Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

Trebia. Trasimene. Cannae. With three stunning victories, Hannibal humbled Rome and nearly shattered its empire....  Read More >>

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This book aims to illuminate the mechanisms that enabled the French letters to live the transition from the Middle...  Read More >>

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Eugene O'Neill,...  Read More >>

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for John Knowles, A Separate Peace,...  Read More >>

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Henrik Ibsen,...  Read More >>

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Mateusz Kusio traces and investigates the references to the Antichrist across ancient Jewish and Christian literature....  Read More >>

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Serendipitously, at around the same time as Boccaccio published his famous Decameron (1350), the Swiss-German Dominican...  Read More >>

Ovid, wittiest of ancient poets, has been an influential model for writers and artists throughout the ages. Llewelyn...  Read More >>

So positiv das Etikett 'Klassik' und 'Klassiker' besetzt ist, so abschreckend wirkt das des 'Klassizismus', scheint...  Read More >>

This compact anthology provides a thorough introduction to the major works of the Western literary tradition from...  Read More >>

This compact anthology provides a thorough introduction to the major works of the Western literary tradition from...  Read More >>

One of The Times' Best Literary Non-Fiction Books of 2019 One of the Sunday Times' Best Literary Books of 2019 Finalist...  Read More >>

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The mythology of the Norse world has long been a source of fascination, from the first written texts of thirteenth-century...  Read More >>

This 4th edition is a completely refigured presentation. It provides a comprehensive overview of Middle High German...  Read More >>

Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien proposes that Beowulf was composed according to a...  Read More >>

In the middle of the 12th century new divination techniques appear in the West, one of which is successful: namely...  Read More >>

This study of the first handwritten and literary reception records of the Vita Nuova provides an innovative addition...  Read More >>

Where does one draw the line between réécriture and epigonality? How do authors of Arthurian romance situate their...  Read More >>

This book affords new perspectives on urban disasters in the ancient Roman context, attending to the material and...  Read More >>

One of the leading scholars of Greek literature over the past decades, Luigi Enrico Rossi (1933-2009) opened new...  Read More >>