Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

Theorising Rome asks the questions: what did ‘Rome’—the physical location, the political entity, the literary construct—mean...  Read More >>

This collection brings together a wide range of essays on themes related to sexuality and gender, written by William...  Read More >>

Die Rede von der Präexistenz Christi wurde lange als problematisches Mythologumenon wahrgenommen und in der Bibelwissenschaft...  Read More >>

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The first volume of its kind to be devoted to the works of Philostratus, the great essayist, biographer and historian...  Read More >>

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""In this comprehensive new study, leading historian Kenneth Morgan provides an authoritative account of European...  Read More >>

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Angelic beings have occupied an important place in many traditions within Judaism and Christianity from Second Temple...  Read More >>

As the title suggests, the essays on Dante collected in this volume interpret his Commedia as the attempt of a renewal...  Read More >>

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Phänomene religiöser Pluralisierung lassen sich in Texten des Mittelalters nicht nur in dramatischen Überschreitungen...  Read More >>

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Magicians, necromancers and astrologers are assiduous characters in the European golden age theatre. This book deals...  Read More >>

A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A new, feminist translation of Beowulf...  Read More >>

Dichter und Sammler, Schüler und Gelehrte – eine Textgeschichte der Dichtung im Frühmittelalter  Read More >>

Antiphanes is one of the most important writers of the Middle Attic comedy. His plays deal with matters connected...  Read More >>

Seit Hesiod und im Lauf der Geschichte der griechischen Literatur stellten idyllische Orte den Hintergrund fur poetische...  Read More >>

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Kaiser Friedrich II. von Hohenstaufen war nicht nur der dominierende Herrscher im Europa des 13. Jahrhunderts, sondern...  Read More >>

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