Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval

How have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies? Spanning the ye...

Examines the role of the pig in medieval society in material and textual sources. The pig was a common sight in the Middle Ages. They might be eat...

This book presents the first critical editions of two fascinating but overlooked devotional texts. Each shines its own light on medieval faith. The...

John Gower's Confessio Amantis (The Lover's Confession) is one of the most important English works of the fourteenth century. Within its frame of t...

John Gower's Confessio Amantis (The Lover's Confession) is one of the most important English works of the fourteenth century. Within its frame of t...

The resurgence of interest in the history of the English language has prompted this indispensable introductory guide to the scripts used in Old and...

Thoroughly interdisciplinary in approach, this volume examines how concepts such as the exercising of power, the distribution of justice, and trans...

Forming the Early Chinese Court builds on new directions in comparative studies of royal courts in the ancient world to present a pioneering study ...

Exodus is an exceptional Old English poem, written at a time when in the age of Bede Northern England held the intellectual leadership of Europe. I...

The story of Mulian rescuing his mothers soul from hell has evolved as a narrative over several centuries in China, especially in the baojuan (prec...

The emergence and spread of literacy in ancient human society an important topic for all who study the ancient world, and the development of writte...

In this volume, tragedy in antiquity is examined synoptically, from its misty origins in archaic Greece, through its central position in the civic ...

Throughout his career, Derek Walcott turned to the literature and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. His book-length poem recasting the epics of ...

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England is an annual volume committed to the publication of essays and reviews related to English drama and theat...