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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2009; US$ 14.32Hauptbeschreibung Ein Querschnitt aller wichtigen Aufsatzarten der Sekundarstufe I mit allen Informationen, die man zum Schreiben braucht - anschaulich und gut nachvollziehbar. Aufsätze schreiben - eine Einladung, eine Mahnung oder z.B. einen Bericht. Was ist da wichtig? Worauf müssen Schülerinnen und Schüler beim Schreiben achten? Wie hat der Aufsatz... more...
Performing Medieval Narrative
Boydell & Brewer 2005; US$ 90.00Broad and wide-ranging survey of and investigation into the important question of whether medieval narrative was designed for performance. more...
Critical Approaches to Comics
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95Critical Approaches to Comics offers students a deeper understanding of the artistic and cultural significance of comic books and graphic novels by introducing key theories and critical methods for analyzing comics. Each chapter explains and then demonstrates a critical method or approach, which students can then apply to interrogate and critique... more...
Beowuld and Four Related Old English Poems
The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 139.95These modern verse translations manage to retain the verse rhythm of the originals. This volume includes explanatory notes and new interpretations of the original text. more...
Songbook
University of Chicago Press 2012; US$ 30.00Today we usually think of a book of poems as composed by a poet, rather than assembled or adapted by a network of poets and readers. But the earliest European vernacular poetries challenge these assumptions. Medieval songbooks remind us how lyric poetry was once communally produced and received—a collaboration of artists, performers, live... more...
Fallen Superheroes
Medallion Press 2012; US$ 9.99Using superheroes as the allegory, this colorful photo narrative explores the not-so-glamorous and sometimes dark realities of those who strive to live their dreams against all odds. The creators of Mime Very Own Book have reunited to pair trademark imagery with witty snippets to create a hilarious visual smorgasbord of real people and their quest... more...
Reading the World
University of Chicago Press 2012; US$ 40.00The thirteenth century saw such a proliferation of new encyclopedic texts that more than one scholar has called it the “century of the encyclopedias.” Variously referred to as a speculum , thesaurus , or imago mundi —the term encyclopedia was not commonly applied to such books until the eighteenth century—these texts were... more...
The Grail, the Quest, and the World of Arthur
Boydell & Brewer 2008; US$ 99.00The theme of the quest in Arthurian literature - mainly but not exclusively the Grail quest - is explored in the essays presented here, covering French, Dutch, Norse, German, and English texts. A number of the essays trace the relationship, often negative, between Arthurian chivalry and the Grail ethos. Whereas most of the contributors reflect on the... more...
Chicharito - The Biography of Javier Hernandez
John Blake Publishing 2012; US$ 14.57Javier Hernandez ? better known to legions of Manchester United fans as Chicharito ? is one of the most exciting young talents in football today.Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Hernandez joined his local club C D Guadalajara at the age of nine and signed his first contract at 15. Making his full debut in 2006, he impressed in the Mexican league so much... more...
Writing Medieval Women's Lives
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 85.00This book is a collection of thirteen essays representing the growing variety of approaches being used to write the history of medieval women. In the aggregate, the essays reflect the "European" medieval "world" socially, (peasants, urban women, religious women, aristocrats and queens), geographically (including medieval Rus) and across religious... more...









