Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

The tales of Matiere de France are ""normative machines"" that capture not only the ""juridicity"" of judiciary...  Read More >>

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission...  Read More >>

This volume includes a wide range of studies on pain and its representation in texts and non-literary remains of...  Read More >>

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Der vorliegende Sammelband untersucht die Konzepte, Methoden und Inhalte der Auslegung autoritativer religiöser...  Read More >>

Presents the first comprehensive study of the material aspects of the oldest surviving manuscripts of Latin secular...  Read More >>

Together with ""Critical Notes on Virgil"" (De Gruyter 2016), this volume offers an enlightening complement to the...  Read More >>

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

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An examination of what dialogues and direct speech in Old Norse literature can convey and mean, beyond their immediate...  Read More >>

First full-length study of the notion and concept of old age in early medieval England.  Read More >>

During the Middle Ages, the arresting motif of the walled garden - especially in its manifestation as a sacred or...  Read More >>

An investigation into texts specifically addressed to women sheds new light on female literary cultures.  Read More >>

Arthurian Literature has established its position as the home for a great diversity of new research into Arthurian...  Read More >>

Gegenstand dieses Bandes ist der Basler Edelstein - eine der fruhesten erhaltenen Handschriften von Ulrich Boners...  Read More >>

The gods have much to tell us about performance. When human actors portray deities onstage, such divine epiphanies...  Read More >>

Tractate Mo'ed Qatan, in addition to discussing the mid-festivals of Passover and Sukkot, is the primary source...  Read More >>

Als fruhe schriftliche Zeugnisse europaischer Poesie und Literatur vermitteln die beiden Dichter Homer und Hesiod...  Read More >>

An illustrious scholar presents an elegant, concise, and generously illustrated exploration of Alexander the Great's...  Read More >>

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Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, it critically discusses dominant economic models that have influenced...  Read More >>

Aelius Aristides (117–after 180), among the most versatile authors of the Second Sophistic and an important figure...  Read More >>

119 col illus, 18 musical examples & 22 b/w tbls.  Read More >>

The study presupposes that processes of globalization did not only begin in the 20th century and concentrates on...  Read More >>

Marie Borroff's acclaimed verse translation, marginal glosses, and explanatory footnotes. Laura L. Howes's full...  Read More >>