Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

Beowulf's battles with Grendel and other foes embody courage, honor, and mortality in one of the oldest English...  Read More >>

An authoritative history of the earliest history of familiar folk tales and fairy tales from 3000BCE to the seventh...  Read More >>

Top medieval scholars explore tales told, translated, adapted and circulated from England to France and India to...  Read More >>

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Chicago's renowned translations of the greatest surviving plays of ancient Greece, collected into a single volume....  Read More >>

What if a single ancient text could ignite a nation's darkest ambitions? In Germania By Tacitus: The Reich's Sacred...  Read More >>

Modern parallels to Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil disobedience can be found in black theater, where the black body...  Read More >>

This book explores Middle-Eastern adaptations of Greek tragedy in Europe and the Middle East from the turn of the...  Read More >>

The essays collected in this volume examine manifestations of our sublime cosmos in ancient literature and its reception....  Read More >>

Offering new and original approaches to the Roman civil wars of 49-30 BCE, the eleven papers presented here for...  Read More >>

This new translation of Pindar’s songs for victorious athletes marries philological rigour with poetic sensibility...  Read More >>

This book provides an overview of the literary genre of Middle English lyrics, anonymous short poems that were composed...  Read More >>

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In the shadow of medieval cathedrals, a revolutionary intellectual movement was taking shape that would transform...  Read More >>

In this timely contribution to debates over the relationship of politics to storytelling, Lee Manion uncovers the...  Read More >>

Old Norse Mythology is an accessible and multidisciplinary introduction to the field. It surveys the 13 most consequential...  Read More >>

An updated stand-alone edition of Sophocles's Oedipus the King taken from Chicago's renowned translations of the...  Read More >>

This book is born out of a desire to seek truth and clarity and to address with scholarly rigor and heartfelt reflection...  Read More >>

With a keen eye on the myths of Oedipus and the Fall, Rudyntsky offers original readings of canonical works in the...  Read More >>

This edition presents the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer to a new generation of students and scholars. It provides...  Read More >>

In Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, Jessica Brantley offers an innovative introduction to manuscript...  Read More >>

The magical world of Welsh mythology deserves to be better known outside its homeland, with its cast of heroes and...  Read More >>

This volume explores the significance of schadenfreude in Greek literature and culture from the archaic period to...  Read More >>