Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval

Excerpts from texts (with translation) from the French of medieval England offer a guide to medieval literary theory. From the twelfth to the fift...

An exploration of the medieval mind as a machine, and how it might be affected and immobiled, in textual reactions to the madness of Charles VI of ...

First full-length study of birds and their metamorphoses as treated in a wide range of medieval poetry, from the Anglo-Saxons to Chaucer and Gower....

Translation and facing text of an important female-authored work from the late middle ages. A Revelation of Purgatory was written by an unnamed wo...

Terukina ofrece una nueva biografía de Bernardo de Balbuena y analiza la compleja matriz interdisciplinaria de Grandeza mexicana (1604). Terukina...

An examination of French to English translation in medieval England, through the genre of the prologue. The prologue to Layamon's Brut recounts it...

A new edition of Malory's Morte Darthur based on the Winchester and other source manuscripts. CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Malory completed...

Examination of romance texts from late medieval England, linking them firmly to their political and social context. Although the anonymous pious M...

A close examination of the prayers in Chaucer's poetry sheds significant new light on his poetic practice. In a culture as steeped in communal, sc...

Essays on the performance of drama from the middle ages, ranging from the well-known cycles of York to matter from Iran. Medieval English Theatre ...

A major and original contribution to the debate as to Chaucer's use and knowledge of Boccaccio, finding a new source for the Shipman's Tale. A pos...

First English translation of an important twelfth-century romance, giving an account of the Trojan war and its consequences. Benoît de Sainte-Maur...

The continued influence and significance of the legend of Arthur are demonstrated by the articles collected in this volume. The rich vitality of b...

Essays on the post-modern reception and interpretation of the Middle Ages, To attract followers many professional politicians, as well as other po...

A new approach to the mysterious ballads, and their relationship with the past. Katharine Briggs Award 2018: Runner Up The ballad genre, and its...

Essays exploring medieval castration, as reflected in archaeology, law, historical record, and literary motifs. Castration and castrati have alway...

Essays discussing the medieval book, its owners and its readers. Reading, writing, sharing texts, and book ownership in the fifteenth and sixteent...

Responses from the nineteenth century onwards to the medieval French poet. Medieval Paris' paradigmatic poet, François Villon, has long captured t...

A series which is a monumental achievement (Review of English Studies). In 1755 Richard Rawlinson bequeathed his vast collection of books and manu...

The first comprehensive study of the reception of the classical tradition in medieval Catalan letters. This book offers the first comprehensive st...

New approaches to the everlasting malleability and transformation of medieval romance. The essays here reconsider the protean nature of Middle Eng...

A full survey of the Last Things as treated in a wide range of Old Norse literature. The hope of salvation and the fear of damnation were fundamen...

Bishop Sutton's ordination-lists, in common with the rest of his register, were kept on rolls for the first ten years of his episcopate. None of th...

A survey of the history, holdings, decoration, and conservation of one of England's finest medieval libraries, with full catalogue. The Willoughby...