Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval

Can words be danced? Can dance be written down? What inspires choreographers? How do dancers write? This volume delves into questions like these a...

In a masterly synthesis of historical and literary analysis, Giuseppe Mazzotta shows how medieval knowledge systems--the cycle of the liberal arts,...

Mirrors for princes form a substantial and important genre in many pre-modern literatures. Their ostensible purpose is to advise the king; at the s...

This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-level (Group 3) prescription of Virgil's Aeneid VIII, giving full L...

In der Reihe Deutsche Literatur erscheinen Studien und Quellen der germanistischen Literaturwissenschaft vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Es hand...

This book demonstrates that the carefully chosen Greek words in Persius programmatic passages play a significant role in the context of his literar...

The Dictionary of the Poetry of Walther von der Vogelweide completely maps out the scope and semantic content of the vocabulary used by possibly th...

In Greek and Latin, tropes () are generally defined as variations from a linguistic and stylistic norm (), either for stylistic purposes or for ne...

The purpose of this edition is to take up Buechelers admirable sylloge of Carmina Latina Epigraphica (1895-1926, 3 volumes). Since 1926 many new La...

The concept of loves wound has haunted European culture for centuries. This book investigates this fundamental concept in Medieval French, Occitan,...

Im Rahmen des griechisch-lateinischen Alexanderromans stechen die Res gestae Alexandri Macedonis des Iulius Valerius (frühes 4. Jh. n.Chr.) durch i...

Professor Michael Meier-Brugger's distinguished and productive career in Greek and Indo-European historical linguistics finds fitting tribute in th...

How to Read Middle English Poetry guides readers through poetry between 1150 and 1500, for study and pleasure. Chapters give down-to-earth advice o...

The notion that ideas and judgments about music are based on culturally specific and national frames of reference and ideologies was not invented i...

Through an historical and philological lens, this book explores passages from Dantes Commedia which reveal elements inspired byprocessions, pageant...

This volume makes available for the first time in English an edition of the medieval romance Blandin de Cornoalha, including the original Occitan t...

Alongside Cicero and Pliny the Younger, Emperor Augustus has been the third important writer of private letters in the Late Republic period and th...

A Companion to Vergils Aeneid and its Tradition presents a collection of original interpretive essays that represent an innovative addition to the ...

Why did ancient autocrats patronise theatre? How could ancient theatre rightly supposed to be an artform that developed and flourished under democ...

Medieval literature can be daunting. This critical guide is designed to help readers to relax in the company of diverting and entertaining voices f...

This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to postcolonial medieval studies and examines the historical connections between postcolonial stu...