Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

She, This in Blak takes a fresh look at Chaucer's great Trojan romance, Troilus and Criseyde, in light of recent...  Read More >>

Conflicting Femininities in Medieval German Literature illuminates anxieties about women's roles in society in light...  Read More >>

This study first examines the marginal repertoire in two well-known manuscripts, the Psalter of Guy de Dampierre...  Read More >>

Drawing on approaches from literary studies, history, linguistics and art history, and ranging from Late Antiquity...  Read More >>

Examining archival documents and literary texts, this book focuses on the practices of buying and selling in medieval...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of the early modern astronomer Johannes Kepler s Somnium, which has been regarded by science...  Read More >>

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Reading and understanding the classics is important for college preparation, as well as for personal enjoyment....  Read More >>

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Covers Greek and Latin literature of the Roman Empire between the 1st century BC and the 6th century AD as a whole....  Read More >>

The Gift in Antiquity presents a collection of 14 original essays that apply French sociologist Marcel Mauss's...  Read More >>

Gerard Nicolaas Heerkens was a cosmopolitan Dutch physician and Latin poet of the eighteenth century. A Catholic,...  Read More >>

This book explores the ramifications of understanding the similarities and differences between the tragedies of...  Read More >>

This book presents critical studies of modern reconfigurations of conceptions of the past, of the 'classical', and...  Read More >>

This book examines violence in its social setting, and especially as an essential element in the heroic system of...  Read More >>

Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship provides the first feminist analysis of the part of...  Read More >>

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Skin is a multifarious image in medieval culture: the material basis for forming a sense of self and relation to...  Read More >>

This study re-examines the appearances and absences of Morgan le Fay in early medieval through contemporary Arthurian...  Read More >>

This collection of essays uncovers a wide array of medieval writings on cosmopolitan ethics and politics, writings...  Read More >>

Until now, the image of the Amazons that prevailed in classical antiquity has been predominantly interpreted within...  Read More >>

This volume presents in alphabetical order revised articles on Old High German literature from the second edition...  Read More >>

This study examines the radical critique of wealth and moneymaking that permeates Plato s works from the early dialogues...  Read More >>

How can one narrate intangible aspects of a character, such as a person s inner life? Often the concreteness that...  Read More >>

The writings of Flavius Josephus provide much of what we know about the first century CE - which witnessed the birth...  Read More >>