Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

Peter Thonemann provides the first full-length treatment of Lucian's Alexander in English, including a historical...  Read More >>

In der anonym uberlieferten Schrift Masa'il 'Abdallah ibn Salam (Die Fragen des 'Abdallah ibn Salam), befragt ein...  Read More >>

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This volume provides the first English translation of Consentius's Ars de barbarismis et metaplasmis, the most extensive...  Read More >>

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The concept of the afterlife has always been prominent in both Greek literature and modern scholarship alike. The...  Read More >>

In Machines of the Mind, Katharine Breen proposes that medieval personifications should be understood neither as...  Read More >>

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Explores the idea of villainy as a literary trope in French literature from 1450 to 1610, and the extent to which...  Read More >>

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

Crowning six decades of literary, rhetorical, and historical scholarship, Harry Berger, Jr., offers readers another...  Read More >>

Wordplay has been at the heart of Western literature for many centuries, and medieval riddles provide insights into...  Read More >>

Originally published between 1934 and 1952 these volumes are classics in the field of literary criticism. Their...  Read More >>

He focuses on Athenian relations with Philip in this crucial northern region and why Philip was a threat to Athenian...  Read More >>

The textual commentary on book VI of Ovid's Metamorphoses (on Arachne, Niobe, Tereus, Procne, Philomela) is based...  Read More >>

Das 'Ich' antiker Texte changiert nicht selten zwischen historischem Autor und fiktionaler Stilisierung. Um weder...  Read More >>

According to the customary literary-historical and theoretical notion, the fact that the first modern novel represents...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1992, Le Bel Inconnu edited and with an introduction by Karen Fresco, presents on facing...  Read More >>

The present volume introduces the reader to this hitherto unexplored chapter of post-classical Greek literature...  Read More >>

This volume examines the long and complex history of the Greco-Roman tradition in South America, arguing that the...  Read More >>

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Addresses one of the most important current questions in the study of antiquity – the contribution of the Near East...  Read More >>

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