Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

Offers the first systematic study of Roman vehicles in Latin literary texts. Examining key modes of transport including...  Read More >>

This book examines the premodern encounter between the three monotheistic religions through the unique prism of...  Read More >>

This reissue of Golden's highly regarded translation of Aristotle's ""Poetics"", with commentary by O.B. Harrison,...  Read More >>

Poetics, or 'On the Art of Poetry', is a treatise on literary theory by Greek Philosopher Aristotle. In this text...  Read More >>

A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the much-buzzed-about novel The Mere Wife --  Read More >>

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Building on The Carolingian Revolution: Unconventional Approaches to Medieval Latin Literature I, this is the second...  Read More >>

Exploring the medieval reception of Ovid in Latin, Catalan, French and Italian literatures, the contributions to...  Read More >>

Book sixteen of the Man’yōshū (‘Anthology of Myriad Leaves’) continues Alexander Vovin’s new English translation...  Read More >>

This book translates and comments on a selection of Old English poems that modern scholars identify as “wisdom”...  Read More >>

Exploring the medieval reception of Ovid in Latin, Catalan, French and Italian literatures, the contributions to...  Read More >>

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This collection of essays explores the intersection of art and violence in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance....  Read More >>

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This book presents a fresh perspective on the works of canonical figures of Sanskrit literature. In the process,...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1994, The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart is a meticulous reading of the important but...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1991 Piers Plowman: An Approach to the C-Text argues that the C-text poem is inspired by...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1989, Alliterative Poetry of the Later Middle Ages is an anthology of texts looking at the...  Read More >>

Originally published by 1984 Justice and Mercy in Piers Plowman provides a clear and informative introduction to...  Read More >>

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