Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

Homer in Wittenberg discusses Homer's foundational significance for educational and theological reform during the...  Read More >>

This volume provides an introduction to Lucretius’ De rerum natura, the oldest completely preserved Latin didactic...  Read More >>

Outstanding film and television directors drew inspiration from antiquity when creating the Wild West, and the Graeco-Roman...  Read More >>

This scholarly work focuses on encounters with light, telling the story of ""seduction"" from the Middle Ages through...  Read More >>

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Medieval manuscripts are our shared inheritance, and today they are more accessible than ever-thanks to digital...  Read More >>

Explores the myriad ways in which alchemy was conceptualised by adepts and sceptics alike, from those with recourse...  Read More >>

One of the hallmarks of the Arabic literature of the Mamluk era is the very frequent use of semantic ambiguity,...  Read More >>

Constance of France: Womanhood and Agency in Twelfth-Century Europe is a biography of Constance of France, sister...  Read More >>

Classical and Medieval Literature CriticismM assembles and contextualizes critical responses to the works of writers...  Read More >>

Provides a book-by-book commentary on the The Iliad’s 24 parts. Endnotes clarify and elaborate on myths that Homer...  Read More >>

Working from the example of the mythic prophet Cassandra, this book uses insights from translation theory to uncover...  Read More >>

This book is for students and scholars of medieval literature and for readers interested in the public intellectuals...  Read More >>

Introduces readers interested in insular spirituality and hagiography to the major texts associated with the cult...  Read More >>

Provides a book-by-book commentary on the The Iliad’s 24 parts. Endnotes clarify and elaborate on myths that Homer...  Read More >>

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Terence's first play is noteworthy for its muting of female voices, take on slavery and freedom, and experimentation...  Read More >>

Der Thesaurus linguae Latinae ist nicht nur das größte lateinische Wörterbuch der Welt, sondern zugleich das erste,...  Read More >>

Das Handbuch dokumentiert den Stand der Idyllenforschung und zeigt neue Wege auf, um die ‚Idylle‘ und das ‚Idyllische‘...  Read More >>

Theophrastus of Eresos (c. 371 - c. 287 BC), a student and successor of Aristotle, stood out as a philosopher and...  Read More >>

The result is a lively tour of the Roman year—sometimes thoughtful, sometimes tragic, sometimes triumphant or even...  Read More >>

Boccaccio's Florence draws on extensive archival research to reveal Boccaccio as a political figure and to show...  Read More >>

The literary genre collectively known as “mirrors for princes” offers key insights into political thoughts of the...  Read More >>

This study develops the theory that the practice of retelling reflected in the poetologies of German-language chivalric...  Read More >>

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