Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

Babrios (2nd century AD), author of fables in hinkjambs, has so far been completely neglected by scholars of antiquity...  Read More >>

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Most of the Old Norse texts that preserve the myths of Ragnarok originated in Iceland. As the first full-length...  Read More >>

The only scholarly monograph to focus on Ovid's 'Iphis and Ianthe'.  Read More >>

This book contains a translation of the Chronicle of the Logothete (10th c. AD), one of the most widely read Byzantine...  Read More >>

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“Song Lyric,” ci, is one of the most loved forms of Chinese poetry, radically distinct from “Classical Poetry,”...  Read More >>

Angelo Poliziano (1454–1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in the Florence...  Read More >>

Engages postmodern and materialist feminist thought in readings of three significant poets writing in the early...  Read More >>

Most of the Old Norse texts that preserve the myths of Ragnarok originated in Iceland. As the first full-length...  Read More >>

This book explores how eleventh- and twelfth-century Anglo-Norman ecclesiastical authors attributed anger to kings...  Read More >>

This study will be of interest to scholars and students of comparative Arabic-Persian literature, and the ghazal...  Read More >>

Abgerundet wird das Werk durch den aktuellen und umfangreichen Anhang, unter anderen mit Zeittafel, Angaben zu Maßen,...  Read More >>

Dieser Band enthält grundsätzliche Überlegungen und textbezogene Fallstudien zu poetologischen Potenzialen von Widersprüchen...  Read More >>

Elektra, Tochter von Klytaimnestra und Agamemnon, vergeht in Trauer um ihren Vater, welcher von ihrer Mutter und...  Read More >>

Shows how English responses to the Black Death were hidden in plain sight--as seen in the Pearl, Cleanness, Patience,...  Read More >>

A study of religious and historical myths, analyzing several interrelated mythical themes (storm god, young hero,...  Read More >>

Dealing with western literature, this poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary,...  Read More >>

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Dualistische Weltdeutungen und dämonische oder diabolische Figuren begegnen in frühjüdischen und urchristlichen...  Read More >>

The Writer's Gift or the Patron's Pleasure? argues that the French King Charles V's unprecedented enthusiasm for...  Read More >>

Callimachus was one of the most important Greek poets, and can also be one of the most rewarding to read. He was...  Read More >>

This book shows that Homer was not only a great poet but also a great thinker. Peter J. Ahrensdorf shows that Homer...  Read More >>

Vergil ist der Vater der religiosen (Dante, Milton) wie auch der patriotischen Epik (Camoes). Milton uberbietet...  Read More >>

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