Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

A wide-ranging, detailed and engaging study of Brecht's complex relationship with Greek tragedy and the tragic tradition,...  Read More >>

This book argues that the voice is a crucial link between bodies, thought, and mortal identity in the tragedies...  Read More >>

Far from simply reflecting the image of cities, urban literature originates from an earlier tradition and, at the...  Read More >>

Focusing on one of the most influential poems in the European literary tradition, this collection brings together...  Read More >>

Shows how Dante’s Divine Comedy shaped the development of German Romanticism. The book argues that the weight of...  Read More >>

Der Band greift die vormoderne Denkfigur des Mikrokosmos auf, um ihrer ästhetischen und diskursiven Relevanz in...  Read More >>

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Das Kompendium des sog. Juden von Salms stellt ein enzyklopädisches Werk dar, in dem der Autor Wissen aus verschiedenen...  Read More >>

Das Kompendium des sog. Juden von Salms stellt ein enzyklopädisches Werk dar, in dem der Autor Wissen aus verschiedenen...  Read More >>

Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, gegründet 1849, ist die weltweit älteste, traditionsreichste und umfangreichste Editionsreihe...  Read More >>

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Long lost, the edition of this significant text has been recovered in the Societe Asiatique in Paris and is now...  Read More >>

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This study will appeal to students and scholars of literature, history, and culture who are interested in Rome's...  Read More >>

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A new edition and translation of a comic medieval romance from the south of France.  Read More >>

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This book gives the first English translations of the contemporary Life of Gregory Palamas by Philotheos Kokkinos,...  Read More >>

The Fragmenta Comica series will provide complete commentary on the fragments of Greek comedy. The aim of the commentary...  Read More >>

The series Fragmenta Comica will provide the full commentary on the fragments of the Greek comedy. The goal of the...  Read More >>

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The Story of Garum recounts the convoluted journey of that notorious Roman fish sauce, known as garum, from a smelly...  Read More >>

Tom Shippey challenges the view that Beowulf is a fantasy and argues that using the poem as a starting point, historical,...  Read More >>

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""A major new take on how Roman religion functioned cognitively to impact participants at both the individual level...  Read More >>