Literary studies: ancient, classical Books
De Gruyter Lists and Catalogues in Ancient Literature and Beyond: Towards a Poetics of Enumeration
Book SynopsisLists and catalogues have been en vogue in philosophy, cultural, media and literary studies for more than a decade. These explorations of enumerative modes, however, have not yet had the impact on classical scholarship that they deserve. While they routinely take (a limited set of) ancient models as their starting point, there is no comparably comprehensive study that focuses on antiquity; conversely, studies on lists and catalogues in Classics remain largely limited to individual texts, and – with some notable exceptions – offer little in terms of explicit theorising. The present volume is an attempt to close this gap and foster the dialogue between the recent theoretical re-appraisal of enumerative modes and scholarship on ancient cultures.The 16 contributions to the volume juxtapose literary forms of enumeration with an abundance of ancient non-, sub- or para-literary practices of listing and cataloguing. In their different approaches to this vast and heterogenous corpus, they offer a sense of the hermeneutic, epistemic and methodological challenges with which the study of enumeration is faced, and elucidate how pragmatics, materiality, performativity and aesthetics are mediated in lists and catalogues.
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De Gruyter Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens
This multiauthored volume, as well as bringing into clearer focus the notion of drama and oratory as important media of public inquiry and critique, aims to generate significant attention to the unified intentions of the dramatist and the orator to establish favourable conditions of internal stability in democratic Athens. We hope that readers both enjoy and find valuable their engagement with these ideas and beliefs regarding the indissoluble bond between oratorical expertise and dramatic artistry. This exciting collection of studies by worldwide acclaimed classicists and acute younger Hellenists is envisaged as part of the general effort, almost unanimously acknowledged as valid and productive, to explore the impact of formalized speech in particular and craftsmanship rhetoric in general upon Attic drama as a moral and educational force in the Athenian city-state. Both poet and orator seek to deepen the central tensions of their work and to enlarge the main themes of their texts to even broader terms by investing in the art of rhetoric, whilst at the same time, through a skillful handling of events, evaluating the past and establishing standards or ideology.
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De Gruyter Praxis - Handeln und Handelnde in antiker
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De Gruyter Callimachus The Epigrams
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De Gruyter Methoden Zur Erforschung Grammatischer Strukturen
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De Gruyter La traduzione latina del isocrateo di Guarino
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De Gruyter Kompromissfindung in der Literatur und Kultur des
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De Gruyter Textum Genuinum Inde a Vespasiani Imperio
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De Gruyter Von Kulten Und Künsten: Lektüren Am Schnittpunkt
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De Gruyter Trattati greci sui tropi
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De Gruyter Proclo - Lo stile e il sistema della teologia
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de Gruyter Homers Iliad
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De Gruyter Handschrift Im Druck (Ca. 1500-1800): Annotieren,
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De Gruyter Heliand und Genesis
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De Gruyter Manheit und Kampf in der Literatur des
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De Gruyter Laevius - ein altlateinischer Liebesdichter
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De Gruyter Hypatia: The True Story
Book SynopsisThis study reconstructs Hypatia’s existential and intellectual life and her modern Nachleben through a reception-oriented and interdisciplinary approach. Unlike previous publications on the subject, Hypatia explores all available ancient and medieval sources as well as the history of the reception of the figure of Hypatia in later history, literature, and arts in order to illuminate the ideological transformations/deformations of her story throughout the centuries and recover “the true story”. The intentionally provocative title relates to the contemporary historiographical notion of “false” or “fake history”, as does the overall conceptual and methodological treatment. Through this reception-oriented approach, this study suggests a new reading of the ancient sources that demonstrates the intrinsically political nature of the murder of Hypatia, caused by the phtonos (violent envy) of the Christian bishop Cyril of Alexandria. This is the first comprehensive treatment of the figure of Hypatia addressed to both academic readers – in Classics, Religious Studies, and Reception Studies – and a learned, non-specialist readership. Revised edition in paperback.
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de Gruyter Anthologii Libri Duo Priores
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de Gruyter Schönheitsdiskurse in Der Literatur Des
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de Gruyter Later Greek Epic and the Latin Literary Tradition
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de Gruyter The Orators and Their Treatment of the Recent
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de Gruyter The Gendered i in Ancient Literature
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de Gruyter La Tradizione Manoscritta del De Incredibilibus
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de Gruyter Playing in the Sun
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De Gruyter Decolonising Medieval Fennoscandia
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De Gruyter Dynamics Of Marginality
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De Gruyter How Republics Die
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De Gruyter Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian
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De Gruyter PseudoFilone di Bisanzio Le sette meraviglie del
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De Gruyter res vera res ficta Fictionality in Ancient
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De Gruyter Ovids Terence
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De Gruyter Platos ProtoNarratology
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Walter de Gruyter Altsächsisches Handwörterbuch A Concise Old
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de Gruyter Der Antike Roman
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de Gruyter Der Griechische Roman Und Seine Vorläufer
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Militärgeschichte der griechisch-römischen
Book Synopsis Militärgeschichte wird in diesem Pauly Supplementband nicht als reine Kriegsgeschichte verstanden, sondern im Rahmen aller gesellschaftlichen, politischen, wirtschaftlichen, technischen, kulturellen und religiösen Phänomene dargestellt, die in der griechischen und römischen Welt in einem Zusammenhang mit Heer und Krieg standen. Zudem wird sowohl der Forschungsgeschichte als auch den spezifischen Quellengattungen der gebührende Platz eingeräumt. In etwa 190 lexikalischen Einträgen von führenden Gelehrten behandelt der Supplementband sowohl übergreifende Zusammenhänge der antiken Militärgeschichte als auch viele Detailfragen: die Strategien, Ordnungen, Dimensionen, Waffen des antiken Kriegswesens; die wichtigsten historischen Ereignisse (u.a. Kriege, Heeresreformen); zentrale Personen (Feldherren, Politiker); wesentliche Themen der Kriegsgeschichte (philosophische und rechtliche Diskussionen zur Rechtmäßigkeit des Krieges, Kriegsrecht, Religion, Verwaltung). Einbezogen werden auch die nachantike Rezeption der antiken Militärgeschichte sowie Darstellungen in antiker und nachantiker Literatur und Kunst. Ausführliche Register erschließen zudem selbst kleine Sachthemen. So unterscheiden die Struktur, der wissenschaftliche Ansatz und die inhaltliche Breite diesen Band von anderen Werken zur antiken Militärgeschichte.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Artikel A-Z.- Personen- und Ortsregister.- Sachregister.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Der Kleine Pauly: Lexikon der Antike in fünf
Book SynopsisDer Kleine Pauly ist ein Standardwerk zur raschen und zuverlässigen Orientierung zu Themen der Antike. Die Auswahl der Stichwörter und ihre lexikographische Behandlung orientiert sich an den Bedürfnissen des wissenschaftlich arbeitenden Benutzers, machen das Werk darüberhinaus aber auch zum Standardwerk für alle, die sich rasch und zuverlässig über die Antike informieren wollen. Die aktuelle Ausgabe enthält zusätzlich eine alphabetische Artikelliste, die auch die Nachträge in den verschiedenen Bänden nachweist.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Metzler Lexikon literarischer Symbole
Book Synopsis500 Artikel von „Abend“ bis „Zypresse“: Dieses Lexikon versammelt die wichtigsten Symbole der abendländischen Literatur und zeichnet ihre Geschichte an exemplarischen Belegstellen nach. Zahlen, Farben, Pflanzen, Tiere, Orte, Räume, Dinge, Tages- und Jahreszeiten u.v.m. werden jeweils in ihren zentralen Bedeutungen von der griechisch-römischen und biblischen bis in die gegenwärtige Literatur beschrieben.Die dritte Auflage hat neben 30 neuen Artikeln ein ausführliches Bedeutungsregister, das ermöglicht, von Bedeutungen ausgehend die für diese verwendeten Symbole zu ermitteln.Table of ContentsVorwort.- Vorwort zur 2. Auflage.- Vorwort zur 3. Auflage.- Verzeichnis der Neuartikel.- Alphabetisches Artikelverzeichnis.- Artikelverzeichnis nach Sachgebieten.- Auswahlbibliografie.- Verzeichnis der Autorinnen und Autoren.- Siglen und Abkürzungsverzeichnis.- Artikel A–Z.- Bedeutungsregister.
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The University of Michigan Press Scholia in Pythionicas Bibliotheca Scriptorum
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Trivent Publishing Practical Horsemanship in Medieval Arthurian
Book SynopsisThe figure of a knight on horseback is the emblem of medieval chivalry. Much has been written on the ideology and practicalities of knighthood as portrayed in medieval romance, especially Arthurian romance, and it is surprising that so little attention was hitherto granted to the knight's closest companion, the horse. This study examines the horse as a social indicator, as the knight's animal alter ego in his spiritual peregrinations and earthly adventures, the ups and downs of chivalric adventure, as well as the relations between the lady and her palfrey in romance. Both medieval authors and their audiences knew more about the symbolism and practice of horsemanship than most readers do today. By providing the background to the descriptions of horses and horsemanship in Arthurian romance, this study deepens the readers' appreciation of these texts. At the same time, critical reading of romance supplies information about the ideology and daily practice of horsemanship in the Middle Ages that is otherwise impossible to obtain from other sources, be it archaeology, chronicles or administrative documentation.Trade ReviewThe mediaeval knight is a mythic figure, always (like the cowboy) imagined primarily on horseback. Horses used to play a part in many human activities, but twenty-first-century readers have been cut off from all that by the triumph of the internal combustion engine. Anastasija Ropa, however, knows both about horses and about the historic and imaginative worlds in they were once ubiquitous. Observant readers today may notice that when that very modern figure, Chrétien de Troyes's obsessed and controlling Orguilleux de la Lande, forces his mistress to ride a horse that he will not allow to be reshod, that is cruel to the horse, but how many, without Dr Ropa's guidance, will realize that the lady's ride will become inexorably more uncomfortable until it is a painful and inescapably public humiliation? Similarly, modern readers will notice the contrast in the Ellesmere Chaucer miniatures between the Prioress's high-stepping mount and the Second Nun's wretched balky nag; but who, without Dr Ropa's prompting, will realize that the Prioress's style of riding is not as competent as such a good horse needs, or that the Second Nun's horse is unshod? These things extend Chaucer's satire, suggesting that the Top People whom the Prioress wants to impress would find her horsemanship, like her famously provincial French, slightly comic; and that the way she exercises the authority she has been given over her sisters in Christ is, albeit unconsciously, comparable to the behaviour of Orguilleux de la Lande."" - Peter Field, Professor Emeritus of Bangor University, UKTable of Contents Introduction CHAPTER 1: Mounts as Social Identifiers: Describing Knights and Ladies through Their Horses CHAPTER 2: Feeding the Horse of an Errant Knight: Practical and Symbolic Aspects of Horse Care CHAPTER 3: Women and Manly Dirt: Gendering Equestrian Skills in the Queste del Saint Graal and Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Conclusion. Displays of Horsemanship Skills Beyond the Arthurian Romance Selected bibliography
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Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Ancient Weeds: Contours of Popular and Trash
Book SynopsisThis book blurs the line between high and low culture throughout literary history. The common story in literary studies is that the emergence of popular and junk literature is related to the emergence of modern society due to the rise of literacy and the shortening of workdays. Ancient Weeds upends this misconception by demonstrating that antiquity had its fair share of literary pieces that fit the definition of popular, trivial, and junk literature. The authors analyze artifacts such as the ancient Egyptian Turin Papyrus, ancient love novels, Christian hagiographies and passion plays, lives of Jesus and Marian hymns, Byzantine parodies of liturgical procedure, Old Norse tales and lying sagas, Arabic maqams, and Spanish blind romances. Through numerous excerpts, it becomes clear that the line between junk and high literature is thinner than it seems. They reveal how seemingly low themes such as sex and violence often overlap with the themes of high literature. In many cases, low literature is more imaginative and subversive than canonical texts, and bizarreness and non-conformity do not necessarily equate to the ephemerality of a work. As Ancient Weeds shows, thousands of years after it was written, low literature can still be a great source of entertainment today. Trade Review“Cannibal priestesses and toilet demons… while earlier literary historians saw tales with such features as products of barbaric taste, this book reevaluates such harsh criticism… In fact, over the course of the chapters, the authors show that the boundary between trash literature and high literature is not as clearly defined as it may seem and provide a convincing case that so-called low themes, like sex and violence, constantly intersect with those used in the highest and most artistic literature.” * iLiteratura.cz *Table of ContentsAncient and Modern Weeds: an Attempt at a DefinitionPopular Literature and Pulp Fiction in Ancient EgyptThe Ancient Love Novel: Formula and its InnovationEarly Christian Passion Texts as Popular Literature?The Paradox of High Popular Art and Formulaic Creativity in the Sagas of IcelandersCoal-Biters and Their Journey Out: Popular Features of Old Norse Short NarrativesThe Author, Schema and Originality: the Case of Old Norse Lying SagasFormulaic Elements and Structures in Central European Medieval Religious DramaAlfonso X’s Attempt to Create Literature “for the People”A Term Lacking in Specificty: Late Medieval Popular LiteratureRomances of the Blind as Pulp Fiction
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Aarhus University Press From Homer to HatziYavrouda
Book SynopsisFrom Homer to Hatzi-Yavrouda provides a multidisciplinary discussion of the concept of orality in the framework of Greek narrative tradition, from Antiquity to the 21st century.
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De Gruyter Le morte Arthur: A critical edition
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors A History of Sanskrit Literature
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Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project Authority and Ideology in the Early NeoAssyrian Empire 934745 B.C.
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Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project Aramaic Loanwords in NeoAssyrian 911612 B.C.
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Hardpress Publishing A Manual of Greek Literature from the Earliest Authentic Periods to the Close of the Byzantine Era 1
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Hardpress Publishing Aeschylus Popular English Specimens of the Greek Dramatic Poets With Introductory Essays and Explanatory Notes 1
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