Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

This ambitious and wide-ranging study of the European Middle Ages stresses the long-term factors of continuity,...  Read More >>

Sabina Flanagan provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the life and works of the visionary, mystic,...  Read More >>

Vittorio Montemaggi offers a detailed theological reading of Dante's Commedia, examining the theme of human interaction,...  Read More >>

Founded in 1284, Peterhouse is the University of Cambridge's oldest college. Its stated objective was to forward...  Read More >>

Lacan’s Return to Antiquity is the first book devoted to the role of classical antiquity in Lacan’s work. It brings...  Read More >>

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Edition and translation from Guillaume de Machaut's Debate Series, Le Jugement dou Roy de Behaigne, Le Jugement...  Read More >>

Lacan’s Return to Antiquity is the first book devoted to the role of classical antiquity in Lacan’s work. It brings...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

Les faits et gestes du heros de Virgile, ancetre mythique d'Auguste, peinent a occuper le devant de la scene, comme...  Read More >>

Examines the Mesopotamian influence on Greek mythology in literary works of the epic period, concentrating in particular...  Read More >>

Sergius of Reshaina’s Syriac exposition of Aristotle’s Categories, with its discussion on substance, quantity, quality,...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

"About seventy years ago, S. J. Crawford, talking about the monsters of the sea and land populating the Apocalypse,...  Read More >>

This book explores the representation of the gods in Greek hexameter poetry in its many forms, including epic, hymnic...  Read More >>

Bi- and multilingualism are of great interest for contemporary linguists since this phenomenon deeply reflects on...  Read More >>

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde in der deutschen Ägyptologie das Bild von der wertfreien Wissenschaft etabliert,...  Read More >>

The most original and ground-breaking work on Beowulf in several decades, this book uses “lexomic” methods that...  Read More >>

For all the interest in emotions in antiquity, there has been little study of positive emotions. This collection...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

A lively and accessible account of the lives and works of the great Greek poets.  Read More >>

Weaving together the biographies of two poets separated by nearly a thousand years, Robert Richardson brings to...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

"The cultural category of monster is the key to understanding the ""Mirabilia"" by Phlegon of Tralles. Applied to...  Read More >>