Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

This book offers a concise introduction to Xenophon, the Athenian historian, political thinker, moral philosopher...  Read More >>

Matthew Wright brings Menander’s Samia to life by explaining how it achieves its comic effects and how it fits within...  Read More >>

Erôs, Song and Philosophy in Plato suggests alternative paths of understanding the true Philosophical Muse in Plato's...  Read More >>

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A comedy about tragedy and a play about playmaking, Aristophanes’ Frogs (405 BCE) is perhaps the most popular of...  Read More >>

This book offers a concise introduction to Xenophon, the Athenian historian, political thinker, moral philosopher...  Read More >>

Matthew Wright brings Menander’s Samia to life by explaining how it achieves its comic effects and how it fits within...  Read More >>

Die Materialitatsforschung der letzten Jahrzehnte hat den Blick auf die Bedeutung von Handschriften und Fruhdrucken...  Read More >>

This book offers an analysis of the paraphrastic techniques which Nonnus employs for rendering St. John’s Gospel...  Read More >>

This compilation of eleven essays offers exciting new perspectives on one of the greatest works of Italian literature....  Read More >>

In the 12th and 13th centuries, contemporary courtly literature exalted court culture while also subjecting it to...  Read More >>

Greek 'literary' epigrams constitute one of the most versatile and dynamic poetic forms in the Hellenistic period....  Read More >>

From the great commentary on the first historical books of the Old Testament (CPG 7430) by Procopius of Gaza (465/470-526/530),...  Read More >>

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Taking the corpus of Greek tragedies as base, the author develops a new philosophical theory of tragic experience...  Read More >>

The treaty 8 recounts the arrival and stay of pilgrims in Egypt during the month of October 1483. The author recounts,...  Read More >>

Im Zentrum des Sammelbandes steht das literarische und kulturelle Leben Basels vom 13. bis zum 16. Jahrhundert....  Read More >>

The treaty 8 recounts the arrival and stay of pilgrims in Egypt during the month of October 1483. The author recounts,...  Read More >>

The final book from the late Alasdair Gray - the conclusion to his remarkable interpretation of Dante's Divine Comedy....  Read More >>

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Published in 1990: This book tells the life story of Dante, the poet and his work.  Read More >>

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Plato and Aristotle used moral philosophy to influence the way people actually live. Focusing on the Republic and...  Read More >>