Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval

Early Greek hexameter poetry and its language is the focus of this book, and McConnell addresses the question of why the Greek in which this poetry...

This Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of 3,000 years of Chinese literature from its earliest beginnings to the end of the Qing (1644-1911...

A groundbreaking reinterpretation that draws on cognitive theory to show that belief wasnt absent frombut rather was at the heart ofRoman religionB...

An Open Access edition will be available on publication thanks to generous funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council; the University of...

Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open intiative. Khitan and Mongol Imperial Women in the Chinese Imagination i...

This book is a collection of sixteen British comedies dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The works are chosen in chronological or...

This book explores the enduring myth of Antigone, constantly rediscovered and relevant across centuries. It examines how myth influences collective...

Lanfranc of Milan is one of the most influential medieval surgeons and his Latin works informed surgical practice until the seventeenth century. Bo...

This book examines the representation and historical significance of the legendary Scandinavian past as it is depicted in two late medieval Iceland...

This collection of essays explores the phenomenon of inconsistency in the three major Latin epics of the Flavian Age (69-96 CE), Valerius Flaccus' ...

This book explores the genesis of the Red Book (or Liber Novus), through the lens of Jungs lifelong confrontation with Dante and, in doing so, prov...

A new critical method for the Divine Comedy which focuses not only on language-as-writing but also and equally on other discursive modes that the D...

One of the remarkable facts about the history of Western culture is that we are still in a position to read large amounts of the literature produce...

The first volume of its kind to integrate trends in Translation Studies with Classical Reception Studies A Companion to the Translation of Classic...

The first volume of its kind to integrate trends in Translation Studies with Classical Reception Studies A Companion to the Translation of Classic...

This is the first new critical edition of De beneficiis in almost 100 years, based on a fresh examination of the extant archetype (N) and on more e...

'[A] fascinating new study builds a compelling case for the unique contribution of medieval and early modern girls to a number of cultural spheres...

In the early Middle Ages Naples underwent huge changes. She was able to acquire complete independence from the Byzantine Empire and to emerge as on...

While many ancient Jewish and Christian leaders voiced opposition to Greek and Roman theater, this volume demonstrates that by the time the public ...

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial leng...

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial leng...

Ordering Customs explores how Renaissance Venetians sought to make sense of human difference in a period characterized by increasing global contact...

This book comprises a searching philosophical meditation on the evolution of the humanities in recent decades, taking Dante studies as an exemplary...

This book opens up a dialogue between pre-modern women identified as mystics in diverse locations from South Asia to Europe. It considers how women...

Described as the most beautiful book ever printed previous research has focused on the printing history of the Hypnerotomachia and its copious lite...

With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in English through an accessible ...

With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in English through an accessible ...

With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in English through an accessible ...

With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in English through an accessible ...

With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in English through an accessible ...

With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in English through an accessible ...

This book investigates certain recurrent structures in the history of the novel as a textual genre and as a narrative form typical of Western liter...

This book focuses on the conceptualization of the court, palace and ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate of al-Andalus. Western terminology still plays a...

This is the first volume dedicated to Aristophanes' comedy Peace that analyses the play for a student audience and assumes no knowledge of Greek. I...