Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval

Overturning the myth that medieval marriages were loveless, shown through a close analysis of troubadour poetry and historical recordsMedieval marriages are often understood to have been loveless, due partly to assumptions about arranged matches that have been reinforced by scholars who suggest that troubadour poetry was not concerned with love but rather with poetic form and structure.

Overturning the myth that medieval marriages were loveless, shown through a close analysis of troubadour poetry and historical recordsMedieval marriages are often understood to have been loveless, due partly to assumptions about arranged matches that have been reinforced by scholars who suggest that troubadour poetry was not concerned with love but rather with poetic form and structure.

Im Kommentar zu den Propositiones 66-107 der Elementatio theologica des Proklos entwickelt Berthold von Moosburg eine Lehre vom Ganzen (prop.

Im vorliegenden Kommentar zu den Propositiones 160-183 der Elementatio theologica des Proklos entwickelt Berthold von Moosburg eine systematische Philosophie des Intellekts im Geiste seines Lehrers Dietrich von Freiberg.

This book presents critical studies of modern reconfigurations of conceptions of the past, of the 'classical', and of national heritage.

This broad-ranging book draws on Freudian and post-Freudian theory to offer a new and original perspective on courtly love from its origins in eleventh-century Occitania to its transformation into conflicting chivalric and courtly discourses in the later Middle Ages.

This broad-ranging book draws on Freudian and post-Freudian theory to offer a new and original perspective on courtly love from its origins in eleventh-century Occitania to its transformation into conflicting chivalric and courtly discourses in the later Middle Ages.

InPlatos RepublicSocrates retells a life-changing conversation he had with none other than the authors two older brothers.

InPlatos RepublicSocrates retells a life-changing conversation he had with none other than the authors two older brothers.

This two-volume study traces developments in English narrative structure from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period, building on the theses set out in Monika Fludernik's award-winning Towards a 'Natural' Narratology (1996).

This two-volume study traces developments in English narrative structure from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period, building on the theses set out in Monika Fludernik's award-winning Towards a 'Natural' Narratology (1996).

Wie lasst sich die attische Tragodie neu lesen, wenn man sie als Ort rhetorischer Auseinandersetzung mit dem uberlieferten Mythenrepertoire versteht?

Late Medieval Female Subject Consciousness: Italian and English Mystics brings together disparate feminist theoretical approaches to explore the formation of medieval female subject consciousness in writings by female mystics including Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, and Margery Kempe, as well as secular writings of Christine de Pizan, and powerful female characters of Giovanni Boccaccio and Geoffrey Chaucer.

Late Medieval Female Subject Consciousness: Italian and English Mystics brings together disparate feminist theoretical approaches to explore the formation of medieval female subject consciousness in writings by female mystics including Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, and Margery Kempe, as well as secular writings of Christine de Pizan, and powerful female characters of Giovanni Boccaccio and Geoffrey Chaucer.

The "e;Graduiertenkolleg 1876"e; in Mainz examined how concepts of humans and nature developed in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe from 100,000 BC to the Middle Ages.

Muspilli has long been fascinating - and frustrating - scholars.

The "e;Graduiertenkolleg 1876"e; in Mainz examined how concepts of humans and nature developed in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe from 100,000 BC to the Middle Ages.

Muspilli has long been fascinating - and frustrating - scholars.

Die Studie untersucht, welche sozialen Funktionen von Spott und Lachen in Homers Ilias und Odyssee sowie in der Dichtung des fruhgriechischen Iambos begegnen.

Die Studie untersucht, welche sozialen Funktionen von Spott und Lachen in Homers Ilias und Odyssee sowie in der Dichtung des fruhgriechischen Iambos begegnen.

This book presents a novel perspective on long-distance trade in the ancient world that integrates network theory and environmental analysis into our understandings of production, movement and exchange in the so-called Long Classical Millennium (c.

This book presents a novel perspective on long-distance trade in the ancient world that integrates network theory and environmental analysis into our understandings of production, movement and exchange in the so-called Long Classical Millennium (c.

This book reconsiders Iamblichus’ Response to Porphyry, Late Antiquity’s seminal work on theurgy, which is often referred to as De Mysteriis.

This book reconsiders Iamblichus’ Response to Porphyry, Late Antiquity’s seminal work on theurgy, which is often referred to as De Mysteriis.

Medieval Love-Fashioning examines the topic of fin'amor, "e;gentle love"e;, in poetry, verse romances, and prose from the European High and Late Middle Ages.

Medieval Love-Fashioning examines the topic of fin'amor, "e;gentle love"e;, in poetry, verse romances, and prose from the European High and Late Middle Ages.

La desgracia golpea a la familia real de Tebas: el rey Edipo ha sido expulsado y solo su hija Antigona lo acompana en su exilio.

Hera, consumida por los celos, condena a Hercules, hijo ilegitimo de Zeus, a una locura devastadora que lo lleva a cometer un crimen irreparable.

Randfiguren besitzen in der romischen Komodie oft eine zentrale dramaturgische Funktion.

Randfiguren besitzen in der romischen Komodie oft eine zentrale dramaturgische Funktion.