Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval

How should articulations of blackness from the fifth century BCE to the twenty-first century be properly read and interpreted? This important and t...

Although Americans are no longer compelled to learn Greek and Latin, classical ideals remain embedded in American law and politics, philosophy, ...

This new volume in the Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions series is perfect for students coming to one of Plautus' most whimsical, provocative, a...

A case study of the unusual liberties taken by the fifteenth-century Bohemian scribe Crux of Telcz. Passionate Copying in Late Medieval Bohemia add...

This book provides a comprehensive study of the Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi, an influential ancient Greek text that narrates the lives of Homer and ...

In the light of recent scholarly work on tragic patterns and allusions in Flavian epic, the publication of a volume exclusively dedicated to the re...

This book presents the complete Old English text of Beowulf, the most celebrated poem of the Anglo-Saxon era, in short sections followed by verse t...