Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

This book sheds new light on the Latin background of various Old English homilies, and of certain homilies from...  Read More >>

All-father, warlord, runemaster, kingmaker, healer-manifold aspects, numerous stories. This book brings together...  Read More >>

Features the entirety of Tertullian's To Martyrs and The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, with selections from...  Read More >>

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This anthology presents in two volumes a series of Latin texts (with English translation) produced in Britain during...  Read More >>

A funeral speech was delivered almost every year in classical Athens. Forty years ago, Loraux showed how important...  Read More >>

Ovid's Metamorphoses is one of the longest extant Latin poems from the ancient world and one of the most influential...  Read More >>

"Die zweite, grundlich uberarbeitete Auflage von Niklas Holzbergs Analyse der dramatischen Technik Menanders geht...  Read More >>

From a vexing catalog of trees in the Knight’s Tale to the flirtations with blasphemy in the Parson’s Tale, this...  Read More >>

Studies the intertwined manner in which Arabic and Turkish literatures took shape as national traditions  Read More >>

This book analyses Julian the Apostate from the perspectives of Byzantine Culture.  Read More >>

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This book examines the theology of spiritual formation developed by fourteenth-century Flemish mystic John of Ruusbroec,...  Read More >>

This book studies the ways in which three fields of creative activity inspired by the medieval musical performance,...  Read More >>

Questions concerning the composition and formation of biblical texts have dominated many of the current discussions...  Read More >>

This book foregrounds desire between men in and around the imperial court of the 900s.  Read More >>

"The go-to volume for anyone interested in epic literature in a global framework. Engaging with powerful stories...  Read More >>

The contributions in this volume explore the intricate Late Antique reception of the New Jerusalem image from the...  Read More >>

In this study, David Chapman Harris compares the Qumran War Scroll with John's Apocalypse through the lens of the...  Read More >>

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This book gathers contributions negotiating feminism's place within medieval studies. It is about overlaps and twists,...  Read More >>

"Contos Novos"" � uma colet�nea de contos escrita por M�rio de Andrade, publicada em 1947. Nessa obra, o autor apresenta...  Read More >>

Presents literary criticism on the works of writers of the period 1400-1800. Critical essays are selected from leading...  Read More >>

A new history of early global literature that treats translators as active agents, mediating cultures. In this...  Read More >>

Einer der beruhmtesten antiken Mythen erz?hlt von der Ankunft des Trojaners Aeneas in Latium; eines der bekanntesten...  Read More >>