Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval

Argues compellingly for a new approach to ancient narrative which goes beyond narratology and is alert to its specific logic.

The Odyssey is an epic poem, written by the ancient Greek Philosopher Homer, and is considered to be the second oldest piece of western literature still in existence.

Argues that Lucretius presents the male body as ineluctably vulnerable and thereby shows Roman masculinity to be a fiction.

Never published in verse form before, these translations of some of the earliest known German poetry give us a rich glimpse of a life that, while alien in so many ways, was not so different after all.

Seven essays provide new and detailed explorations of the complex relationship between Plato and the Greek and Roman Stoic traditions.

Medieval English Drama provides a fresh introduction to the dramatic and festive practices of England in the late Middle Ages.

In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary and mythic tradition and in ritual practice.

This volume provides essays that represent a range of perspectives on women, gender and sexuality in the ancient world, tracing the debates from the late 1960s to the late 1990s.

Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome is a book for all readers who want to know more about the literature that underpins Western civilization.

Recent archaeological discoveries, coupled with long-lost but now available epigraphical evidence, and a more expansive view of literary sources, provide new and dramatic evidence of the emergence of rhetoric in ancient Greece.

Over the course of the Middle Ages, the economies of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa became more closely integrated, fostering the international and intercontinental journeys of merchants, pilgrims, diplomats, missionaries, and adventurers.