Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

'The Battle of Maldon', along with 'Beowulf' and Bede's 'Ecclesiastical History of the English People', is perhaps...  Read More >>

Der italienische Humanist Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) hat mit seinen gut funfzig Intercenales ein neulateinisches...  Read More >>

This translation of Plato’s Sophist conveys the peculiar nature of the doctrines expressed in the Greek text, and...  Read More >>

This is the first monograph in English about Demades, an influential Athenian politician from the fourth century...  Read More >>

Ausgehend von der Erkenntnis der Universalienforschung, dass es dem Menschen eigen ist, Gruppen zu formen und darin...  Read More >>

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The papers collected in The Loeb Classical Library and Its Progeny explore the legacy for which James Loeb is best...  Read More >>

From Platon's direct and indirect quotations not only to archaic and classical poets, but also to other non-philosophical...  Read More >>

Thema der Abhandlung ist die Frage nach der Vorstellungswelt eines Zeitzeugen der Sizilianischen Vesper, nach seiner...  Read More >>

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It is often presumed that biblical redaction was invariably done using conventional scribal methods, meaning that...  Read More >>

Within the framework of Paul's use of Scripture, the contexts of biblical narratives are of great significance,...  Read More >>

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Published in 1901, this book provides an English and French version of the 1303 text by Robert Manning of Brunne,...  Read More >>

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This volume offers independent reflections upon central texts and upon the relation of social theory and comparative...  Read More >>

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This ground-breaking study reveals the thrill and moral power of the ancient Roman story-world and its ancestral...  Read More >>

The Cynewulf Reader is a collection of classic original essays presenting a comprehensive view of elusive Anglo-Saxon...  Read More >>

Analyzing Medieval and Early Modern art and literature replete with images of non-normative bodies, these essays...  Read More >>

Part of a series designed for research and reference, this work gives an account of all the factors known about...  Read More >>

This volume examines the topic and treatment of conspiracy in fifteenth-century Italian literature. It situates...  Read More >>

The book shows how the Franciscans in Jerusalem in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries wrote works which standardized...  Read More >>