Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

The story behind what makes Beowulf such a remarkable work of art, and why it is of such cultural significance....  Read More >>

Medieval Icelandic Bodies in ""Tristram ok Ísodd"" examines the depiction of the bodies of the two main characters...  Read More >>

The first modern editions and annotated English translations of two Latin texts important in literary history.  Read More >>

This is the first new edition of Cicero's Tusculan Disputations in over forty years. Robert A. Kaster draws on an...  Read More >>

A groundbreaking comparative study of the weird apocryphal hells found in the vernaculars of medieval Ireland, England,...  Read More >>

This Element explores Tertullian, the first author to write Christian theology in Latin. It focuses on the primary...  Read More >>

This Element explores Tertullian, the first author to write Christian theology in Latin. It focuses on the primary...  Read More >>

By Heart or From the Scroll studies six grammatika vases depicting scenes from the Odyssey, offering new insights...  Read More >>

Homoerotic Poets of the Italian Trecento explores same-sex desire in the work of three skilled medieval Italian...  Read More >>

Beowulf: An Epic Enigma (Book I) presents a bold new translation and commentary that reveals the poem as a riddling...  Read More >>

This is a new edition of an important collection of Middle English sermons, the 'Trinity Homilies', copied towards...  Read More >>

This Handbook deals with textual criticism of Greek and Latin literature and of ancient documents (inscriptions,...  Read More >>

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A lively guide for educators reinterpreting an ancient epic through modern lenses. It examines memorable figures...  Read More >>

This volume explores Plutarch's On the Malice of Herodotus within the traditions of Greek literary and rhetorical...  Read More >>

Vous devez lire Candide pour le lycée ou par curiosité... mais vous manquez de temps, ou le style vous freine ?...  Read More >>

Trees abound in Shakespeare's plays, and in Tree-Becoming Shannon Kelley explores how he uses his characters' identification...  Read More >>

An examination of vernacular authors' expression of religious experience and theology through metaphors of food...  Read More >>

The Mabinogion Setis a book about the most famous of medieval Welsh stories: the Four Branches of the Mabinogi....  Read More >>

Introducing the Medieval Bear examines how medieval people represented bears across virtually every written source...  Read More >>

Trees abound in Shakespeare's plays, and in Tree-Becoming Shannon Kelley explores how he uses his characters' identification...  Read More >>

Women and Resistance in the Annals of Tacitus explores how Tacitus often represents a Roman woman's relationship...  Read More >>

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Examine stylistic features in New Testament texts and contemporary literature  Read More >>

Uncover medieval women’s use of text – reading, writing, and shaping literary culture  Read More >>