This study argues that the vernacular fable constituted a productive site for negotiating scholastic poetics in late medieval England. On the basis of a close reading of Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale and Manciple's Tale, the book analyses how the concept of textual authority came to be both challenged and vindicated in the face of the growing importance of an empowered vernacular readership. Thus, the fables of John Lydgate and the presentation of Chaucer's texts in some of the earliest printed...
Compact and easy to use, this handy guide includes travel and language tips plus a two-way mini-dictionary, so you'll never be stuck for the right word. It is arranged by topic in clear, colour-coded sections, and offers phrases for every eventuality. Its simple-to-read format allows you to build your own sentences and develop your language skills. Also featuring a comprehensive menu-reader and pronunciation guide, it is the ideal companion to any trip. 224-page book. Also available in t...
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri (Graeco-Roman Memoirs, #77)
by M.W. Haslam, H. El-Maghrabi, and J D Thomas
Papyri nos 3876-3914. (Egypt Exploration Society, Greco-Roman Memoirs 77)
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri (Graeco-Roman Memorial, #69)
Papyri nos 3431-3521. (Egypt Exploration Society, Graeco-Roman Memoirs 69, 1982)
Rough Guide Phrasebook: Greek (Rough Guide Phrasebooks)
by Rough Guides
The Rough Guide Greek Phrasebook is the definitive phrasebook to help you make the most of your time in Greece. Whether you want to book a hotel room, ask what time the train leaves or buy a drink from the bar, this new phrasebook has a dictionary of over 5,000 words and will help you communicate with the locals in no time. The free audio downloads, recorded by native Greek speakers, can be downloaded to your computer or MP3 player. They allow you to listen to the correct pronunciation of essent...
Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek Theater Today, #2) (Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama)
by Sophocles
Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, including suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging and encourage students to explore the play's dramatic qualities. Oedipus Tyrannus is suitable for students of both Classical Civilisation and Drama. Useful features include fu...
Produced in 458 BC, Aeschylus' Choephori is the second play in the Oresteian trilogy. The bloodshed begun in the first play with the murder of Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra is here continued when Agamemnon's son Orestes avenges his father's death by killing Clytemnestra. It is not until the third and final play, Eumenides, that peace is restored to the family of the Atreidae. This edition takes into account the large amount of recent research on the play and tackles the problems presented b...
91404 Conversa Greek in 7 Days, Pkg
by Series Conversational, Hara G Middle, and Howard Middle
Employing an inductive approach to learning Greek, this popular book emphasizes reading substantial passages from original literature rather than memorizing rules and forms. Grammar and syntax are introduced as the reading progresses. Beginning Greek features: * Explanatory notes accompanying each passage * An appendix containing literal translations of the readings * Presentation of grammar in large units rather than in fragments, giving students a unitary view * A progression of passages, fr...
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys - Nathaniel Hawthorne
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Greek New Testament Analyzed/Le Nouveau Testament Grec Analyse/Analisis
by Pierre Guillemette
Greek Vocabulary for English Speakers - English-Greek - 3000 Words
by Andrey Taranov
This is a learner's Greek vocabulary, which can help you gain a good basic knowledge of the Greek language. Its 3000 words will help you understand and compose simple phrases and will be useful during a trip abroad. Simple transcriptions will help you memorize reading rules. Having learned 70% of the words contained in the vocabulary, you will be able to say, "I speak a little Greek!" Helps you learn and memorize Greek words. Contains over 3000 commonly used words. The vocabulary has 101 topics...
Elementary Greek Exercises (Greek Language)
by A. E. Hillard, C.G. Botting, and M. A. North
Designed as an introduction to North and Hillard's Greek Prose Composition, this textbook presents simple vocabulary and elementary forms of sentence construction. It presents both English-Greek and Greek-English exercises for the beginner with simplest vocabulary and the most elementary forms of sentence construction. References at the head of each section correspond to the sections in Abbot and Mansfield's Primer of Greek Grammar, so that the books can be used together.
This brand new, all-audio course provides a quick start to learning basic, everyday words in a foreign language. It uses 250 of the most commonly used words and phrases to provide students and travellers with all the core words they will need. Each word and phrase is repeated so the listener can commit it to memory and the 16-page booklet includes all the words presented on the CD to help associate the written word with the audio. You'll be able to start speaking the language within just one hou...
This lightweight, portable pack is made up of a phrase book and a CD. The book has over 8000 everyday phrases that you will need to speak confidently, as well as colour photographs to explain the currency and motoring signs, etc. of the country. The CD features more than 3000 key travel survival words and phrases.