Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

In recent decades the concept of Mediterranean has been cited with increasing frequency in relation to the study...  Read More >>

Michael Psellos, Berater und Gelehrter am byzantinischen Kaiserhof, schildert die Geschichte Byzanz' vorrangig im...  Read More >>

Long takes advantage of the fifteenth century's intense interest in the Virgin Mary, the best-documented mother...  Read More >>

This lively and wide-ranging study explores the reception of Aristophanes in the long-nineteenth century. It examines...  Read More >>

The destruction of the Temple and the humiliation of the exile not only shook the foundations of Israel's pride...  Read More >>

The book makes available two vivid and lyrical expressions of medieval faith, one a rare example of female authorship,...  Read More >>

"From the hagiographic mystery plays of the rhetoriqueurs to Marguerite de Navarre's comedies, the status of the...  Read More >>

Blut ist ein Faszinosum. In vielen Kulturen symbolisiert es Leben und Tod zugleich. Auch die mittelalterliche Literatur...  Read More >>

Built in the 6th century at the order of Emperor Justinian, the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai desert...  Read More >>

"From the hagiographic mystery plays of the rhetoriqueurs to Marguerite de Navarre's comedies, the status of the...  Read More >>

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This volume brings together related examples of medieval didactic dialogues. Texts of this kind were designed both...  Read More >>

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Pearl is celebrated as a jewel among medieval poems, although it is the most challenging of the four works by the...  Read More >>

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To whom does the Christian community pray? What do we do when we bless? Peter von der Osten-Sacken discusses these...  Read More >>

Thirteen essays explore how the study of tokens has advanced in recent decades, and what the potential is to advance...  Read More >>

Translated anthology of vernacular Korean classical poetry from antiquity to the mid-Choseon Dynasty (ca. 1600),...  Read More >>

A collection featuring essays from leading scholars highlighting the important Jewish contribution to the popular...  Read More >>

This book explores the ways contemporary authors respond to and transform key aspects of Old Norse history and viking...  Read More >>

In the eleventh century, as Muslim sovereignty in the Western Mediterranean was eroded by both internal divisions...  Read More >>

A disturbing portrait of the fascist youth movements warping Russian society and politics.  Read More >>