Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval

In this volume Judith Rice Rothschild offers close readings and comparisons of the Lais in order to examine Marie de France''s narrative technique.

The word peregrinacion permeates Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese literature, and can be described as wandering, alienation, and exile, combined wi...

This is a study of Medieval French poet Charles de Orleans and his use of the allegorical mode in his work.

La Chancun de Willame is an Old French epic poem written before 1150 concerning Vivien''s resistance to an invading Moslem army and the efforts of ...

Ajax, the archetypal Greek warrior, has over the years been trivialized as a peripheral character in the classics through Hollywood representati...

Modern readers can sometimes be unsure about the language and the literary conventions of medieval and Renaissance verse--lyrical works written ...

Offers a powerful revisioning of the genesis of American literary history, revealing that from its earliest moments, American literature owes its d...

The Wooing of Our Lord and the Wooing Group prayers occupy a key position in the history of English literature and the development of English relig...

Geoffrey Chaucer is widely considered the father of English literature. This introduction begins with a review of his life and the cultural milieu ...

This is a student edition with full Glossary of Old English poems, from manuscripts dated between A.D. 975 and 1060, which are based on liturgical ...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a masterpiece of medieval English literature and one of the finest Arthurian tales in any language. Though its i...

This epic French poem was most likely written in the fourteenth century. The edition contains an introduction examining the plot, structure, langua...