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The University of Michigan Press Aeneas
Book SynopsisCreates an Aeneas for our time: an age of liquid modernity, when identities seem fungible and precarious, amid a moment of political conflict and collapsing institutions. This volume gives readers new translations and close readings of important passages, and it restores Aeneas to the centre of Rome's most important poem.Table of Contents Preface Chapter One: On Not Liking Aeneas Chapter Two: The First Three Words Chapter Three: The Choices of Aeneas Chapter Four: The Silences of Aeneas Chapter Five: The Tears of Aeneas Chapter Six: The Anger of Aeneas Epilogue: The Hero Vanishes Further Reading Works Cited Index of Passages Cited Index
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University of Michigan Press Light of the Everlasting Life
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University of Michigan Press Light of the Everlasting Life
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Ancient Latin Poetry Books
Book SynopsisPresents a detailed study of the oldest manuscripts still extant that contain texts by Latin poets, such as Virgil, Terence, and Ovid. Analysing their physical characteristics, script, and the historical contexts in which they were produced, this volume shows how manuscripts can help us gain a better understanding of the history of texts.
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The University of Michigan Press Bad Chaucer
Book SynopsisFrom a vexing catalog of trees in the Knight’s Tale to the flirtations with blasphemy in the Parson’s Tale, this volume progresses through the Canterbury Tales story by story, tale by tale, pondering the most egregious failing of each in turn.Trade ReviewBad Chaucer’s best features are its provocative starting point and its comprehensive commitment to identifying ‘a wider range of lapses and blunders in such topics as thematic consistency, narrative coherency, and character development’ in each of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, even the ones that are frequently overlooked by critics. The author has an impressively broad and comprehensive knowledge of Chaucerian texts and criticism. The writing is lucid, lively, and graceful." - Carissa Harris, Temple UniversityTable of Contents Introduction: On Chaucer’s Badness 1. The Catalog of Trees and Epic Digressions of the Knight’s Tale 2. The Broken Arm and Sympathetic Cuckold of the Miller’s Tale 3. The Stoic Dawn Song and Comic Rapes of the Reeve’s Tale 4. The Fornicating Wife and Incomplete Completion of the Cook’s Tale 5. The Bounteous Boat and Prosperity Theology of the Man of Law’s Tale 6. The Forgotten Maiden and Phallic Renaissance of the Wife of Bath’s Tale 7. The Damned Pan and Exemplary Inconsistencies of the Friar’s Tale 8. The Dead Children and Anti-Carnivalesque Humor of the Summoner’s Tale 9. The Wretched Smock and Gendered Theodicy of the Clerk’s Tale 10. The Apologetic Narrator and Fragmented Perspectives of the Merchant’s Tale 11. The Nurse of Digestion and Camp Pleasures of the Squire’s Tale 12. The Stony Lady and Lovely Contradictions of the Franklin’s Tale 13. The Executed Governess and Errant Themes of the Physician’s Tale 14. The Dead Man Walking and Pseudo Crux of the Pardoner’s Tale 15. The Groanworthy Puns and Semantic Enigmas of the Shipman’s Tale 16. The Forgiving Readers and Mitigated Antisemitism of the Prioress’s Tale 17. The Singsong Meter and Aural Agonies of the Tale of Sir Thopas 18. The Immoral Allegory and Boring Maxims of the Tale of Melibee 19. The Hundred Endless Threats and Tragic Genres of the Monk’s Tale 20. The Cock’s Words and Chaucerian Tripletalk of the Nun’s Priest’s Tale 21. The Invisible Nun and Chaste Orgasms of the Second Nun’s Tale 22. The Textbook Rhetoric and Pedantic Poetics of the Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale 23. The Empty Birdcage and Paradoxical Punishment of the Manciple’s Tale 24. The Meek Heretic and Narrativeless Narrative of the Parson’s Tale Conclusion: The Better Badness of Chaucer’s Retraction
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The University of Michigan Press Stealing from the Gods
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University of California Press The Image of the Jews in Greek Literature
Book SynopsisOffers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background.Trade Review"Surely the crown of [Bar-Kochva's] career... One cannot imagine this magisterial volume ever being, or needing to be, replaced." The Henoch "Gives innovative readings of almost all the texts it considers... The result is invigorating and challenging." Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) "A major reference work on an important aspect of ancient Judaism." International Review Of Biblical Stds "Bar-Kochva ... provides erudite reinterpretations of many of the texts, showing that Greek views of Jews in this period are a complicated issue." -- Mark W. Chavalas Near East Archaeological Society Bltn
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University of California Press The Image of the Jews in Greek Literature The
Book SynopsisExamines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people, their religious, social, and political views; their literary and stylistic methods; ethnographic stereotypes current at the time; and more.Trade Review"Surely the crown of [Bar-Kochva's] career... One cannot imagine this magisterial volume ever being, or needing to be, replaced." The Henoch "Gives innovative readings of almost all the texts it considers... The result is invigorating and challenging." Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) "A major reference work on an important aspect of ancient Judaism." International Review Of Biblical Stds "Bar-Kochva ... provides erudite reinterpretations of many of the texts, showing that Greek views of Jews in this period are a complicated issue." -- Mark W. Chavalas Near East Archaeological Society Bltn
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University of California Press Texts from the Middle
Book SynopsisTexts from the Middle is a companion primary source reader to the textbook The Sea in the Middle. It can be used alone or in conjunction with the textbook, providing an original history of the Middle Ages that places the Mediterranean at the geographical center of the study of the period from 650 to 1650. Building on the textbook's unique approach, these sources center on the Mediterranean and emphasize the role played by peoples and cultures of Africa, Asia, and Europe in an age when Christians, Muslims, and Jews of various denominations engaged with each other in both conflict and collaboration. The supplementary reader mirrors the main text's fifteen-chapter structure, providing six sources per chapter. The two texts pair together to provide a framework and materials that guide students through this complex but essential historyone that will appeal to the diverse student bodies of today. Table of ContentsContents List of Texts Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. The Helleno-Islamic Mediterranean (650–1050 CE) 1 The Legacy of Empire 1. The Battle of Siffin (657 CE) 2. The Battle of Tours (732 CE) 3. Legends of Women and the Conquest of al-Andalus 4. Toda of Navarre and ꞌAbd al-Rahman III 5. The Emperor, the Caliph, and the Elephant 6. Basil Lakapenos: A Mighty Eunuch 2 Mediterranean Connections 1. Harald Hardradi: A Viking in the Mediterranean 2. Religious Relations in Fatimid Cairo 3. The Calendar of Córdoba 4. Jewish Traders’ Letters from the Cairo Geniza 5. Ibn Fadlan at the Frontiers of the Mediterranean World 3 Conversion and the Consolidation of Identiies 1. Christian Arabization in Muslim Lands 2. Byzantine Iconoclasm 3. The Donation of Constantine 4. Jews in Early Medieval Europe 5. Jewish Communities and Muslim Authorities in the Cairo Geniza 4 Peoples of the Book Reading Their Books 1. Which Is the Bible? Which Is the Qurꞌan? 2. The Problem of Scriptural Translation 3. Studying in Eleventh-Century Iraq and France 4. Hadiths on Fasting, Charity, and the Hajj 5. A Christian and a Muslim Interpret Their Scriptures 6. Plotinus on Beauty and the One 7. Ibn Hazm Critiques the Christian Gospels and Explores the Nature of Love PART II. An Age of Conflict and Collaboration (1050–1350 CE) 5 Holy and Unholy War 1. The Fall of Yusuf ibn Naghrilla 2. The Trial of Philip of Mahdia 3. Franks and Muslims in Crusade-Era Palestine and Syria 4. Latin-Byzantium Relations 5. Papacy and Power 6. The Almohad Revolution 6 A Connected Sea 1. The Power of Negotiation 2. Visions of the East 3. A Rough Guide to Pilgrimage 4. A Pilgrim at Sea 5. Collaboration and Credit 7 Mediterranean Societies 1. Morality in the Marketplace 2. The Limits of Legitimacy 3. Keeping It Clean 4. Power and Piety 5. The Challenge of Heresy 6. Pride and Prejudice 8 Reading Each Others’ Books 1. The Disciplina Clericalis of Petrus Alfonsi, 1062–1140 CE 2. The Muslim and Christian Buddhas 3. Mixed-Blood Greek Border Lords 4. The Muslim Jesus 5. The Latin-Christian Encounter with the Talmud 6. The Book of the Covenant by Joseph Kimhi 7. Ibn Taymiyya Critiques Christianity—and Others 9 A Sea of Technology, Science, and Philosophy 1. Hacking the Astrolabe across the Mediterranean 2. The Life of a Scientific Translator: Gerard of Cremona (ca. 1114–1187 CE) 3. Learning Medicine, Finding Medicines 4. Thomas Aquinas’s Third Way 5. Gregory Palamas on the Dangers of Philosophy 6. Nonrationalism Thrives! PART III. The Contest for the Mediterranean (1350–1650 CE) 10 Imperial Rivalry and Sectarian Strife 1. Islamic Discourses of Legitimacy 2. Christian Views of the Fall of Constantinople 3. Fernando II of Aragon and Spanish Imperial Expansion 4. Machiavelli’s Views on Politics 5. Fighting Sectarian Enemies 11 Minorities and Diasporas 1. The Spanish Inquisition and the Expulsion of the Jews 2. Oppression and Expulsion of the Moriscos 3. Jews and Ghettos in Renaissance Italy 4. Christians under Mamluk and Ottoman Rule 5. Responses to Expulsion and Exile 12 Slavery and Captivity 1. Slave Soldiers in the Muslim World 2. Early Medieval Europe and the Slave Trade 3. Slave Life in Late Medieval Mediterranean Europe 4. Crusaders, Corsairs, and Captives 5. Perceptions of Black Africans in the Early Modern Mediterranean 13 Mystical Messiahs and Converts, Humanists and Armorers 1. Describing Muslim and Jewish Mystics 2. A Morisco Prophecy of Turkish Triumph 3. Conversion in Public 4. Sixteenth-Century Latin-Christian Views of Islamic Science and Medicine 5. Building and Firing the Bombards 14 Family, Gender, and Honor 1. Contracting Marriage 2. Women in the Economy 3. Women in Power 4. Women’s Spirituality 5. Sexual Transgressions and the Law 15 Mediterranean Economies and Societies in a Widening World 1. Responses to the Plague 2. Social Rebellion 3. Muslim-Christian Commercial Agreements 4. Private and Public Charity 5. Climate Change, War, and Discontent Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Selected Letters of Cassiodorus
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bjornlie makes the material as readable as it’s ever going to be. . . . We need reliable, well-annotated translations, and products of this quality should be recognised as the original contributions they are. A formidable and committed translator, Cassiodorus would surely agree." * London Review of Books *Table of ContentsMaps Introduction Cassiodorus, the Variae, and Their World The Variae as a Letter Collection A Note on the Present Translation Chronology of Key Events Indictional Years Relative to Cassiodorus's Tenure in Public Offices Section I. Sixth-Century Italy in a Wider World: Diplomatic Letters from the Ostrogothic Court to the Eastern Imperial and Western "Barbarian" Courts Section II. The Senate in Public Life and Public Office: Letters to the Senate, Letters to Individual Senators, and Letters Announcing the Appointment of Senators to Office Section III. Civil Bureaucracy and Administration in Italy: Letters Describing Activities of the Court Bureaucracy and Letters of Appointment to Bureaucratic Posts Section IV. Taxes and Finances: Letters Describing Fiscal Organization and the Collection and Distribution of State Resources Section V. Administration of the Provinces: Letters Concerned with Ostrogothic Affairs in Regions outside Italy Section VI. Goths and the Military: Letters concerning Gothic Settlement and the Organization of the Military Section VII. Urban Life: Letters Describing Attention to the Urban Environment Section VIII. Rural Life: Letters concerning People in the Countryside and Their Obligations to the State Section IX. Religion: Letters to Bishops and Letters Touching upon the Court's Spiritual Sentiments and Involvement in Religious Matters Section X. Family and Gender: Letters concerning Households and Relations between Family Members and Letters to Women Section XI. Law, Order, and Conflict: Letters Describing the Court's Approach to Criminal Charges against Individuals Section XII. Intellectual Culture: Letters Pertaining to Aspects of Late-Antique Intellectual Culture Section XIII. Nature: Letters That Provide Literary Perspectives on the Natural World Glossary Concordance of Letters Cited in This Volume Selected Bibliography of Related Reading Index of Individuals Index of Concepts, Peoples, and Terms Index of Places
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University of California Press Catullus and the Traditions of Ancient Poetry
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University of California Press Epochs of Greek and Roman Biography
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Harvard University Press The Life of Padma: Volume 2
Book SynopsisThe Life of Padma, Volume 2 recounts Rama’s exile in the Dandaka Forest with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana. When Sita disappears, Rama prepares for war against Ravana. This first direct translation into English of the oldest extant Apabhramsha work appears alongside a corrected text, in the Devanagari script, of Bhayani’s critical edition.
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Harvard University Press The Iliad and the Oral Epic Tradition
Book SynopsisThe Iliad reveals a traditional oral poetic style, but many believe that the poem cannot be treated as solely a product of oral tradition. In The Iliad and the Oral Epic Tradition, Karol Zielinski argues that neither Homer's unique artistry nor references to events known from other songs necessarily indicate the use of writing in its composition.
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Harvard University Press Arjuna and the Hunter
Book SynopsisArjuna and the Hunter, by the sixth-century poet Bharavi, portrays Arjuna's travels to the Himalayas, where Shiva tests the hero's courage in combat and bestows upon him an invincible weapon. This is a masterful contemplation of ethical conduct, ascetic discipline, and religious devotionenduring themes in Indian literature.Trade ReviewEven as stand-alone English text, without the supporting material, Arjuna and the Hunter is a very enjoyable piece of work. This excellent edition, providing also the original Sanskrit, a helpful Introduction (and notes on the translation) as well as detailed supporting material, gives readers a chance to delve deeper into what is remarkable and very rewarding work. -- M. A. Orthofer * Complete Review *
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Harvard University Press The Life of Padma: Volume 1
Book SynopsisThe Life of Padma, Volume 1 recounts the histories and noteworthy ancestors of Rama’s allies and enemies, focusing on his antagonist Ravana. This first direct translation into English of the oldest extant work in Apabhramsha is accompanied by a corrected reprint in the Devanagari script of Harivallabh C. Bhayani’s critical edition.
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Harvard University Press The History of Akbar: Volume 4
Book SynopsisThe History of Akbar, Volume 4 by Abu’l-Fazl narrates the second eight years of Akbar’s reign, including his visit to Ajmer, the arrival of an embassy from the Safavid court, and the author’s brother’s career as court poet. The Persian text, presented in the Naskh script, is based on a careful reassessment of the primary sources.Trade ReviewOf all the great monarchs to have ruled over India—a land whose history is richer and more turbulent than that of almost any other—the one who most retains our modern-day attention is Akbar, Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605…[The History of Akbar] includes accounts of his court and his governance, as well as of the wars, alliances and intrigues of his time…Thackston’s translation is the first complete rendition into English of Abu’l-Fazl’s Persian text since Henry Beveridge, a British orientalist and imperial civil servant, completed his version in 1921…Thackston’s English is modern and…[his] translation…is impressively meticulous. -- Tunku Varadarajan * Wall Street Journal *At a time when Hindutva historians are eager to distort the history of Muslim invasions in order to deepen religious cleavages and consolidate vote banks, [Abu’l-Fazl's] elaboration of Akbar’s legacy as a tolerant Muslim ruler of a non-Muslim majority is an important reminder of how Indian society has evolved. -- Pragya Tiwari * India at LSE blog *We can only welcome an undertaking like the Murty Classical Library of India, which intends to inject fresh blood directly into the circulatory system of the English language. Any intelligent reader cannot fail to be favorably impressed in the presence of the variegated offerings of the series’ first titles…The Murty Classical Library offers a surprising array of texts that are in any case capable of broadening the all-too-restricted horizons of the average Western reader. -- Roberto Calasso * New York Review of Books *
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Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies The Tears of Achilles
Book SynopsisThis study by Hélène Monsacré shows how Western ideals of inexpressive manhood run contrary to the poetic vision of Achilles and his warrior companions presented in the Homeric epics. Pursuing the paradox of the tearful fighter, Monsacré examines the interactions between men and women in the Homeric poems.
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Harvard University Press LokaprakA by KEmendra with the Commentary of
Book SynopsisLong lost, the edition of this significant text has been recovered in the Societe Asiatique in Paris and is now published here. Lokaprakasa by K?emendra with the commentary of Sahaja Bha??a fills a large gap in our knowledge of private life and public administration in medieval India and will greatly interest Sanskritists and historians.
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Harvard University Press On Human Worth and Excellence
Book SynopsisIn On Human Worth and Excellence, celebrated diplomat, historian, philosopher, and scholar Giannozzo Manetti (1396–1459) asks: what are the moral, intellectual, and spiritual capabilities of the unique amalgam of body and soul that constitutes human nature? This I Tatti edition contains the first complete translation into English.Trade ReviewReaders can now find a concise yet clear and informative assessment of the Giannozzo–Lotario controversy in Copenhaver’s introductory essay and in the many notes to his English translation. The latter is an excellent example of stylistic ability founded on solid scholarship. These two qualities make it possible for Copenhaver to render Manetti’s Ciceronian (and often quite involuted) Latin syntax into both refined and precise English prose…Copenhaver’s outstanding scholarship and the spirit of intellectual generosity pervad[e] this entire book. -- Stefano U. Baldassarri * Renaissance Quarterly *This I Tatti volume is, as one has come to expect from the series, an exemplary edition, with a useful Introduction and endnotes. * Complete Review *
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Harvard University Press Hellenistic Collection Philitas. Alexander of
Book SynopsisA miscellany of rare Hellenistic prose and poetry.
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Harvard University Press Fragments of Old Comedy Volume I Alcaeus to
Book SynopsisThe era of Old Comedy (c. 485–c. 380 BCE), when theatrical comedy was created and established, is best known through the extant plays of Aristophanes. But the work of many other poets, including Cratinus and Eupolis, the other members, with Aristophanes, of the canonical Old Comic Triad, survives in fragments.Trade ReviewThis edition of Old Comic fragments is a welcome addition to the world of classics...This is a comprehensive and all-encompassing work; the introductions, the bibliographies, the notes, the apparatuses, the treatment of the papyrus fragments, the vase-section, have all been conscientiously and assiduously composed; and so these volumes will serve as an immensely useful tool for both scholars and students for a considerable time. Storey is to be highly commended for bringing this intricate task to completion. -- Athina Papachrysostomou * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
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Harvard University Press Fragments of Old Comedy Volume III Philonicus to
Book SynopsisThe era of Old Comedy (ca. 485ca. 380 BC), when theatrical comedy was created and established, is best known through the extant plays of Aristophanes. But the work of many other poets, including Cratinus and Eupolis, the other members, with Aristophanes, of the canonical Old Comic Triad, survives in fragments.Trade ReviewThis edition of Old Comic fragments is a welcome addition to the world of classics...This is a comprehensive and all-encompassing work; the introductions, the bibliographies, the notes, the apparatuses, the treatment of the papyrus fragments, the vase-section, have all been conscientiously and assiduously composed; and so these volumes will serve as an immensely useful tool for both scholars and students for a considerable time. Storey is to be highly commended for bringing this intricate task to completion. -- Athina Papachrysostomou * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
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Princeton University Press The Complete Odes and Satires of Horace
Book SynopsisHorace has long been revered as the supreme lyric poet of the Augustan Age. Born the son of a freed slave in southern rural Italy, he rose to become one of the most celebrated poets in Rome. This book spells out how the poet expresses values and traditions that remain unchanged in the deepest strata of Italian character two thousand years later.Trade Review"This new translation promises to be a grand adventure for the imaginations of graduates, undergraduates, and general readers."--Choice "Alexander's translations of the satires are unusually readable... They project an image of the poet as a Socratic loner, edgy, irritable, ultimately at odds with the city he loves... But having rendered the satires and the odes in one go, Alexander allows us glimpses of a more subtle Horace."--Tom D'Evelyn, The Boston Book Review "Alexander's translations are accurate yet vigorous and fluent, avoiding both archaisms and contemporary idioms."--Library JournalTable of ContentsFOREWORD, by Richard Howard xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv INTRODUCTION xvii NOTE TO THE READER xxix ODES Book I 3 Book II 55 Book III 91 Book IV 151 SATIRES Book I 189 Book II 245 NOTES TO Odes 317 NOTES TO Satires 343 BIBLIOGRAPHY 353
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Princeton University Press Selected Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Book SynopsisIncludes poems from nearly various of Ibn Gabirol's secular and liturgical lyric genres, as well as a translation of the poet's long masterwork, "Kingdom's Crown." This book contains an introduction, which places the poetry in historical context and charts its influence through the centuries.Trade ReviewPeter Cole, Winner of a 2010 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters Winner of the 2001 T.L.S-Porjes Prize for Translation, Jewish Book Council Peter Cole is the recipient of a 2007 MacArthur Fellowship "Taut, light-footed translations ... remarkable in the degree to which they carry over the distinct poetic complexities of the original while retaining a crisp, contemporary sense of American poetics ... the quality of motion and emotion comes through directly."--Publisher's Weekly "Cole's translations of Ibn Gabirol's poetry shimmer: they convey the power and mystique of the original in warm and wonderful phrases. Immediately accessible to the reader seeking beautiful locutions about love, longing, and desire... Cole's introduction is a gem, delineating what little is known about Ibn Gabirol the man and describing his world, his work, and his thought in ways that will delight."--Choice "Being medieval, these poems inevitably demonstrate the scope of religious language in their explorations of nature, drink, love, sex, boasting, friendship and loneliness. They are by turns, witty, satirical, elegiac--and always allusive."--Jane Liddell-King, Jewish ChronicleTable of ContentsSolomon Ibn Gabirol: An Andalusian Alphabet 3 FROM THE DIWAN OF SOLOMON IBN GABIROL Truth Seekers Turn 41 PERSONAL POEMS AND POEMS OF COURT I'm Prince to the Poem 45 My Words Are Driven 46 Forget About "If" and "Maybe" 47 Prologue to the Book of Grammar 49 My Condition Worsened 51 All My Desire 52 The Apple: I 53 The Rose 54 See the Sun 55 They Asked Me As Though They Were Mystified 56 On Leaving Saragossa 57 The Moon Was Cut 61 My Heart Thinks As the Sun Comes Up 62 The Palace Garden 63 Winter with Its Ink 66 The Garden 67 The Field 68 The Bee 69 Isn't the Sky 70 The Lily 71 Now the Thrushes 72 The Apple: II 73 The Lightning 74 The Lip of the Cup 75 I'd Give Up My Soul Itself 76 Tell the Boy 77 Be Smart with Your Love 78 All in Red 79 Shards 80 The Apple: III 81 You've Stolen My Words 82 The Altar of Song 83 Tell the Prince 84 What's Troubling You, My Soul 85 The Pen 88 What's With You 89 God-Fearing Men 90 Your Soul Strains and You Sigh 91 Don't Look Back 94 If This Life's Joy 95 When You Find Yourself Angry 96 I Am the Man 97 And Don't Be Astonished 99 The Tree 100 If You'd Live Among Men 104 Why Are You Frightened 105 A Kite 106 And Heart's Hollow 107 I Love You 108 POEMS OF DEVOTION Before My Being 111 Three Things 112 I Look for You 113 Forget Your Grief 114 The Hour of Song 117 Two Things Meet in Me 118 Small in My Awe 119 Open the Gate 120 My Thoughts Asked Me 121 Angels Amassing 122 All the Creatures of Earth and Heaven 124 He Dwells Forever 126 And So It Came to Nothing 129 Haven't I Hidden Your Name 130 Lord Who Listens 131 I've Made You My Refuge 132 Lips for Bullocks 133 I Take Great Pleasure 134 Send Your Spirit 135 You Lie in My Palace on Couches of Gold 136 KINGDOM'S CROWN 137 Notes 197 Bibliography 317
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Princeton University Press Subjecting Verses Latin Love Elegy and the
Book SynopsisThe elegy flared into existence, commanded the cultural stage for several decades, then went extinct. This book accounts for the swift rise and sudden decline of a genre whose life span was incredibly brief relative to its impact. It presents the history of Latin erotic elegy since Georg Luck's.Trade Review"This work offers a panoramic analysis of a major literary genre, important for historic as well as aesthetic reasons, and of the scholarship produced on it over the past century. It applies a range of sophisticated contemporary theoretical perspectives to illuminate the genre as a whole and specific texts within it. Its close readings abound with new insights."—Judith P. Hallett, University of Maryland, College ParkTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix CHAPTER ONE Toward a New History of Genre:Elegy and the Real 1 CHAPTER TWO The Catullan Sublime,Elegy, and the Emergence of the Real 31 CHAPTER THREE Cynthia as Symptom: Propertius, Gallus, and the Boys 60 CHAPTER FOUR "He Do the Police in Different Voices": The Tibullan Dream Text 95 CHAPTER FIVE Why Propertius Is a Woman 130 CHAPTER SIX Deconstructing the Vir: Lawand the Other in the Amores 160 CHAPTER SEVEN Displacing the Subject, Saving the Text 184 CHAPTER EIGHT Between the Two Deaths: Technologies of the Self in Ovid's Exilic Poetry 210 NOTES 237 BIBLIOGRAPHY 277 INDEX LOCORUM 303 GENERAL INDEX 307
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Princeton University Press Selected Poems Odes and Fragments
Book SynopsisSophocles' tragedies - from "Antigone" to "Oedipus Tyrannus" - are filled with highly wrought, vivid, and emotionally powerful poetry. Paying attention to the structure, language, and rhythm across Sophocles' writings, the author has translated a selection of odes from Sophocles' surviving plays as well as fragments from his lost works.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2008 Texas Institute of Letters' Sourette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation of a BookTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 DESIRE Aphrodite of Kypros [fragment 941] 25 On Eros and Aphrodite [Antigone 781-800] 26 Eros, Impossible to Thwart [fragment 684] 27 The Mighty Kyprian [Trakhiniai 497-530] 28 THE HUMAN LOT On Man [Antigone 332-75] 33 The Human Lot [fragments]* 36 On Song [fragment 568] 42 What Sophokles Wrote on Women Was Preserved by Men [fragments]* 43 Fragments of Thamyras 45 On Sleep [Philoktetes 828-32] 47 THE ODES OF OIDIPOUS TYRANNOS The Chorus Plead for Divine Aid against Plague [151-215] 51 But What Does the Seer Teiresias Prove against Oidipous? [463-511] 54 On Purity, Insolence, and Punishment [863-910] 57 A Dance of Hope [1086-1109] 60 Oidipous the Cursed [1186-1222] 62 THE END OF THE FAMILY OF LABDAKOS On the Long Life of Oidipous [Oidipous at Kolonos 1211-48] 67 On Fate and the Last of the Family [Antigone 582-625] 69 Oidipous on the Passage of Time [Oidipous at Kolonos 607-23] 72 On Behalf of Oidipous [Oidipous at Kolonos 1557-78] 73 HOMELAND EARTH, SEA, AND SKY In Praise of Kolonos [Oidipous at Kolonos 668-719] 77 The Fullness of the World [fragments]* 80 The Sea [fragments]* 83 To Dionysos [Antigone 1115-52] 86 THE FATE OF THE HERO On the Madness of Aias [Aias 596-645] 91 Aias's Meditation before Suicide [Aias 646-85] 93 On the Afflicted Philoktetes [Philoktetes 169-90] 95 On Herakles [Trakhiniai 94-140] 97 Notes 101 Index of First Lines 127
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Princeton University Press Recognizing Persius
Book SynopsisOffers an in-depth exploration of the libellus - or little book - of six Latin satires left by the Roman satirical writer Persius when he died in AD 62 at the age of twenty-seven. In this book, the author fleshes out the primary importance of this mysterious and idiosyncratic writer.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010 "The book retains the informal approach of the original lectures, a shrewd choice since Reckford excels at using the public speaker's panoply to bring his subject to life; by book's end, readers will fell that they not only know Persius better but also understand more deeply his struggle, as a person and as an author, against humanity's foibles and follies."--Choice "Reckford takes his reader through a well-structured overview of the genre, which I believe will be particularly helpful to students just encountering Roman Satire. Because of the scope of this book, therefore, I would strongly recommend it as an introduction not only to Persius but also to the entire genre, for it places Lucilius, Horace, and to some extent Juvenal, in a context that is often elusive, largely because of the very nature of satire."--Patricia A. Johnston, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix PROLOGUE: In Search of Persius 1 CHAPTER ONE: Performing Privately 16 "Who'll read this stuff?" (Satire 1) 17 "In Different Voices" 21 Performing satire (1): Lucilius 25 Performing satire (2): Horace 32 Three Bad Performances 39 Persius's Return to the Colors 46 Appendix: The Choliambics 52 CHAPTER TWO: Seeking Integrity 56 Hypocrisy and Self-Deception (Satire 2) 57 Called to Virtue (Satire 3) 63 Where Horace Left Off 68 Division Problems 77 Autobiographical Fragments 82 Images of Dissolution 87 Recomposing a Life 91 Appendix: Epictetus, Diatribe, and Persius 96 CHAPTER THREE: Exploring Freedom 102 Shadows of Falsehood (Satire 4) 103 Modes of Disclosure (Satire 5) 108 "Every Fool a Slave" 118 Another Dissident Under Nero 124 CHAPTER FOUR: Life, Death, and Art 130 Between Volterra and Rome 131 The Land, the Sea, and the Heir (Satire 6) 136 Reading the libellus: Children and Grown-ups 144 Recognizing Persius 151 EPILOGUE: From Persius to Juvenal 161 NOTES 181 BIBLIOGRAPHY 219 GENERAL INDEX 233 INDEX LOCORUM 237
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Princeton University Press The Sorcerers Apprentice
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A]n eclectic collection ... spanning millennia and continents."--Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald "[A] comprehensive anthology... [A]lso of note are artist Frank's gorgeous illustrations."--Library Journal "It is not often that a new book comes along that is both a breakthrough in scholarly terms and also a magnificent work of art. Jack Zipes's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, illustrated by Natalie Frank, is both."--Maria Tatar, Breezes from WonderlandTable of ContentsList of Figures ix Preface xi Notes and Acknowledgments xxiii Introduction The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Harry Potter, and Why Magic Matters 1 Part I The Humiliated Apprentice Tales Early Tales Lucian of Samosata, "Eucrates and Pancrates" (ca. 170 CE) 85 Francois Petis de la Croix, "The Story of the Brahmin Padmanaba and the Young Hassan" (1707) 88 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "The Pupil in Magic" (1798) 97 Nineteenth-Century Tales Robert Southey, "Cornelius Agrippa's Bloody Book" (1801) 101 Sir Walter Scott, "The Last Exorciser" (1838) 103 John Naake, "The Book of Magic" (1874) 103 Alfred Cooper Fryer, "The Master and His Pupil; or, The Magic Book" (1884) 105 Sheykh-Zada, "The Lady's Fifth Story" (1886) 110 Edith Hodgetts, "The Blacksmith and the Devil" (1890) 112 Twentieth-Century Tales Henry Thomas Francis, "The Rash Magician" (1916) 117 Richard Rostron, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1941) 119 Richard Dorson, "The Mojo" (1956) 123 Harold Courlander, "The Do-All Ax" (1957) 124 Part II The Rebellious Apprentice Tales Early Tales Ovid, "Erysichthon and Mestra" (8 CE) 129 Rachel Harriette Busk, "The Saga of the Well-and-Wise-Walking Khan" (ca. 3rd Century to 11th Century) 136 Somadeva, "Bhavasarman and the Two Witches" (ca. 1070) 140 Farid al-Din 'Attar, "The Magician's Apprentice" (ca. 1220) 142 Giovan Francesco Straparola, "Maestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi" (1553) 144 Sangendhi Mahalingam Natesa Sastri, "The Deceiver Shall Be Deceived" (ca. 1770) 151 Nineteenth-Century Tales Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, "The Nimble Thief and His Master" (1819) 163 Kazimierz Wladyslaw Woycicki, "The Sorcerer and His Apprentice" (1839) 166 Arthur and Albert Schott, "The Devil and His Pupil" (1845) 169 Ludwig Bechstein, "The Magic Combat" (1857) 174 Johann Georg von Hahn, "The Teacher and His Pupil" (1864) 178 Giuseppe Pitre, "The Tuft of Wild Beet" (1875) 184 Domenico Comparetti, "Oh, Relief!" (1875) 190 Francois-Marie Luzel, "The Magician and His Servant" (1885) 193 George Webbe Dasent, "Farmer Weathersky" (1888) 202 Jerome Curtin, "The Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach of Tricks" (1890) 209 Edith Hodgetts, "The Wonderful Trade" (1890) 218 Charles Swynnerton, "The Story of Ali the Merchant and the Brahmin" (1892) 227 Twentieth-Century Tales Leo Wiener, "The Tale of the Sorcerer" (1902) 243 Joseph Charles Mardrus, "The Twelfth Captain's Tale" (ca. 1904) 247 Fletcher Gardner, "The Battle of the Enchanters" (1907) 253 Peter Buchan, "The Black King of Morocco" (1908) 254 Cecil Henry Bompas, "The Boy Who Learnt Magic" (1909) 257 Edith Nesbit, "The Magician's Heart" (1912) 260 Claude-Marius Barbeau, "The Two Magicians" (1916) 272 Hermann Hesse, "The Forest Dweller" (1917) 274 Heywood Broun, "Red Magic" (1921) 281 Dean Fansler, "The Mysterious Book" (1921) 286 Elsie Clews Parsons, "The Battle of the Enchanters" (1923) 289 Romuald Pramberger, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1926) 293 Seumas MacManus, "The Mistress of Magic" (1926) 296 Joseph Medard Carriere, "The Two Magicians" (1937) 306 John Mason Brewer, "The High Sheriff and His Servant" (1958) 311 Corinne Saucier, "The Man and His Son" (1962) 312 A. K. Ramanujan, "The Magician and His Disciple" (1997) 313 Part III Krabat Tales Joachim Leopold Haupt, "About an Evil Man in Gross-Sarchen" (1837) 323 Michael Hornig, "Krabat: A Legend from Folklore" (1858) 324 Georg Gustav Kubasch, "Krabat" (1865) 326 Edmund Veckenstedt, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice, I" (1880; Recorded by Hendrich Jordan) 329 Edmund Veckenstedt, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice, II" (1880; Recorded by Alexander von Rabenau) 331 Johann Goltsch, "The Story about Krabat" (1885) 333 Georg Pilk, "The Wendish Faust Legend" (1900) 334 Jerzy Slizinski, "Krabat" (1959) 344 Biographies of Authors, Editors, Collectors, and Translators 349 Filmography 365 Bibliography 369 Selected and Chronological List of Sorcerer's Apprentice Tales 387 Index 397
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Princeton University Press The Sorcerers Apprentice
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A comprehensive anthology. . . . Also of note are artist Frank’s gorgeous illustrations.”—Library Journal“It is not often that a new book comes along that is both a breakthrough in scholarly terms and also a magnificent work of art. Jack Zipes’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, illustrated by Natalie Frank, is both.”—Maria Tatar, Breezes from Wonderland“Jack Zipes has always been a kind of sorcerer himself, skilled in discovering, transforming, translating, and understanding the old tales of magic that appear in different but similar forms all over the world. This is a wonderful collection.”—Alison Lurie, author of Don’t Tell the Grown-Ups“An eclectic collection . . . spanning millennia and continents.”—Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald “A selection of high-quality tales. . . . This book offers a convincing explanation for the immortality of tales featuring the sorcerer’s apprentice.”—Yelena Francis, Journal of Folklore Research
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Princeton University Press Platonism and Poetry in the Twelfth Century The
Book SynopsisChartres as an intellectual and cultural force in the Renaissance of the twelfth century has engaged the attention of critics and scholars from R. L. Poole through Gilson, Curtius, and Huizinga to, most recently, Peter Dronke. Its importance as a poetic tradition is now reviewed by Winthrop Wetherbee, first as it developed at Chartres, then as it iTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*Chronological Table, pg. 1*Introduction, pg. 3*CHAPTER ONE. Twelfth-Century Platonism and the Pursuit of Wisdom, pg. 11*CHAPTER TWO. Philosophy and Experience: Boethius, Martianus Capella, and their Twelfth-Century Commentators, pg. 74*CHAPTER THREE. The Poetry of the Twelfth-Century Schools, pg. 126*CHAPTER FOUR. Form and Inspiration in the Poetry of Bemardus Silvestris, pg. 152*CHAPTER FIVE. Nature and Grace: The Allegories of Alain de Lille, pg. 187*CHAPTER SIX. The Poetry of the Schools and the Rise of Romance, pg. 220*CHAPTER SEVEN. Chartrian Allegory and the World, pg. 242*Appendix, pg. 267*Bibliography, pg. 273*Index, pg. 285
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McGill-Queen's University Press The Voices of Medieval English Lyric
Book SynopsisWhat was the medieval English lyric? Moving beyond the received understanding of the genre, The Voices of Medieval English Lyric explores, through analysis, discussion, and demonstration, what the term lyric most meaningfully implies in a Middle English context. A critical edition of 131 poems that illustrate the range and rich variety of lyric poetry from the mid-twelfth century to the early sixteenth century, The Voices of Medieval English Lyric presents its texts - freshly edited from the manuscripts - in thirteen sections emphasizing contrasting and complementary voices and genres. As well as a selection of religious poetry, the collection includes a high proportion of secular lyrics, many on love and sexuality, both earnest and humorous. In general, major authors who have been covered thoroughly elsewhere are excluded from the edited texts, but some, especially Chaucer, are quoted or mentioned as illuminating comparisons. Charles d''Orléans and the Scots poets Robert Henryson and Trade Review"This edition of a selection of medieval English lyrics is informative and admirably wide-ranging. I finished reading this book with a sense that I’d been given a comprehensive overview of the field by a trustworthy guide." Julia Boffey, Queen Mary University of London
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Cornell University Press A Medieval Storybook
Book SynopsisFrom the rich store of medieval tales, Morris Bishop brings together a delightful collection of thirty-five stories—some romantic, some religious, some realistic, some even scurrilous.Trade ReviewA pleasant collection of medieval tales intended for light reading. There are the usual bits and pieces from the Arthurian legend, from the lais and the collections like the Decameron, from saints' lives, and from the moralized exempla of the preachers’ handbooks, all illustrating the lighter side of the extraordinarily rich tradition of medieval narrative art. * Virginia Quarterly Review *Every medievalist with a sense of humor has wanted to do this sort of book, but too few have. Morris Bishop gives us a delightful collection of medieval storytelling, ranging from the twelfth to the fifteenth century, in Latin, Norse, French, Spanish, Italian, and English. Recommended for all popular collections and especially for children. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsPrefaceI. Romances of King Arthur's CourtThe Story of Merlin The Sword in the Stone, by Sir Thomas Malory Launcelot, Elaine, and Guenever, by Sir Thomas Malory Tristan's EndII. Adventures and EscapadesThe Story of Frithjof and Ingebjorg Amleth's Revenge, by Saxo Grammaticus A Knight Who Made a Bargain with a Merchant A Story of beyond the Sea The Cruelty of Francesco Orsini, by Giovanni Fiorentino A Night in Naples, by Giovanni BoccaccioIII. Lovers' Weal and WoeThe Dapple-Gray Palfrey, by Huon Leroi The Lay of the Nightingale, by Marie de France The Falcon, by Giovanni BoccaccioIV. Wonders and ProdigiesThe Life of Saint Brandon, by Jacobus de Voragine The Famous History of Friar BaconV. Moral TalesThe Execrable Devices of Old Women Of the Cunning of the Devil, and of the Secret Judgments of God Of the Transgressions and Wounds of the Soul Of Extreme Fear The Marvelous Conversion of the Blessed Hildegund, Virgin, by Caesarius of Heisterbach The Cleric Who Deflowered a Jewish Maiden, by Caesarius of Heisterbach How the Novice Theobald Conquered His Pride, by Caesarius of Heisterbach Friar JuniperVI. Merry Tales and Salty FictionsOf the Churl Who Won Paradise A Dean and a Magician, by Juan Manuel King Ben Abit and Queen Romaquia, by Juan Manuel A Profound Judgment The Pear Tree Fra Cipolla, by Giovanni Boccaccio A Father's Wise Counsel, by Franco Sacchetti The Rustic Ambassadors, by Franco Sacchetti The Noble Crest, by Franco Sacchetti Sacchetti and the Astrologer, by Franco Sacchetti The Blind Man of Orvieto, by Franco Sacchetti The Reeve's Tale, by Geoffrey Chaucer
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Cornell University Press A Study of Sophoclean Drama
Book SynopsisThis book shows how Sophocles' method of presenting character, his unique handling of myth, his predilection for presenting ideas by comparison and contrast, and his principles of structure are so closely related that they serve to clarify each other.Trade ReviewAn important and substantial book that confirms Kirkwood's position in the front ranks of criticism. * Classical World *Kirkwood displays the sure touch of one who has been familiar with his author for years. His analysis and exposition have a deft clarity that is not only scholarly but wholly charming. Kirkwood's judgments, even where we might disagree with them, always reflect a good sense and mature deliberation. * American Journal of Philology *The intention of Kirkwood's clear and well-written book is to study the dramatic methods of Sophocles, especially in the revelation of character. The chapter on construction, distinguishing 'diptych,' 'linear,' and 'triangular' form in the plays, and the chapter on the role of the chorus both center on what is, for the author, the primary essence of Sophocles' art: the delineation of his heroic, or merely human, characters. Sophocles' method is chiefly one of interplay: his dramatis personae are revealed, Kirkwood points out, through their relationships with each other, an observation not in itself new, but developed here extensively and convincingly. * Phoenix *
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Cornell University Press The Odyssey Reformed
Book SynopsisFrederick Ahl and Hanna M. Roisman offer a challenging new reading of the Odyssey that is directed to the general student of literature as well as to the classicist.Trade ReviewOffers a lively and detailed reading of Homer's 'The Odyssey', episode by episode, with particular attention paid to the manipulative power of its language and Homer's skill in using that power. * The Midwest Book Review *
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Cornell University Press Livy
Book SynopsisGary B. Miles reveals in Livy's history a creative interplay between traditional stories, contemporary ideological assumptions, and the historian's own perspective at the margins of Roman aristocracy.Trade ReviewA brilliant and convincing analysis. This lucid study... takes its place beside other basic works.... Highly recommended. * Choice *Miles's book is well informed by an excellent knowledge of Roman culture and literature for the period ca. 60–20 B.C. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
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Cornell University Press Colonial Odysseys Empire and Epic in the
Book SynopsisThis elegantly written and powerfully argued book focuses on narratives published in English between 1890 and 1940 in which protagonists journey from the familiar world of Europe to alien colonial worlds.Trade ReviewColonial Odysseys makes a genuine and welcome contribution to the study of modernism and colonial history. * Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History *Adam's book is particularly ambitious because it effectively fuses two projects: in addition to an analysis of the British modernists' representations of colonial exploration, it also places these same fictions... within the tradition of the classical epic journey.... Adam's dual focus, which keeps in its sights both the classical literary tradition and the global political scene, does not in the least blur his vision, but indeed allows him to look beyond familiar assessments of both travel writing's cultural function and of modernism's Greco-Roman turn. * Bryn Mawr Review of Comparative Literature *Adams provides a good account of how such modernist fiction differs from popular Victorian novels of empire, which lack a similar tension between realism and symbolism. Though thematic concerns predominate. Conrad's language receives considerable attention, as do Woolf's travels to Greece and study of its ancient language.... Besides critics and scholars of literature, philosophers, and theologians will find this study rewarding.... Recommended. * Choice *Adams, of course, is not unique in recognizing a sense of weariness and despair in Nostromo, but his explanation for it is, and so is his discussion of Conrad's philosophy in relation to that of Thomas Hobbes, Carl Schmitt, Walter Benjamin, and even Slavoj Zizek. * Twentieth-Century Literature *
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University of Toronto Press The Prose Solomon and Saturn and Adrian and Ritheus
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John Wiley & Sons A Students Seneca Ten Letters and Selections from De Providentia and De Vita Beata
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University of Pennsylvania Press Virgils Eclogues
Book SynopsisThis new translation by poet Len Krisak of Virgil's classic of pastoral verse captures both the meaning and meter of the original. The text features the English and original Latin on facing pages and an introduction by Gregson Davis.Trade Review"This is by far the most readable and accessible version of the Eclogues I know, and the most engaging as a poem in its own right. . . . Outstanding." * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *"The translations in this volume succeed in achieving the all-important musicality of effect, while sustaining a delicate balance between the pedestrian and the formal, the mundane and the sublime-the style that [Virgil's] fellow poet Horace famously characterized as 'molle atque facetum' ('refined and witty')." * from the Introduction, by Gregson Davis *Table of ContentsIntroduction by Gregson Davis Translator's Preface The Eclogues i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x Notes
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University of Pennsylvania Press Spectator Politics
Book Synopsis"The quality of scholarship is first-rate; it is clearly and engagingly written and is full of fresh insights into a great many facets of Aristophanes' plays."-Jeffrey Henderson, Boston UniversityTrade Review"Spectator Politics is a rich and imaginatively conceived study of the self-referential nature of Aristophanic comedy which envisions, often in precise detail, the original production of eight comedies in chronological order. . . . A welcome contribution to Aristophanic scholarship: original, well-informed and well-researched and, not the least of its virtues, amusingly written." * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *"Superb. . . . A book that should greatly appeal to anyone who is interested in the process of human thought and action. The themes are as pertinent to our world as they were to that of Aristophanes' audience." * Virginia Quarterly Review *"The quality of scholarship is first-rate; it is clearly and engagingly written and is full of fresh insights into a great many facets of Aristophanes' plays." * Jeffrey Henderson, Boston University *"An excellent book, lively, thought-provoking, full of insights-a book that will stimulate discussion for many years." * Scholia Reviews *Table of ContentsPreface 1. The Naming of Parts 2. The Emergence of the Actor 3. Euripides' Rag and Bone Shop: Acharnians 4. The Politics of Performance: Knights 5. Bringing Up Father: Wasps 6. Making Peace—or Dionysus in '21 7. Performing the City: Birds 8. Cross-Dress for Success: Thesmophoriazusae 9. Glorious Mud: Frogs 10. Waiting in the Wings: Ecclesiazusae 11. Reprise—and Coming Attractions Bibliography Index Locorum Index Nominum et Rerum
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University of Pennsylvania Press The Art of Veiled Speech
Book SynopsisThe Art of Veiled Speech offers new insights into the historical origins of self-censorship used to temper controversial views, revealing that the human voice cannot easily be silenced.Trade Review"The essays in this volume perform a very broad sweep of premodern European centuries and provide an excellent corrective to the misconception that censorship, as we think of it, originated in the early modern period. The editors are well aware that they have taken on a vast subject, and their desire to treat it across such a wide swath and in so many different contexts is very bold." * Ralph M. Rosen, University of Pennsylvania *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Parrhêsia, Free Speech, and Self-Censorship —Han Baltussen and Peter J. Davis Chapter 2. Self-Censorship in Ancient Greek Comedy —Andrew Hartwig Chapter 3. Parrhêsia and Censorship in the Polis and the Symposium: An Exploration of Hyperides Against Philippides 3 —Lara O'Sullivan Chapter 4. A Bark Worse Than His Bite? Diogenes the Cynic and the Politics of Tolerance in Athens —Han Baltussen Chapter 5. Censorship for the Roman Stage? —Gesine Manuwald Chapter 6. The Poet as Prince: Author and Authority Under Augustus —Ioannis Ziogas Chapter 7. "Quae quis fugit damnat": Outspoken Silence in Seneca's Epistles —Marcus Wilson Chapter 8. Argo's Flavian Politics: The Workings of Power in Valerius Flaccus —Peter J. Davis Chapter 9. Compulsory Freedom: Literature in Trajan's Rome —John Penwill Chapter 10. Christian Correspondences: The Secrets of Letter-Writers and Letter-Bearers —Pauline Allen Chapter 11. "Silence Is Also Annulment": Veiled and Unveiled Speech in Seventh-Century Martyr Commemorations —Bronwen Neil Chapter 12. "Dixit quod nunquam vidit hereticos": Dissimulation and Self-Censorship in Thirteenth-Century Inquisitorial Testimonies —Megan Cassidy-Welch Chapter 13. Inquisition, Art, and Self-Censorship in the Early Modern Spanish Church, 1563-1834 —François Soyer Chapter 14. Thomas Hobbes and the Problem of Self-Censorship —Jonathan Parkin Epilogue —Han Baltussen and Peter J. Davis Notes Index List of Contributors Acknowledgments
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Duke University Press Nature and Culture in the Iliad
Book SynopsisPresents an imaginative perspective not only on the Iliad but also on the whole of Homeric cultureTrade Review"A fine reading of the Iliad [and] a pioneering attempt to apply the insights and methods of cultural anthropology to the warrior culture of the poem. . . ."—Charles Segal, Harvard University"From time to time there appear Homeric studies that speak to a wide range of readers . . . Nature and Culture in the Iliad is in that company. It opened up new prespective on the poem and its poet and remains as stimulating today as when it first appeared."—James Tatum, Dartmouth College"Redfield's memorable study of the literary and cultural values of Homer's Iliad shines with wisdom and humanity on every page. I know of no other work on the epic that so consistently reaches this level of insight and inspiration."—Fromma Zeitlin, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsPreface to the Expanded Edition vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction: Achilles and Hector 3 1. Imitation 30 2. Tragedy 69 3. Our Hero 99 4. Error 128 5. Purification 160 The Gods of the Iliad: An Amplification 225 Notes 249 References 291 Bibliography to the Expanded Edition 299 Index of Greek Words 301 Index 307
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Fordham University Press Ordinary Oblivion and the Self Unmoored
Book SynopsisRapp offers a recast interpretation of Plato through a focus upon the transformative processes required by his texts in which spaces of ordinary oblivion put a reader at risk. The decomposing and generative effects of these oblivions reflect the ineluctable porosity of human life and the fertile fragility of forgetting.Trade Review"Rapp's ambitious and exciting work plumbs the depths of Plato's text with verve and sings with a voice as poetic as Plato's own." --Highly Recommended -Choice Magazine "This is an extraordinarily creative, and lyrically written, meditation on the philosophical meaning and experiential richness of what is, by any measure, one of Plato's most creative and lyrical dialogues. Countering the all too comon belief that Plato was strictly hostile to poetry and poets, an idea the *Phaedrus* belies, Rapp weaves contemporary poetic voices into her meditation on this preeminently Greek philosophical vision. The result is a tapesty of exceptional beauty and insight." -- -Louis Ruprecht Georgia State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Replete & Porous: Reading the Phaedrus and Writing the Soul 1. The Teeming Body: Making Images of the Soul Through Words 2. The Fluid Body: Madness & Displaced Discourse 3. The Torn Body: Forgotten Logos & Unmoored Ideals Epilogue: Beyond the Phaedrus Ghost Ribs of Discourse: Radical & Domesticated Forgetting in Euripides, Zhuangzi, and Aristotle Poetics as First Philosophy Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Hawai'i Press Koreas Premier Collection of Classical Literature
Book SynopsisThis is the first book in English to offer an extensive introduction to the Tongmunsn (Selections of Refined Literature of Korea) - the largest and most important Korean literary collection created prior to the twentieth century - as well as translations of essays from key chapters.
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Liverpool University Press Livy Bk 36 Classical Texts Aris Phillips
Book SynopsisLivy is a popular author in schools and universities in all areas of the English speaking world.Table of ContentsPreface Maps; I: Greece II: Asia Minor III: Thermopylae Introduction: A. The historical background B. Livy as a historian C. Livy as literary artist D. The Text Parallel Latin Text and English Translation Abbreviations Commentary Apparatus Criticus Indexes
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Liverpool University Press Livy Bk 37 Classical Texts Aris Phillips
Book SynopsisLivy is a popular author in schools and universities in all areas of the English speaking world.Table of Contents Preface Maps: I. Greece, II. Asia Minor, III. Magnesia Introduction: A. The historical background B. Livy as historian in Book XXXVII C. Literary aspects D. The text Parallel Latin Text and English Translation Abbreviations Commentary Apparatus Criticus Indexes
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Liverpool University Press Livy Bk 38 Classical Texts Aris Phillips
Book SynopsisLivy is a popular author in schools and universities in all areas of the English speaking world. The more popular books studied are those which recount the early history of Rome and the more noteworthy events of the Second Punic War.Table of ContentsPreface; Maps; Introduction; Parallel Latin Text and English Translation; Abbreviations; Commentary; Apparatus Criticus; Indexes
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