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Comics and Visual Culture
De Gruyter 1986; US$ 126.00Comics and Visual Culture: Research Studies from Ten Countries. more...
The Making of Romantic Love
University of Chicago Press 2012; US$ 30.00In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. Seeking a refuge from the very serious condemnations of the Church and relying on a courtly culture that was already preoccupied with honor and secrecy, European poets, romance... more...
The Medieval Romance of Alexander
Boydell & Brewer 2012; US$ 90.00First translation of an example of the many medieval romances about Alexander, as popular in their day as those about Arthur. Jean Wauquelin's work tells the whole story of Alexander's career, from his miraculous birth to his murder at the height of his powers. more...
From Krakow to Krypton
JPS 2010; US$ 15.00Jews created the first comic book, the first graphic novel, the first comic book convention, the first comic book specialty store, and they helped create the underground comics (or ?Comix?) movement of the late ?60s and early ?70s. Many of the creators of the most famous comic books, such as Superman , Spiderman , X-Men , and Batman , as well as... more...
Arthurian Studies in Honour of P.J.C. Field
Boydell & Brewer 2004; US$ 99.00Studies range over the whole field of Arthurian literature, in Europe and North America, with special focus on Malory and Morte Darthur. more...
Medieval Tradition of Thebes
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 123.00The first comprehensive study of the classical legend of Thebes in the Middle Ages. more...
Visual Power and Fame in René d'Anjou, Geoffrey Chaucer, and the Black Prince
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00Reading semiotically against the backdrop of Arthurian narratives, this study examines how these canonical medieval texts explore fame's visual power. more...
The Medieval Poet as Voyeur
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 42.00In his new book, leading medievalist A. C. Spearing provides the only study of the many scenes of secret watching and listening in medieval love-stories, and of the way that the central importance of these scenes encourages both the poets and their readers to imagine themselves as voyeurs in relation to what they read. more...
A Spur Called Courage
Bene Factum Publishing 2011; US$ 19.99A vivid recount of the little known exploits of 17 courageous Special Operations Executive (SOE) officers in Italy during World War II In this inspiring new study of the SOE and Italian Resistance, 17 extraordinary stories of individual SOE officers illustrate the many and varied tasks of SOE missions throughout the different regions of Italy... more...
Festrituale in der römischen Kaiserzeit
Mohr Siebeck 2008; US$ 69.02Hauptbeschreibung Gegenstand dieses Bandes sind die Feste der antiken Gesellschaften. Die Beiträge blicken auf das Fest als Ort von religiösem Austausch auch über die Grenzen einer politischen oder religiösen Gemeinschaft hinweg. Die Diffusion von Festen und Festpraktiken gerät in den Blick. Große öffentliche Feste waren der Ort, an der religiöse... more...









