Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval

Challenges the concept that the notorious horse penis is key to understanding the Tale of Vlsi, via the concept of the paganesque. A family of Nor...

GREEK DRAMA and the Invention of Rhetoric An impressively erudite, elegantly crafted argument for reversing what everybody knows about the relation...

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...