Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

What are the true roots of our classical influences, and how do our interpretations of these aspects of the classics...  Read More >>

Explores a core medieval myth, the tale of an Arthurian knight called Wigalois, and the ways it connects the Yiddish-speaking...  Read More >>

A revealing look at how the Orpheus myth helped Renaissance writers and thinkers understand the force of eloquence...  Read More >>

Traces the ways in which changing ideas about criminal sanction were reflected in and engaged with in early modern...  Read More >>

Engages with the materiality of medieval manuscripts to illustrate the importance of the study of physical texts...  Read More >>

L'Egypte des pharaons n'est pas que pyramides monumentales, temples majestueux ou tombes inviolees. Elle nous a...  Read More >>

Frugales croustilles ou bamboches delirantes, les repas de l'Antiquite ont la saveur de la pensee joyeuse, celle...  Read More >>

L'Egypte des pharaons n'est pas que pyramides monumentales, temples majestueux ou tombes inviolees. Elle nous a...  Read More >>

The chapters of this volume shed new light on the complicated relationship between religious discourse and rhetoric...  Read More >>

This volume collects the most recent essays of Richard Hunter, one of the world's leading experts in the field of...  Read More >>

In late medieval and early modern times, books, as well as the people who produced and read (or listened to) them,...  Read More >>

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"Arthur Darby Nock (1902-1963) made lasting contributions to classical scholarship and the history of religion,...  Read More >>

William Ian Miller presents a close reading of one of the best known of the Icelandic sagas, showing its moral,...  Read More >>

The book provides the first comprehensive study of love and ethics in late medieval poems written by Geoffrey Chaucer,...  Read More >>

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Using new and cutting-edge perspectives, this book explores literary criticism and the reception of Aristotle's...  Read More >>

""An examination of sanctuary seeking in the literature of medieval England between the twelfth and the seventeenth...  Read More >>

From 2010 to 2014, the Classics Department at the University of Heidelberg set out to trace over two millennia of...  Read More >>

This book aims to contribute to the knowledge of the cultural and linguistic relations between Italy and the Crown...  Read More >>

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

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

Explores the ways in which a range of modern textual cultures have continued to engage creatively with the medieval...  Read More >>