Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

A new translation of the classic English poem that inspired Malory, stunningly illustrated with linocuts by the...  Read More >>

Horace’s book of Sermones (also called Satires) was his first published work. Rather than a collection of satirical...  Read More >>

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

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

The heroines of Greek tragedy presented in the plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have long captivated...  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 >>

The heroines of Greek tragedy presented in the plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have long captivated...  Read More >>

A collection of essays on Aeschylus' Agamemnon written by 12 international contributors, with an English translation...  Read More >>

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

This is the first book-length study of Plautus' shortest surviving comedy, Curculio, a play in which the tricksy...  Read More >>

Die mittelalterliche Tierdichtung wird in der Forschung haufig als Experimentierfeld fur neuere Forschungsansatze...  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 >>

This book offers the first comprehensive study of the reception and reworking of the Peripatetic theory of the soul...  Read More >>

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

The book collects eight essays on the theme of Greek and Latin fragmentary literature, preceded by an extensive...  Read More >>

A close examination of the social and literary contexts of the manuscript witnesses of Maríu saga  Read More >>

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

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

The first book to comprehensively examine the literature of Byzantine Iconoclasm and its aftermath not as isolated...  Read More >>