Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval

Ancient Epic offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to six of the greatest ancient epics Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid, O...

The oldest illustrated manuscript in Dutch contains a 13th-century Rijmbijbel (Rhymed Bible) by Jacob van Maerlant, a biblical paraphrase in paired...

A Companion to Ovid is a comprehensive overview of one of the most influential poets of classical antiquity. Features more than 30 newly commissi...

Petronius: A Handbook unravels the mysteries of the Satyrica, one of the greatest literary works that antiquity has bequeathed to the modern world....

Offering unparalleled scope, A Companion to Hellenistic Literature in 30 newly commissioned essays explores the social and intellectual contexts of...

This is a unique introduction to Greek tragedy that explores the plays as dramatic artifacts intended for performance and pays special attention to...

A Companion to Greek Literature presents a comprehensive introduction to the wide range of texts and literary forms produced in the Greek language ...

A Companion to Sophocles presents the first comprehensive collection of essays in decades to address all aspects of the life, works, and critical r...

This review of the critical reception of Old English literature from 1900 to the present moves beyond a focus on individual literary texts so as to...

A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as satiric successors; detailed individual contributions...

The facts and fictions that continue to shape our understanding of Chaucer and his place in literary tradition Is Chaucer the father of English lit...

Dionysus Resurrected analyzes the global resurgence since the late 1960s of Euripides The Bacchae. By analyzing and contextualizing these modern da...

A Companion to Greek Literature presents a comprehensive introduction to the wide range of texts and literary forms produced in the Greek language ...

This book provides a unique and accessible introduction to the complete works of Ovid. Using a thematic approach, Volk lays out what we know about ...

Traditionally attributed to King Solomon and called by Rabbi Akiva the Holy of Holies among sacred Scriptures (Mishnah, Yadayim 3:5), the Song of S...

This collective volume contains 27 original studies that address in a critical way the position of classical studies in the twenty-first century an...

This is the first new critical edition of this text since 1908, and the first to appear in the Oxford Classical Texts series. The edition is inform...

Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature introduces individual works of Greek and Latin literature to readers who are approaching them for the fir...

An esteemed historian explores the natural and social dynamics of the ancient coastline, demonstrating for the first time its integral place in the...

Cicero's Brutus is a history of Roman oratory, in the form of a dialogue between Cicero, Atticus, and the eponymous Brutus. This new edition by Dou...

The interdisciplinary papers in this volume focus on the translation of texts in its broadest meaning. The contributors represent Latin, Slavic, En...

Hybridity in the Literature of Medieval England offers a wide-ranging exploration of hybridity in medieval English literature. Anxiety about hybrid...

Demosthenes oration On the Chersonese is a masterpiece of rhetorical brilliance and contains some of the best examples of his skill as a political ...

Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction introduces and analyses the reception of classical antiquity in contemporary science fiction. By ...