Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

This book is for students and scholars of medieval literature and for readers interested in the public intellectuals...  Read More >>

Introduces readers interested in insular spirituality and hagiography to the major texts associated with the cult...  Read More >>

Provides a book-by-book commentary on the The Iliad’s 24 parts. Endnotes clarify and elaborate on myths that Homer...  Read More >>

This first comprehensive study in English of the many and variegated ways the afterlife was envisioned in the Middle...  Read More >>

Terence's first play is noteworthy for its muting of female voices, take on slavery and freedom, and experimentation...  Read More >>

Der Thesaurus linguae Latinae ist nicht nur das größte lateinische Wörterbuch der Welt, sondern zugleich das erste,...  Read More >>

Das Handbuch dokumentiert den Stand der Idyllenforschung und zeigt neue Wege auf, um die ‚Idylle‘ und das ‚Idyllische‘...  Read More >>

Theophrastus of Eresos (c. 371 - c. 287 BC), a student and successor of Aristotle, stood out as a philosopher and...  Read More >>

The result is a lively tour of the Roman year—sometimes thoughtful, sometimes tragic, sometimes triumphant or even...  Read More >>

Boccaccio's Florence draws on extensive archival research to reveal Boccaccio as a political figure and to show...  Read More >>

The literary genre collectively known as “mirrors for princes” offers key insights into political thoughts of the...  Read More >>

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The present book elucidates on the possible definitions of exactitude, the endeavor of reaching exactitude, and...  Read More >>

This volume offers the first critical edition of the Greek text of a paraphrase of Aristotle's De anima written...  Read More >>

The volume offers an innovative exploration of the diverse ways in which Later Greek Epic interacts with the Latin...  Read More >>

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Observance and reform were the leading topics throughout the holy orders of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries....  Read More >>

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Detailed analysis of the coming of paper to medieval England, and its influence on the literary and non-literary...  Read More >>

A new approach to understanding the relationship between Shakespearean tragedy and Senecan tragedy, this book has...  Read More >>

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This book is intended for scholars and students of the New Testament and early Christianity, and highlights the...  Read More >>