Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

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This book provides an in-depth analysis of Statius' Achilleid, an epic poem written in the 1st century A.D. It explores...  Read More >>

The opponents of Epicureanism in antiquity, including Cicero, Plutarch and Lactantius, succeeded in establishing...  Read More >>

Der Redner und Satiriker Lukian von Samosata (etwa 120 - nach 180 n. Chr.) hat ein vielseitiges Werk hinterlassen...  Read More >>

Personifikationen sind in der mittelhochdeutschen Literatur ein überaus beliebtes und divers eingesetztes Stilmittel....  Read More >>

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CSEL 109 is the first critical edition of the five books of Vigilius of Thapsus' Contra Eutychetem based on all...  Read More >>

Anna Angelini and Peter Altmann address pivotal issues on the biblical dietary prohibitions and their significance...  Read More >>

Presents literary criticism on the works of writers of the period 1400-1800. Critical essays are selected from leading...  Read More >>

"""He is best known by his criticism. I have learned much from it."" -C. S. Lewis Charles Williams (1886-1945),...  Read More >>

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The reception of Boccaccio’s works began early on, throughout Europe. This is reflected impressively in the splendidly...  Read More >>

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"This is the first book-length study of the rhetoric of Cicero's ""On the Agrarian Law"" I and II. Through a close...  Read More >>

Volume VI contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during...  Read More >>

This book explores the rich and varied mystical writings by and about medieval and early modern women across Western...  Read More >>

Volume VI contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during...  Read More >>

The Sportsman: On Hunting, a Sportsman's Manual, Commonly Called Cynegeticus, a classical book, was published more...  Read More >>

Monstrous Fantasies asks why medieval romances reimagining the crusades ending in a Christian victory circulated...  Read More >>

""This book focuses on interpolation in medieval manuscript histories of Britain, particularly the thirteenth-century...  Read More >>

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Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, gegründet 1849, ist die weltweit älteste, traditionsreichste und umfangreichste Editionsreihe...  Read More >>

Nicola Mesarite è protagonista di un momento di rottura per Bisanzio: il crollo dell'impero nelle mani dell'esercito...  Read More >>

Between the two World Wars, many European countries propagated nationalist and racist narratives based on idealized...  Read More >>