Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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These texts are English versions of romances well known in medieval and early Renaissance Europe, but outside the...  Read More >>

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This Handbook addresses Chaucer's poetry in the context of several disciplines, including late medieval philosophy...  Read More >>

"The beginning of Tiglath-Pileser's I reign, laid heavy involvement in military campaigns, as suggested from translated...  Read More >>

"Die mittelhochdeutsche Spruchsammlung, die ein gewisser Freidank (gestorben 1233?) wohl seit dem Ende des 12. Jahrhunderts...  Read More >>

Lexical lists, especially god lists, are typical products of Mesopotamian scholarship. They combine philological...  Read More >>

54 col illus, 2 b/w graphs & 11 b/w tbls.  Read More >>

A radical rewrite of the history of fourth-century Latin literature  Read More >>

Beowulf may be the most important work in Old English literature, but the poem takes place in Denmark and southern...  Read More >>

This book explores the work of Cervantes in relation to the ideas about the mind that circulated in early modern...  Read More >>

The Politics of Form in Greek Literature explores the relationship between form and political life specifically...  Read More >>

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This revisionist literary history of late-medieval and Renaissance poetry offers in-depth analyses of six major...  Read More >>

How did the Greeks and Romans perceive rape? How seriously was it taken, and who were seen as its main victims?...  Read More >>

Deanne Williams offers the very first study of the medieval and early modern girl actor. Whereas previous histories...  Read More >>

Bristling with interdisciplinary insights, this book will open up new dimensions for Dante scholars and attract...  Read More >>

Greek mythical heroines are still with us! Antigone, Medea, the Trojan cycle women, Alcestis…This volume presents...  Read More >>

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Did city literature in the Middle Ages present towns differently from historical sources? The medieval town is first...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Dante contains forty-four specially written chapters that provide a thorough and creative...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the linguistic perspective of classical Chinese poetry and its changes and development in different...  Read More >>

Did city literature in the Middle Ages present towns differently from historical sources? The medieval town is first...  Read More >>

This is the first extended study of the reception of Chaucer's medieval manuscripts in the early modern period....  Read More >>