Forthcoming Classical Language & Literature Books

Forthcoming Books

1. The People of Aristophanes (Routledge Revivals)

   A Sociology of Old Attic Comedy

   By Victor Ehrenberg

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1951, The People of Aristophanes provides a sociological account of Athens in the period of its greatest glory. Drawing upon Old Attic Comedy and the plays of Aristophanes, the author recreates, for the reader, the life of Athens at that time. He writes extensively about social...

   To Be Published April 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Roman Literature, Gender and Reception

   Domina Illustris

   Edited by Donald Lateiner, Barbara K. Gold, Judith Perkins

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   This cutting-edge collection of essays offers provocative studies of ancient history, literature, gender identifications and roles, and subsequent interpretations of the republican and imperial Roman past. The prose and poetry of Cicero and Petronius, Lucretius, Virgil, and Ovid receive fresh...

   To Be Published April 29th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Animal and the Human in Ancient Thought

   By Stephen Newmyer

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   Ancient Greeks endeavored to define the human being vis-à-vis other animal species by isolating capacities and endowments which they considered to be unique to humans. This approach toward defining the human being still appears with surprising frequency, in modern philosophical treatises, in modern...

   To Be Published June 15th 2013 by Routledge
4. Metafiction in Classical Literature

   The Invention of Self-Conscious Fiction

   By Owen Hodkinson

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   Metafiction, the practice in fictional texts of displaying an awareness of their fictional status, highlighting it, or even exploring it after the manner of literary criticism, existed in ancient Greek and Roman literature. The significance of metafiction to this field is very great—arguably even...

   To Be Published June 29th 2013 by Routledge
5. Apuleius and Africa

   Edited by Benjamin Todd Lee, Ellen Finkelpearl, Luca Graverini

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   The Metamorphoses or Golden Ass of Apuleius (ca. 170 CE) is a Latin novel written by a native of Madauros in Roman North Africa, roughly equal to modern Tunisia together with parts of Libya and Algeria. Apuleius’ novel is based on the model of a lost Greek novel; it narrates the adventures of a...

   To Be Published June 29th 2013 by Routledge
6. A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric

   4th Edition

   By James J. Murphy, Richard A. Katula, Michael Hoppmann

   Continuing its tradition of providing students with a thorough review of ancient Greek and Roman rhetorical theory and practices, A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric is the premier text for undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in the history of rhetoric. Offering vivid examples of each...

   To Be Published July 8th 2013 by Routledge
7. Sex and War on the American Stage

   Lysistrata in production 1930-2003

   By Emily Klein

   To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
8. Juvencus: The Four Books of the Gospels

   Evangeliorum libri IV

   By Scott McGill

   Series: Routledge Later Latin Poetry

   To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge
9. Menander in Contexts

   By Alan Sommerstein

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   The comedies of the Athenian dramatist Menander (c. 342-291 BC) and his contemporaries were the ultimate source of a Western tradition of light drama that has continued to the present day. Yet for over a millennium, Menander’s own plays were thought to have been completely lost. Thanks to a long...

   To Be Published January 14th 2014 by Routledge