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The Canterbury Tales
Penguin Books Ltd 2005; US$ 28.19At the Tabard Inn in Southwark, a jovial group of pilgrims assembles, including an unscrupulous Pardoner, a noble-minded Knight, a ribald Miller, the lusty Wife of Bath, and Chaucer himself. As they set out on their journey towards the shrine of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury, each character agrees to tell a tale. The twenty-four tales that follow are... more...
The Politics of Translation in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
University of Ottawa Press 2001; US$ 11.99 US$ 10.19The articles in this collection focus on politics in the widest sense and its influence and visibility in translations from the early Middle Ages to the late Renaissance - from Eusbius' translations of Virgil to Shakespeare's adaptation of the story of Titus Andronicus. No translation, this collection argues, is an innocent, transparent rendering... more...
CliffsNotes on Malory's Le Morte d’Arthur
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1967; Not AvailableWritten in the 15th century, this version of the legend of King Arthur is perhaps the most famous. Filled with stories of adventure and chivalry among the knights of the Round Table in Camelot, love, and magic, it sets the imagination in motion. more...
Tristan and Isolde
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 45.95A substantial introduction traces the Tristan and Isolde legend from the twelfth century to the present, emphasizing literary versions, but also surveying the legend's sources and its appearance in the visual arts, music and film. The nineteen essays are a mix of new, new English, revised, and 'classic'. It contains an extensive bibliography. more...
William Langland's Piers Plowman
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 47.95First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. more...
Chaucer and the Jews
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 54.95This edited collection explores the importance of the Jews in the English Christian imagination of the 14th and 15th centuries - long after their expulsion from Britain in 1290. more...
Women Writing Latin
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 54.95This book is part of a 3-volume anthology of women's writing in Latin from antiquity to the early modern era. Each volume provides texts, contexts, and translations of a wide variety of works produced by women, including dramatic, poetic, and devotional writing. Volume Two covers women's writing in Latin in the Middle Ages. more...
Women Writing Latin
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 54.95This book is part of a 3-volume anthology of women's writing in Latin from antiquity to the early modern era. Each volume provides texts, contexts, and translations of a wide variety of works produced by women, including dramatic, poetic, and devotional writing. Volume Three covers women's writing in Latin during the early modern period (1400-1700). more...
The Mark of the Beast
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 66.95The medieval bestiary was a contribution to didactic religious literature, addressing concerns central to all walks of Christian and secular life. These essays analyze the bestiary from both literary and art historical perspectives, exploring issues including kinship, romance, sex, death, and the afterlife. more...
Medieval Christian Perceptions of Islam
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 77.95For medieval Christians, Islam presented a series of disquieting challenges, and individual Christians portrayed Muslim culture in varied ways, according to their interests and prejudices. These fifteen original essays focus on unfamiliar texts that reflect the wide range of medieval Christianity's preoccupation with Islam, treating works from many... more...
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