Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

Festive Enterprise reveals marketplace pressures at the heart of dramatic form in medieval and Renaissance drama....  Read More >>

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One of the foundational works of Western culture, Art of Rhetoric has shaped our understanding of speech and persuasion...  Read More >>

Euripides is not only known as the most tragic of all poets (Aristotle), but also as the destroyer of tragedy (Nietzsche)....  Read More >>

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With its peerless selection of ninety-eight original sources dating from antiquity to the dawn of the Enlightenment...  Read More >>

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In order to get an idea of the problems of their present, contemporaries in the late 20th century were drawn to...  Read More >>

This book presents a new analysis of Aristotle's concept of narrative in the Poetics, and then applies that concept...  Read More >>

In Clash of Cultures: A Psychodynamic Analysis of Homer and the Iliad, Vincenzo Sanguineti examines the psychological...  Read More >>

Based on the character speeches by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Vanessa Zetzmann asks why the three tragedians...  Read More >>

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Prominent scholars celebrate Michael Meier-Brugger's oeuvre by offering original studies primarily in Greek and...  Read More >>

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Alexandria was one of the main hubs of the Hellenistic world and a cultural and religious ""kaleidoscope."" Merchants...  Read More >>

Although it is difficult to define Haggadah exactly, this topic, thus far neglected in New Testament studies, can...  Read More >>

An intriguing study of the methods used by the Father of History, providing a new window into ancient historiography...  Read More >>

""[...], Davidson's and Oosterwijk's volume [...] offers a deeply researched, wide-ranging, and profoundly valuable...  Read More >>

Moses Wilhelm Shapira's infamous Deuteronomy fragments - long believed to be forgeries - are authentic ancient manuscripts,...  Read More >>

On the Study of Celtic Literature & On Translating Homer, are two works of literary criticism written by English...  Read More >>

This book argues that Paradiso – Dante’s vision of Heaven – is not simply affirmative. The book highlights and addresses...  Read More >>

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The present volume gives insights into the shape, life and claims of Jerusalem in Roman-Byzantine Times (2nd to...  Read More >>

Part of the complete translation (in nine volumes) of the ""Shih chi"" (""The Grand Scribe's Records""), one of...  Read More >>