Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

Plutarch's Quaestiones Convivales is a typical example of Imperial Miscellaneous literature. At first glance, his...  Read More >>

Winner of the Best First Monograph from the International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England (ISSEME)...  Read More >>

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The Threshold, a study of the culture of historiography in early medieval China, explores the History of Liu-Song,...  Read More >>

Initiates a wider development of inquiries into women's literary cultures to move the reader beyond single geographical,...  Read More >>

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Frederick Brenk has devoted a scholarly lifetime to explicating the complexities of Plutarch’s thought. Plutarch...  Read More >>

Volume 48 presents the outcome of an international workshop (“Transnational Aspects of Early Modern Drama”) held...  Read More >>

In the Greek world under the Roman Empire, the tradition of rhetorical learning reached its heyday in the second...  Read More >>

The present volume offers an edition, updated English translation of, introduction to, and seven multi-authored...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive study of medieval changelings and associated attitudes to the health and care of children...  Read More >>

Around 1345, Jean de Chavenges (a cleric from Champagne) composed Le Livre royal, dedicating it to the king Philip...  Read More >>

The doubts about the letters mostly come from the fact that the Romance of Alexander is considered a sort of epistolary...  Read More >>

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Around 1345, Jean de Chavenges (a cleric from Champagne) composed Le Livre royal, dedicating it to the king Philip...  Read More >>

A study of medieval Marian laments, a performative genre that offered clerical and lay audiences a deeply inspiring...  Read More >>

One of the most influential texts of its time, the Romance of the Rose offers readers a window into the world view...  Read More >>

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A collection of essays from one of the world's greatest scholars of Latin literature and Roman culture. Covers ancient...  Read More >>

Re-evaluates Xenophon's supposed admiration of Sparta and argues that his work, the Lacedaimoniôn Politeia, is a...  Read More >>

A collection of essays from one of the world's greatest scholars of Latin literature and Roman culture. Covers ancient...  Read More >>

Ancient Greek Lists brings together catalogic texts from a variety of genres, both literary and epigraphic, arguing...  Read More >>

This volume explores the interrelationship of the literature, monuments, and urban landscape of Augustan Rome. Targeting...  Read More >>