Classical, Early & Medieval

Dante's New Life of the Book: A Philology of World Literature

Martin Eisner

9780198869641
Paperback
March 2021

Oxford Textual Perspectives

Dante's New Life of the Book examines Dante's Vita nuova through its transformations in manuscripts, printed books, translations, and adaptations. Eisner investigates how these different material manifestations participate in the work, drawing attention to its distinctive elements.

Sophocles: Oedipus the King: A New Verse Translation

David Kovacs

9780198854845
Paperback
April 2020

Sophocles' great masterpiece, Oedipus the King, is here translated into highly-polished English verse alongside an introduction and notes to the translation which seek to make his achievements in both plot and language accessible to students at graduate, undergraduate, and secondary school level.

Geoffrey Chaucer: A Very Short Introduction

David Wallace

9780198767718
Paperback
August 2019

Very Short Introductions

Covering Geoffrey Chaucer's life and work, David Wallace considers the influence and enduring appeal of his body of writing, explores the wide ranging geography and iconic characters in his stories, and discusses how Chaucer's own experiences contributed to his literature.

Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Introduction

David Wallace

9780198805069
Hardback
August 2017

Covering Geoffrey Chaucer's life and work, David Wallace considers the influence and enduring appeal of his body of writing, exploring the wide ranging geography and iconic characters in his stories, and discusses how Chaucer's own experiences contributed to his literature.

The Odyssey

Homer, Anthony Verity, William Allan

9780199669103
Hardback
October 2016

Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection

The Odyssey tells the story of the Greek hero Odysseus' epic ten year journey home after the end of the Trojan War of the Iliad. Its epic sweep has gripped generations of readers.

Shakespeare's Sonnets: An Original-Spelling Text

Paul Hammond

9780198728016
Paperback
January 2016

Shakespeare's Sonnets are the most famous and controversial love poems in the English language. This book is both an edition of these poems and a guide to how to read them. It is the only current edition which provides an original-spelling text, and prints the poems as they appeared in the first edition, Shake-speares Sonnets(1609).

Medieval Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Elaine Treharne

9780199668496
Paperback
September 2015

Very Short Introductions

Looking at literature from Medieval Britain and Ireland, including Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman poetry, prose and drama, this Very Short Introduction covers the earliest beginnings of print culture, and considers major themes of these works, such as sin and salvation, kingship and authority, myth and the monstrous.

A Journey Through American Literature

Kevin J. Hayes

9780199862061
Paperback
March 2012

William Wordsworth: 21st-Century Oxford Authors

Stephen Gill

9780199699599
Paperback
February 2012

21st-Century Oxford Authors

The most comprehensive selection currently available of the poetry and prose of the great Romantic poet. Introduced by a noted Wordsworth scholar, this edition includes poems from Wordsworth's 'Great Decade', a generous selection from his later poems, extracts from Guide to the Lakes, and the political prose of the Convention of Cintra.