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This 1998 book investigates the politics of vernacular translation in late medieval England the contemporary concerns of clerical corruption of authoritative texts, and the education of vernacular writers such as Langland, Trevisa and Wyclif.
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This alternative interpretation of the baffling Latin grammars of the seventh-century writer Virgilius Maro... Læs mere
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Richard Thomas examines the ideological reception of Virgil at specific moments in the last two millennia. It looks at different 'encounters' with Virgil's Aeneid and... Læs mere
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An interesting reading of Catullus' poems as social performances of a 'poetics of manhood'. It exploits cultural anthropological accounts of male social... Læs mere
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This advanced introduction to Horace considers his poetry not only as works of literature, but also as social acts which simultaneously promoted his authority while... Læs mere
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In this study, Catherine Connors draws on recent developments in Latin literary criticism to take a comprehensive approach to the... Læs mere
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Essays explore the understanding of emotions (or 'passions') in Roman thought and literature from a wide range of Latin prose and verse writers. These... Læs mere
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This study explores the use of other languages in medieval and Renaissance English drama. From the mystery cycles to Shakespeare, Janette Dillon... Læs mere
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This substantially introduced and annotated first edition of a previously unknown Latin text, the biblical commentaries of Theodore and Hadrian, throws light on the intellectual history of early medieval Europe.
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An examination of the main characters in the Aeneid - Aeneas himself, Dido and Turnus - in the light of Virgil's contemporary Augustan political and literary ideology. The... Læs mere
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This is a book of essays by distinguished scholars on the relationship between Latin authors and their audiences. The authors and works covered are Cicero (as... Læs mere
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John Henderson explores three letters of Seneca describing visits to Roman villas, and surveys the whole collection to show how these villas work as... Læs mere