Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

While scholars have often cited the influence of medieval texts and society on J.R.R. Tolkien's seminal fantasy...  Read More >>

Untangling the growth of the Jacob Cycle and the historical realities behind it is of enduring interest, as the...  Read More >>

In this study, Llewellyn Howes analyses the formative stratum (or earliest redactional layer) of the Sayings Gospel...  Read More >>

A survey of the motif of the revenant, showing how medieval themes and motifs persist today.  Read More >>

An interdisciplinary approach to sources for our knowledge of the crusades.  Read More >>

Examination of text concerning the vikings reveals much about their origin myth and legend.  Read More >>

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""This book is a history of meter in English poetry. It questions literary periodization""--  Read More >>

In The Erotics of Materialism, Jessie Hock maps the intersection of poetry and natural philosophy in the early modern...  Read More >>

Comprehensive survey of the legend of Charlemagne in the medieval German-speaking world.  Read More >>

Longlisted for the 2022 Runciman Award This is the first book-length study of the classicism of Tony Harrison,...  Read More >>

In Europe and Europeanness Isabella Walser-Bürgler offers an account of the formation of early modern Europe (c....  Read More >>

This unique introduction emphasizes how ancient Scandinavians understood and made use of their mythological stories....  Read More >>

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

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

How did the fear of death co-exist with the promise of Christian afterlife in the culture and literature of the...  Read More >>

This reissue of Golden's highly regarded translation of Aristotle's ""Poetics"", with commentary by O.B. Harrison,...  Read More >>

This book examines the premodern encounter between the three monotheistic religions through the unique prism of...  Read More >>

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Tales of the werewolf are well established as a sub-strand of the popular horror genre; less widely known is how...  Read More >>

This reissue of Golden's highly regarded translation of Aristotle's ""Poetics"", with commentary by O.B. Harrison,...  Read More >>

Poetics, or 'On the Art of Poetry', is a treatise on literary theory by Greek Philosopher Aristotle. In this text...  Read More >>

A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the much-buzzed-about novel The Mere Wife  Read More >>

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Building on The Carolingian Revolution: Unconventional Approaches to Medieval Latin Literature I, this is the second...  Read More >>