism
Spine a bit sunned. Some rubbing to extremities. Faint creasing to a couple of corners. Light pencilling to a few pages. ; 243 pages
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Housman, A. E.
A. E. HOUSMAN: MORE POEMS
Very light shelfwear to book. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. DJ is a bit tattered with chipping, tears and browning and some loss to upper edge. ; 73 pages
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Press, John
ANDREW MARVELL
1 crease to spine. Some rubbing to wraps. ; Writers & Their Work; 41 pages
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Bosworth, A. B.
CONQUEST AND EMPIRE The Reign of Alexander the Great
Dustsoiling to top of textblock. Minor shelfwear. ; This book is an exploration of the process and consequences of the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedon (who reigned from 336 to 323 BC) , focusing on the effect of his monarchy upon the world of his day. A detailed running narrative of the actual campaigns from the Danube to the Indus is complemented and enlarged upon by thematic studies on the reaction in Greece to Macedonian suzerainty, the administration of the empire, the evolution of the Macedonian army and its role as the instrument of conquest, and on the origins of the ruler cult. ; Canto Series; 330 pages
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Davies, R. G. and J. H. Denton
THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Book has bumped corners and spine. ; Special edition for Sandpiper Reprint of 1981.; 8vo; 214 pages; The problems of the origins, development and character of the 'Mother of Parliaments' have always been subjects of controversy among medievalists. In this volume seven leading scholars review past debates and explore fresh lines of enquiry. They clarify the procedures and influences which created the distinctive features of the English representative assembly and deal with topics including the 'pre-history' of Parliament, its development in relation to royal demands and the needs of war, and the relationship between clerical and parliamentary assemblies. 1. The Prehistory of Parliament by J. C. HOLT 2. The Formation of Parliament, 1272-1377 by G. L. HARRIS 3. Parliament and the Constituencies, 1272-1377 by J. R. Maddicott 4. The Clergy and Parliament in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries by J. H. Denton 5. Parliament, c. 1377-1422 by A. L. Brown 6. Parliament, 1422-1509 by A. R. Myers 7. A Seventeenth-century Perspective by D. H. Pennington Bibliography of the Published Writings of John Smith Roskell, 1937-79
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Savage, Anne
THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLES The Authentic Voices of England, from the Time of Julius Caesar to the Coronation of Henry II
Has remainder mark (permanent marker line on bottom text block). Mild Shelfwear. ; Over 200 Illustrations in colour and black and white, with background notes, maps and commentary. Oversize. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 288 pages
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Moorman, Charles
EDITING THE MIDDLE ENGLISH MANUSCRIPT
Soiling to Dustjacket. ; 107 pages
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Pearsall, Derek & Teams (Consortium For The Teaching Of The Middle Ages)
FLOURE AND THE LEAFE, THE ASSEMBLY OF LADIES, THE ISLE OF LADIES
Tiny colour loss to cover. ; TEAMS Middle English Texts; 10.25 x 0.5 x 7.25 Inches; 146 pages
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Moorman, Charles
AN ARTHURIAN DICTIONARY
Dustjacket is price-clipped but protected by mylar sleeve. ; 117 pages
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