Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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This book examines the particular socio-cultural and historical conditions that led to the production and reception...  Read More >>

Andrea Catanzaro’s new theoretical interpretation offers an incentive to study Hobbes' lesser known works against...  Read More >>

The most remarkable feature of popular adaptations of the poem is that its monsters, frequently victims of organized...  Read More >>

This ground-breaking volume assesses the contemporary epidemic of intimate partner violence and explores how and...  Read More >>

The first cultural history of early modern cryptography, this book joins scholars who study ciphering and deciphering...  Read More >>

An introduction to the classical world for you and your canine  Read More >>

The volume concludes with three indexes, one with all biblical citations, one of all Malachy's other citations,...  Read More >>

Mit Cicero gilt dieser erste Band der Reihe 'Philosophia Romana' einem der bedeutendsten und produktivsten philosophischen...  Read More >>

First published in 1906, this book is a picaresque and sentimental novel by the Irish writer Henry Brooke. It follows...  Read More >>

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The emperor Nero is etched into the Western imagination as one of ancient Rome's most infamous villains, and Tacitus'...  Read More >>

Trebia. Trasimene. Cannae. With three stunning victories, Hannibal humbled Rome and nearly shattered its empire....  Read More >>

These original and distinctive verse translations convey the vitality of Sophocles' poetry and the vigour of the...  Read More >>

The emperor Nero is etched into the Western imagination as one of ancient Rome's most infamous villains, and Tacitus'...  Read More >>

Trebia. Trasimene. Cannae. With three stunning victories, Hannibal humbled Rome and nearly shattered its empire....  Read More >>

Ovid's gruesome tale of rape, mutilation, and revenge, transformed into Philomena and retold in French octosyllables,...  Read More >>

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Eugene O'Neill,...  Read More >>

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for John Knowles, A Separate Peace,...  Read More >>

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for the New Testament, including...  Read More >>

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Henrik Ibsen,...  Read More >>

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Serendipitously, at around the same time as Boccaccio published his famous Decameron (1350), the Swiss-German Dominican...  Read More >>

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