Literary studies: ancient, classical Books
Cambridge University Press Machon The Fragments 1 Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Series Number 1
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Cambridge University Press Claudian De Raptu Proserpinae
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Cambridge University Press TacitusThe Annals of Tacitus v1 Volume 1 Annals 1154 Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Series Number 15
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Cambridge University Press The Annals of Tacitus Book 3 32 Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Series Number 32
Book SynopsisThe Annals of Tacitus, which chronicle the years AD 14–68, are arguably the greatest work of the greatest Roman historian. Book 3 covers the years AD 20–22, a period including the trial of Calpurnius Piso for treason and the alleged murder of Germanicus. Throughout the volume attention is paid to literary matters, and textual, linguistic and historical issues are treated fully.Trade Review'One of the strengths of this excellent commentary, is the ease with which it shifts from observations about particular linguistic features of Tactitus' Latin to broader historical analysis …'. Journal of Roman StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; Text; Commentary; Indexes.
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Cambridge University Press Plato Phaedrus
A new edition, with Greek text and Commentary, primarily intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of ancient Greek literature and philosophy, although also useful for scholars who want an up-to-date account of how to understand the text, argument, style and background of the work.
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Cambridge University Press Reading Ovid Stories from the Metamorphoses Cambridge Intermediate Latin Readers
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Cambridge University Press Hellenistic Epigrams
Book SynopsisGreek ''literary'' epigrams constitute one of the most versatile and dynamic poetic forms in the Hellenistic period. Originally modeled on the anonymous epitaphs and dedications inscribed on monuments throughout antiquity, these short poems came to include a variety of subtypes and served as a vehicle for Hellenistic poets to experiment with themes and motifs from other genres. This edition introduces students to a wide selection of epigrams from the third and second centuries BCE. It provides substantial help in construing the Greek and will be appropriate for those approaching the genre for the first time, whilst also containing material of interest to scholars. It includes work by the most important epigrammatists of this period, with substantial attention paid to the way these poets engage with the epigraphic and literary traditions. The Introduction provides an overview of the history of the genre and of its formal features, including dialect and meter.Trade Review'… this commentary is a valuable contribution that should be useful to both students and established scholars. The text would be very well suited for use in an upper-level reading course or perhaps a graduate-level proseminar and will hopefully invite new scholars into the exciting world of Hellenistic epigram.' Matthew Chaldekas, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: 1. The Origins of Literary Epigram; 2. 'Genres' of Hellenistic Epigram; 3. 'Fictive' and 'Inscribed' Epigrams; 4. Formal and Literary Aspects of Hellenistic Epigrams; 5. Transmission; 6. Organizing Principles of this Anthology; Epigrams; Commentary.
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Cambridge University Press The Roman Cultural Revolution
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Cambridge University Press Sophocles Oedipus Rex
Book SynopsisA revised edition of Dr Dawe's bestselling edition. As in the first edition, the commentary tackles problems of language and expression, but is added to by reflections on the text developed in the twenty years since the first edition's publication, most notably recognizing the spurious nature of the play's ending.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Oedipus Rex; Commentary; Appendix on lyric metres.
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Cambridge University Press The Songs of Homer
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Cambridge University Press Women Readers and Ideology 43 Cambridge Studies in French Series Number 43
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Cambridge University Press Arthurian Narrative in the Latin Tradition 36 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 36
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Cambridge University Press Clerical Discourse and Lay Audience in Late Medieval England 37 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 37
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Cambridge University Press Rewriting Old English in the Twelfth Century
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Cambridge University Press Ælfrics Letter to the Monks of Eynsham
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Cambridge University Press Powerplay in Tibullus
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Cambridge University Press Old Icelandic Literature and Society 42 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 42
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Duns Scotus
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Cambridge University Press Literary Appropriations of the AngloSaxons from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century
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Cambridge University Press Greek Lyric
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Cambridge University Press Greek Lyric
Book SynopsisProvides a varied selection from the attractive corpus of Greek lyric, including well-known as well as some lesser studied poems. The original Greek text is accompanied by a commentary and a detailed introduction. The volume will be of interest to advanced undergraduates and graduate students as well as to scholars.Trade Review'… a remarkable feat of clarity and compression, … exactly what you would want to put into the hands of a student completely new to the subject.' Classics For AllTable of ContentsList of maps; Preface; Conventions and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Definitions and perspectives; 2. Charting the corpus; 3. Genre and genres; 4. Performers, authors and the lyric voice; 5. Relationship with epic; 6. Dissemination and transmission; 7. Metre; 8 Dialect; Greek lyric: a selection: Alcman, Alcaeus, Sappho, Stesichorus, Ibycus, Anacreon, Simonides, Timotheus, Anonymous song; Commentary; Works cited; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Plato Alcibiades
Book SynopsisPlato's Alcibiades represents Socrates, the exemplary philosopher, trying to win for philosophy the youthful Alcibiades, who later became the exemplary man of unscrupulous action. Although the dialogue was widely admired in antiquity as the very best introduction to Plato, this is the first commentary to be published in modern times.Trade Review"This text will be essential for all students of Plato..." Religious Studies Review"The Alcibiades is rich in Platonic argument and character portrayal, and its relatively simple structure makes it attractive for its traditional use as an introduction to Plato. Further, the editor and Cambridge University Press have produced an attractive and handy book, reminiscent of Burnet's Phaedo in size and format, though with smaller type. Whether or not the Alcibiades is returned to the place it held in the canon for more than two millennia, this volume will be a convenient resource at many levels." Journal of the History of PhilosophyTable of ContentsIntroduction; PLATONOS ALKIBIADES; Commentary.
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Cambridge University Press Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry
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Cambridge University Press Christine de Pizan and the Moral Defence of Women Reading beyond Gender 40 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 40
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Cambridge University Press Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace
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Cambridge University Press Inconsistency in Roman Epic Studies In Catullus Lucretius Vergil Ovid And Lucan Roman Literature and its Contexts
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Cambridge University Press Patterns of Redemption in Virgils Georgics
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Cambridge University Press Ovid Aratus and Augustus
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Cambridge University Press The Language of Sophocles
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Cambridge University Press Irony and Misreading in the Annals of Tacitus
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Cambridge University Press Human Vices and Human Worth in Dantes Comedy
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Cambridge University Press Herodotus in Context
Book SynopsisThis book examines the Histories of Herodotus within the context of the intellectual climate of the mid- to late fifth century BC. It sees Herodotus' writings as part of the world of scientific enquiry more familiar from the natural philosophers and medical works of the time.Trade Review"The "Father of History," Herodotus, has developed into a particularly active field of research in the past 25 years and hardly goes by without an important new study. This book by Thomas is one of the best." Choice"...this leads to a provacative, yet highly compelling, new perspective on the intellectual and cultural dynamics of this seminal era... Thomas has made a valuable contribution to our appreciation of Herodotus and his work, and to our understanding of the fertile, fluid, and contentious intellectual atmosphere in which he lived and to which he contributed." New England Classical Journal"The 'Father of History,' Herodotus, has developed into a particularly active field of research in the past 25 years and hardly a year goes by without an important new study. This book by Thomas is one of the best." --ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; References and texts; 1. Introduction; 2. Medicine and the ethnography of health; 3. Dividing the world: Europe, Asia, Greeks and barbarians; 4. Nomos is king: nomos, environment and ethnic character in Herodotus; 5. 'Wonders' and the natural world: natural philosophy and historie; 6. Argument and the language of proof; 7. Polemic and persuasion; 8. Performance, competitive display and apodeixis; 9. Epilogue; Appendix. beavers and female ailments; Bibliography; Indexes.
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Cambridge University Press Being Greek Under Rome
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Cambridge University Press Statius Silvae Book II
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Historians
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Cambridge University Press Horace Odes Book I
Book SynopsisThe first book of odes is designed both to establish Horace's engagement with his Greek predecessors and to create a role for lyric poetry in contemporary Rome. This edition encourages students and scholars to appreciate Horace's achievement as a lyric poet.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Lyric impulse and lyric challenge; 2. Technical challenges of lyric; 3. The architecture of the ode; 4. The arrangement of the book; 5. Dates of composition and publication; 6. Transmission of the text and the tradition of comment; 7. Interpretation: a note.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture
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Cambridge University Press Public Reading and the Reading Public in Late Medieval England and France
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Cambridge University Press Death and Dynasty in Early Imperial Rome Key Sources with Text Translation and Commentary
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend
Book SynopsisFor more than a thousand years, the adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have inspired some of the most important works of European literature. This Companion outlines the evolution of the legend from the earliest documentary sources to Spamalot.Trade Review'The welcome new addition to the authoritative Cambridge Companion series traces Arthurian narrative from history through pseudo-history to romance, and on into the post-medieval centuries. … Ad Putter's chapter on the twelfth century is a masterpiece of compression …' The Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsChronology; Introduction Ad Putter and Elizabeth Archibald; Part I. Evolution: 1. The early Arthur: history and myth Ronald Hutton; 2. The twelfth-century Arthur Ad Putter; 3. The thirteenth-century Arthur Jane H. M. Taylor; 4. The fourteenth-century Arthur John Burrow; 5. The fifteenth-century Arthur Barry Windeatt; 6. The Arthur of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries Rob Gossedge and Stephen Knight; 7. The Arthur of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Norris Lacy; Part II. Themes: 8. Questioning Arthurian ideals Elizabeth Archibald; 9. Arthurian ethics Jane Gilbert; 10. Imperial Arthur: home and away Andrew Lynch; 11. Love and adultery: Arthur's affairs Peggy McCracken; 12. Religion and magic Corinne Saunders; 13. Arthurian geography Robert Allen Rouse and Cory James Rushton; Further reading; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Medieval French Literature
Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging and stimulating Companion covers literature composed in French from the ninth century to the Renaissance, including the Chanson de Roland, the Roman de la Rose, Christine de Pisan and the Tristan romances. This is the ideal starting-point to discover the riches of the French medieval tradition.Trade Review'One of the merits of these essays is that they can be read in any order. Each contributor presents the works or author under discussion clearly, assuming no great background knowledge on the part of the reader, a positive for a volume intended for university students. The essays succeed in introducing medieval French literature and some of the current debates in that discipline to the non-specialist. I recommend [this book] most strongly.' French ReviewTable of ContentsChronology; Introduction Simon Gaunt and Sarah Kay; Part I. What Is a Medieval French Text?: 1. The Chanson de Roland Jane Gilbert; 2. The Old French Vulgate cycle Peggy McCracken; 3. Le Roman de la rose Noah D. Guynn; 4. The Testament of François Villon Adrian Armstrong; Part II. What Is a Medieval French Author?: 5. Chrétien de Troyes Matilda Bruckner; 6. The Châtelain de Couci Simon Gaunt; 7. Guillaume de Machaut Deborah McGrady; 8. Christine de Pizan Marilynn Desmond; Part III. What Is the Value of Genre for Medieval French Literature?: 9. Narrative genres Keith Busby; 10. Lyric poetry of the later Middle Ages Jane H. M. Taylor; 11. Genre, parody and spectacle Sarah Kay; 12. Theatre and theatricality Helen Solterer; Part IV. How Can We Read Medieval French Literature Historically?: 13. Feudalism and kingship James R. Simpson; 14. Clerks and laity Emma Campbell; 15. The marital and the sexual William Burgwinkle; 16. Others and alterity Sylvia Huot; Appendix. Reference works for Old and Middle French; Bibliography of medieval French texts; Suggested further reading; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel Cambridge Companions to Literature
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Cambridge University Press Roman Oratory 36
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Cambridge University Press Reading Piers Plowman Reading Writers and their Work
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Cambridge University Press Apuleius Metamorphoses An Intermediate Latin Reader Cambridge Intermediate Latin Readers
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Cambridge University Press Homer
Book SynopsisThe sixth book of the Iliad includes the exchanges between Diomedes and Glaucus, and Hector and Hecuba, Paris, Helen and Andromache. The Commentary, which is suitable for undergraduates at all levels, discusses points of morphology, syntax, and prosody, and there is a comprehensive Introduction, including a section on reception.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Note on the text and apparatus; Text; Commentary; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Greek Tragedy
Book SynopsisThis book provides an accessible introduction for students and anyone interested in increasing their enjoyment of Greek tragic plays. Whether readers are studying Greek culture, performing a Greek tragedy, or simply interested in reading a Greek play, this book will help them to understand and enjoy this challenging and rewarding genre. An Introduction to Greek Tragedy provides background information, helps readers appreciate, enjoy and engage with the plays themselves, and gives them an idea of the important questions in current scholarship on tragedy. Ruth Scodel seeks to dispel misleading assumptions about tragedy, stressing how open the plays are to different interpretations and reactions. In addition to general background, the book also includes chapters on specific plays, both the most familiar titles and some lesser-known plays - Persians, Helen and Orestes - in order to convey the variety that the tragedies offer readers.Trade Review'Scodel's book is an accessible and lively account of a complex dramatic form with enduring interest for modern audiences. In addition to providing reliable background information, she draws her readers into fascinating debates about the origins, staging, and interpretation of tragedy and brings to life both familiar and lesser-known characters in her lucid analyses of individual plays.' Laura McClure, University of Wisconsin, Madison'An engaging overview that is informative and accessible without being bland or reductive. Scodel dispenses with unhelpful truisms to present tragedy as a diverse and much-debated art form with multiple meanings and functions.' Sheila Murnaghan, University of PennsylvaniaTable of Contents1. Defining tragedy; 2. Approaches; 3. Origin, festival, and competition; 4. Historical and intellectual background; 5. Persians; 6. The Oresteia; 7. Antigone; 8. Medea; 9. Hippolytus; 10. Oedipus the King; 11. Helen; 12. Orestes; 13. Comparing the tragedians; 14. The inheritance of Greek tragedy.
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