Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

Prudentius, der grosste christliche Dichter der romischen Spatantike, veroffentlichte ca. im Jahr 402 n. Chr. mit...  Read More >>

This adaptation by Einhorn was first performed on stage in 2013 at La Ma Ma's First Floor Theatre, New York, N.Y....  Read More >>

The Mahabharata preserves powerful journeys of women recognized as the feminine divine and the feminine heroic in...  Read More >>

Avitus of Vienne is the author of the five poetic books of the Spiritual History celebrating the importance of Christ...  Read More >>

Il n'est guere besoin de vanter l'apport d'Antoine Galland a la tradition des echanges entre Orient et Occident...  Read More >>

Comment lire les classiques chinois? Comment les lire pour eux-memes, mais aussi avec les questions qui sont notres?...  Read More >>

The chapters of this volume aim to examine aspects of sexual practices in Greek and Roman antiquity: i.e. the acts...  Read More >>

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Greek Tragic Women on Shakespearean Stages argues that ancient Greek plays reshaped early modern theater. Through...  Read More >>

Elionor of Sicily, 1325–1375: A Mediterranean Queen’s Life of Family, Administration, Diplomacy, and War follows...  Read More >>

With the advent of the Essais, quotation is for the first time called upon to bend itself to help create a new personal...  Read More >>

With the advent of the Essais, quotation is for the first time called upon to bend itself to help create a new personal...  Read More >>

In this two-part anthology, Jan M. Ziolkowski builds on themes uncovered in his earlier The Juggler of Notre Dame...  Read More >>

Theopompos was one of the leading comic playwrights of late fifth- and early fourth-century Athens, competing actively...  Read More >>

Der Band verbindet Perspektiven der alteren und neueren Philologien auf die Heiligenlegende, eine der zentralen...  Read More >>

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This book examines passages in Plutarch’s works that foil expectations and whose silence invites closer examination....  Read More >>

This is a collection of seventeen literary essays comparing Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore and Swabhabakabi Gangadhara...  Read More >>

Third and final volume of a new edition of Douglas's Eneados, containing a substantially revised and corrected text...  Read More >>

Prominent Dante scholars from the United States, Italy, and the United Kingdom contribute original essays to the...  Read More >>

Prominent Dante scholars from the United States, Italy, and the United Kingdom contribute original essays to the...  Read More >>

Chronicle, Crusade, and the Latin East offers a collection of essays exploring three closely connected thematic...  Read More >>

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission...  Read More >>