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Trade Review'...his treatment is admirably sane and judicious, and the material which he presents together with his own sound treatment of it will be of great value to critics of the text. He writes clearly and concisely...' Huhh Lloyd-Jones, The classical Review, 1983. '...un ouvrage de référence indispensable.' Fabienne Clinquart, Les Études Classiques, 1985. '...a useful piece of work for which students of Sophocles will have much cause to be grateful.' A.L. Brown, Jrnl. of Hellenic St., 1984. '...ouvrage dont l'utilité ne sera mise en doute par personne.' H. van Looy, L'Antiquité Classique, 1984.

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Book SynopsisThe five books of the Silvae bring together the occasional verses which Statius wrote in addition to his two epics. In these short descriptive poems Statius elaborates features taken from various genres into an original whole, in which description and eulogy play important roles. The main themes of the poems of his second book are consolation after bereavement and the contrast between nature and culture. The present work contains a general introduction, a text of Silvae II, a bibliography, and an index, together with a verse-by-verse commentary on the poems of this second book. This is the first commentary on a book of the Silvae since Vollmer's commentary on the whole of the Silvae of 1898. Emphasis is here placed on interpretation and moreover chiefly on the literary and stylistic aspects of the poems, which, compared with the epic poetry of Statius and his contemporaries, have hitherto received relatively little attention.

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Book SynopsisIn contrast with previous methodologies which seek ''key ideas'' or functional ''programs,'' this book argues that the unique complexity of Pindar's choral lyric can be better understood by analysis of each text's logical configuration as a network of interacting polarities and analogies. Against the backdrop of pre-Socratic philosophy and later rhetorical radition, the book systematically examines the primary polar relations which are prominent in Pindar's work, illustrating their development and transformation through the course of individual odes. The author concludes that Pindar expands traditional ethical dichotomies into dynamic tensions which play on the semantic fluidity of Greek poetic language in its formative period. This work attempts to apply ''structuralist'' hermeneutics in an appropriate way to the elucidation of an often difficult and obscure archaic poet. Accordingly, it should be of interest not only to the Pindaric specialist, but also to students of literary theory and the history of ideas in antiquity.

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Book SynopsisThis is a word-for-word commentary on the first part (vv. 1-382) of Hesiod's Works and Days. Special attention has been paid to peculiarities of grammar and idiom, but also to figures of style and the poet's train of thought. All interpretations - many of them which are new - are documented as fully, but at the same time as concisely, as possible. This documentation, which will prove useful for the interpretation of many other texts, has been made more easily accesible by detailed indexes. Discussion of other views plays a considerable part in the commentary and will help the reader avoid a great number of minor and major misunderstandings. The commentary has been confined to the first part of the poem because this seemed to be more in need of a thorough explanation than the rest. It is also the most interesting part in so far as it forms a kind of manual of social morality. The basis concepts of this doctrine are carefully defined in the commentary, and their historical implications are briefly indicated.Trade Review'...shows V.'s scholarly insight and deep sensitivity to the subtleties of Hesiod's thought and expression.' G.P. Edwards, Jrnl. of Hellenic St., 1986. '...sera indispensable à tout qui voudra lire les Opera et Dies en s'entourant de tous les bons avis qu'exige un texte difficile et composé à une époque mal connue.' Marcel Hofinger, L'Antiquité Classique, 1987. '...deserves to be cited along with West, which is no small praise.' David Sider, Classical World, 1987. '...un commentaire tout à la fois "concis" et "exhaustif"...' Fabienne Clinquart, Les Études Classiques, 1987.

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Book SynopsisThis detailed literary and rhetorical analysis of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo treats the poem as a unified work of art in which sophisticated poetic craftsmanship is put to the service of serious ethical thought. By means of parallels from Homer, Hesiod, and other Homeric hymns, as well as from later epideictic poetry and prose, the author seeks to show that the poet of the Hymn follows a coherent ''program'' whose intention is to praise Apollo from his birth on humble Delos to his establishment in a position of glory at Delphi. At the same time, the ''Delian'' and ''Pythian'' portions of the hymn are linked by a complex network of ideas bearing on the ethos of Apollo and the nature of his Delphic oracle. The study takes into account previous scholarship on the Hymn and provides appendices on ''The Question of Unity'' and ''The Cosmological Hierarchy and Apollo's Timai''.

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Book SynopsisThis volume contains word-for-word commentaries on Pindar's Olympian Odes 3, 7, 12, 14. Emphasis is placed on the explanations of peculiarities of grammar and idiom, but due attention is paid to figures of style and problems of poetic structure. The interpretations proposed by the author - many of them which are new - are documented as fully, but at the same time as concisely, as possible. This documentation, which includes a critical examination of other views, has been made more easily accessible by detailed indexes. The poems discussed do not have special similarities or interrelationships. On the other hand, they may be considered representative of the poet's art. From this point of view, the present selection may serve as an introduction to the study of Pindar's work. Vol. II will contain commentaries on Olympians 1, 10, 11, Nemean 11, and Isthmian 2. A third volume on Pythians 1, 8, 10 is inteded to conclude the series.Trade Review'...a book of considerable value, one that will be read with profit by all Pindarists...' Douglas E. Gerber, The Classical Review, 1988. 'Les précieuses analyses de M. Verdenius contribuent indiscutablement à une meilleure compréhension des odes envisagées.' Monique Mund-Dopchie, L'Antiquité Classique, 1990. '...this is an important book which no serious student of these odes can ignore.' Christopher Carey, the Classical Review, 1990.

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Book SynopsisThis book deals with some (fragmentary) poems of Alcaeus, Archilochus, Hipponax and Stesichorus. The choice of the poems was determined by external factors: all of them are written on papyrus and were first published during the last few decades. After the first edition the fragments were discussed by many scholars, mainly in periodicals. The authors of this volume have assembled the results of this scholarly work and used it as a foundation for a carefully contituted text and an extensive overall commentary. In this way the poems will be more easily accessible than they were hitherto.

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Book SynopsisThis volume contains word-for-word commentaries on Pindar's Olympian Odes 10 and 11, and on Nemean 11 and Isthmian 2. These are preceded by a large number of notes on Olympian 1, intended to form a supplement to D.E. Gerber's edition (1982). The author has tried to explain peculiarities of grammar and nuances of meaning as fully as possible, but due attention is paid to figures of style and problems of poetic structure. The interpretations proposed by the author - many of which are new - are accompanied by an adequate documentation, including a critical examination of other views. This documentation has been made more easily accessible by detailed indexes, one of subjects and one of Greek words. The book forms a sequel to volume I, which contains commentaries on Olympians 3, 7, 12, 14. A third volume on Pythians 1, 8, 10 is intended to conclude the series.

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Book SynopsisThis book is not yet another introduction to Virgil’s poetry. The editor and three contributors offer a guide to the key problems and to the most intelligent discussions. They do not hesitate to point out what we do not know, and where more work needs to be done. Apart from ample discussion of the poems and the main issues they raise, the book offers chapters on the life of Virgil, his style, and his influence on late Latin epic.Trade ReviewFrom reviews of the hardcover edition 'This is a book for teachers to recommend to their students. More senior scholars too must have this book on their shelves. They will appreciate the clear and balanced surveys - and the huge quantity of useful information.' Oliver Lyne, Classical Review, 1999.Table of ContentsVirgil - his life and times; "Bucolics"; "Georgics"; "Aeneid"; style, language and metre; Virgil's impact at Rome - the non-literary evidence; Virgil - the literary impact (Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Lucanus, Valerius Flaccus, Statius' "Thebaid", Statius' "Achilleid", Silius Italicus); the transmission of Virgil's works in antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Book SynopsisThe Northern Song poet He Zhu is best known for his lyrics (ci) but also produced shi poetry of subtlety, wit, and feeling. This study examines the latter as a response to the options available to a late-eleventh century writer in the pentametrical and heptametrical forms of Ancient Verse, Regulated Verse, and Quatrains. Numerous comparisons are made with Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Du Fu, and other important writers. In a major advance over previous methodologies, the author uses a clear system of metrical notation to show how sound patterns reveal the poet's artistic and emotional intentions. This innovation and the author's other meticulous explorations of He Zhu's artistry allow us to experience Chinese poetry as never before. From the reader's report: "not just an excellent study of an individual poet but also a model of reading the language of classical Chinese poetry. [..] opens up a world of interpretive territory heretofore seldom explored."Trade Review"He Zhu was an erudite, multifaceted poet. This book, surely the hard-won result of many years of research, reflects that in its form. It is a series of readings of He Zhu’s collected shi poetry through the lens of genre with accurate (and beautiful) translations, lucid metrical notations, copious annotations, and discussions of the contexts of the poems informed by a deep knowledge of He Zhu’s contemporaries, especially Su Shi. Sargent has produced a definitive work that will not be superseded precisely because it refuses to synthesize without sufficient data." – Graham Sanders, University of Toronto, in: Journal of Asian Studies (2009)

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the formation and development of the biographical traditions about early Greek poets, focusing on the traditions of Hesiod, Stesichorus, Archilochus, Hipponax, Terpander and Sappho. The study provides a detailed overview of the traditions and chronographical material about these poets and seeks to clarify who were the creators of the particular traditions; what were the sources; when the traditions were formed; and to what extent they are shaped by formulaic themes and story-patterns. It challenges several mainstream assumptions on the subject, for example, that the traditions were formed mainly in the Post-Classical period; that the only significant source for the legends is the works of the particular poet; and that the poets were perceived as “new heroes.”Trade Review"Maarit Kivilo provides a comprehensive and accurate overview of the surviving biographical data for the poets Hesiod, Stesichorus, Archilochus, Hipponax, Terpander, and Sappho. She aims to approach the material with “a critical mind and balanced judgment,” and to demonstrate that in most cases the biographical tradition antedates the earliest surviving written information. Anyone who wishes to study the lives of these particular poets will want to begin their work by consulting this book, even if their own analysis of the evidence may in some cases lead to different conclusions. Kivilo’s coverage of the testimonia is unparalleled elsewhere, and her discussion of issues of dating is particularly informative." Mary R. Lefkowitz in Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 5.16.2011Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Hesiod 3 Stesichorus 4 Archilochus 5 Hipponax 6 Terpander 7 Sappho 8 The formation of biographical traditions 9 Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisChinese Poetry in Times of Mind, Mayhem and Money is a groundbreaking contribution to scholarship, well-suited to classroom use in that it combines rigorous analysis with a lively style. Covering the period from the 1980s to the present, it is organized around the notions of text, context and metatext, meaning poetry, its socio-political and cultural surroundings, and critical discourse in the broadest sense. Authors and issues studied include Han Dong, Haizi, Xi Chuan, Yu Jian, Sun Wenbo, Yang Lian, Wang Jiaxin, Bei Dao, Yin Lichuan, Shen Haobo and Yan Jun, and everything from the subtleties of poetic rhythm to exile-bashing in domestic media. This book has room for all that poetry is: cultural heritage, symbolic capital, intellectual endeavor, social commentary, emotional expression, music and the materiality of language – art, in a word.Trade Review"This monograph fully confirms Maghiel Van Crevel’s status as the world’s leading expert on contemporary Chinese poetry. His extremely meticulous documentation, his unbiased approach to a wide range of poets and poems, his terminological consistency and theoretical originality all combine to make this book outclass anything written previously on this topic, whether by western scholars or by Chinese scholars." Michel Hockx, Professor, Chinese Literature and Culture "The culmination of more than a decade of research, much of it conducted “on the ground,” Chinese Poetry in Times of Mind, Mayhem and Money strikes a judicious balance between tracing the geneaology of the Chinese avant-garde and profiling the major poets and polemicists who have helped shape that lineage. (...) [The] translations (...) are a pleasure to read, so much so they leave you hungry for more." Steve Bradbury, World Literature Today, (July-August 2009) “The poets of mainland China have been far busier writing and wrangling over their work during the past 20 or so years than scholars from beyond China have been in analysing it. While research on this body of poetry has begun to fill out in recent years, no single piece of scholarship makes a contribution equal to that of Maghiel van Crevel’s Chinese Poetry in Times of Mind, Mayhem and Money. This is an ambitious book. Its 13 chapters move from an extensive introduction on through a dozen ‘case studies’ that cover, in roughly chronological order, the work of about 11 important poets. Where the individual chapters provide focused, meticulously detailed considerations of poetry and discourse on poetry, the book as a whole presents a timely overview of the development of Chinese avant-garde poetry since the mid-1980s.” John Crespi, IIAS Newsletter #50 (2009) "Reading Chinese Poetry in Times of Mind, Mayhem and Money is akin to taking a graduate seminar on the subject.(…) this book solidifies van Crevel's place as the preeminent scholar of contemporary Chinese poetry writing in the West.(…) It should be a companion to graduate seminars (…)if one were to read only one book on the current period, this would be it. In terms of the command of subject matter, the breadth of the discussion, the expanse of time covered, the knowledge the author exhibits of the Chinese-language secondary scholarship, and his intimate familiarity with the original publishing circumstances of myriad specific poems (…) van Crevel's contribution is arguably unparalleled in English-language contemporary Chinese cultural studies." Christopher Lupke, MCLC Resource Center Publication (March 2011) http://u.osu.edu/mclc/book-reviews/chinese-poetry/ "Van Crevel surveys and synthesizes a vast range of poetry and literary criticism, in prose that is always clear, cogent, and readable. The book has two major advantages over similar studies published in the PRC: extensive coverage of criticism in Western languages as well as in Chinese; and the ability to address directly sensitive political matters, such as the Tiananmen incident. These advantages, along with Van Crevel’s personal contacts, meticulous research, and encyclopaedic command of his material, make this the definitive sourcebook for the study of contemporary Chinese poetry in any language." Jacob Edmond, The China Quarterly, 207, September 2011 "[T]his is a work of tremendous scholarship, fieldwork, and insight. There is no comparable English-language book that breaks as much new ground or synthesizes as much previous research. It is to be recommended to anyone who seeks a better understanding of the late twentieth-century poetic scene in China." Jack Chen, in China Review International , 16 (2009). '[This] book is … highly suitable for interested non-sinologists looking for a general overview of poetic schools, themes, and discourses. At the same time, it is a foundational work for use in university and high school classrooms – but moreover, it will serve as a useful point of departure for further specialist research. Its content is organized strictly and formulated precisely, and leaves ample room for one’s own discoveries at the same time as competently guiding the reader.' Andrea Riemenschnitter in Asiatische Studien / Études Asiatiques, 65-2 (2011)

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Book SynopsisNow available in aperback for the first time, this volume provides a comprehensive guide to one of the most difficult authors of classical antiquity. All the major aspects of Propertius´ work are dealt with in contributions by renowned specialists. Due space is also given to the reception of the author. At the centre stands an interpretation of the four transmitted books.

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Book SynopsisNow available in paperback, the 2nd edition of the Companion to Apollonius Rhodius, comprising now nineteen articles by leading scholars from Europe and America, gives an up-to-date outline of the scholarly discussion in these areas and to provide a survey of recent and current trends in Apollonian studies which will be useful to students of Hellenistic poetry.

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Book SynopsisThis volume on the Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE – 17 CE) comprises articles by an international group of fourteen scholars. Their contributions cover a wide range of topics, including a biographical essay, a survey of the major manuscripts and textual traditions, and a comprehensive discussion of Ovid’s style. The remaining chapters are devoted to focused studies of each of Ovid’s major works, with emphasis given where appropriate to the poet’s interest in genre and narrative techniques, his engagement with the poetry that preceded his oeuvre, his response to the political, religious, and social realities of Augustan Rome, and his enduring legacy in the European literary traditions of the first 1300 years after his death. Brill's Companion to Ovid combines close analysis of each of Ovid’s major works with a comprehensive overview of scholarly trends in the study of Latin poetry and Roman literary culture. It will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Latin literature alike. Originally published in hardcover.Trade Review'The growth of interest in Ovid over the last half-centruy has prompted creation of various kinds of handbooks and companions to the great Roman poet, and Brill has produced one of the best…an intelligent and wll-coordinated collection of responses to the versatility of a scintillating poet.' William S. Anderson, New England Classical Journal, 2005. 'In sum a useful and reliable volume…’ Roy Gibson, BMCR, 2003.

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Book SynopsisA panoramic, state-of-the-art handbook destined to chart a course for future work in the field of early modern Hispanic theater studies. It begins in the closet with an essay on Celestina as closet drama and moves out into the court to explore intersections with courtly love. An essay on the comedia and the classics demonstrates this genre’s firm grounding in the classical tradition, despite Lope de Vega’s famous protestations to the contrary. Distinct but related genres such as the autos sacramentales and the entremeses also make an appearance. The traditional themes of honor and wife-murder share the stage with less familiar topics like the incorporation of animals into performance. This volume covers the urban space of the city in Spain and Portugal as well as uncharted territories in the New World and Japan. Essays on emblems and the picaresque round out this anthology, along with studies of theatrical representations of early modern innovations in science and technology. The book concludes with two different psychoanalytical approaches, focused on melancholy and Lacanian tragedy, respectively. This collection incorporates the work of younger scholars along with established names in the field to synthesize the most exciting recent work on the comedia and related forms of early modern Hispanic theatrical production. Contributors include: Ignacio Arellano, Frederick de Armas, Henry Sullivan, Edward Friedman, A. Robert Lauer, Manuel Delgado, Adrienne Martín, Enrique García Santo Tomás, Matthew Stroud, Teresa Scott Soufas, Enrique Fernández, María Mercedes Carrión, Robert Bayliss, Ted Bergman, Cory Reed, Maryrica Lottman, Christina Lee, and Enrique Duarte.Table of ContentsList of Contributors List of Figures Introduction PART ONE — ORIGINS Celestina as Closet Drama Enrique Fernandez Rivera Courtly Love and the Comedia Robert Bayliss The Comedia and the Classics Frederick A. de Armas Spanish Sacramental Plays: A Study of Their Evolution J. Enrique Duarte PART TWO — THEMES Honor/Honra Revisited A. Robert Lauer The Wife-Murder Plays Matthew D. Stroud ’Til Play Do Us Part: Marriage, Law, and the Comedia Maria M. Carrion Onstage/Backstage: Animals in the Golden Age Comedia Adrienne L. Martin Entremeses and Other Forms of Teatro Breve Ted L. L. Bergman PART THREE — PLACES On Speed and Restlessness: Calderon’s Urban Kaleidoscope Enrique Garcia Santo-Tomas The New World in Lope de Vega’s Columbus and St. Christopher: El nuevo mundo descubierto por Cristobal Colon Maryrica Ortiz Lottman The Quest for Spiritual Transcendence in the Theater of Gil Vicente Manuel Delgado Morales Lope de Vega and The Martyrs of Japan Christina H. Lee PART FOUR — INTERSECTIONS Picaresque Sensibility and the Comedia Edward H. Friedman Emblems at the Golden Age Theater Ignacio Arellano Science, Instrumentality, and Chaotics in Early Modern Spanish Drama Cory A. Reed Melancholy, the Comedia, and Early Modern Psychology Teresa Scott Soufas Jacques Lacan and Tragic Drama in the Golden Age of Spain Henry W. Sullivan Chapter Summaries Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn The Poet Zheng Zhen (1806-1864) and the Rise of Chinese Modernity, J. D. Schmidt provides the first detailed study in a Western language of one of China's greatest poets and explores the nineteenth-century background to Chinese modernity, challenging the widely held view that this is largely of Western origin. The volume contains a study of Zheng's life and times, an examination of his thought and literary theory, and four chapters studying his highly original contributions to poetry on the human realm, nature verse, narrative poetry, and the poetry of ideas, including his writings on science and technology. Over a hundred pages of translations of his verse conclude the work.Trade Review"The most thorough study we have in any language, Chinese included, of a major writer from the late Qing. In fact, there is no more complete study of any Chinese poet from any period, even including Lin Yutang’s classic The Gay Genius on Su Shi (1037-1101) from 1946. (…) Schmidt’s scholarship is awe-inspiring.” – Prof. Jonathan Chaves, George Washington University “Of mammoth proportion and importance (…) One of the most impressive exercises in classical Chinese scholarship ever completed about any era or poet in any Western language (…) Resoundingly establishes the reputation of Zheng Zhen as a poet of the very highest rank in Chinese literary history… the book is clearly not just a success, but a triumph. (…) Unique and a major breakthrough in our overall understanding of late imperial China." – Prof. Terry Russell, University of Manitoba

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Book SynopsisThe "Vows of the Peacock" - written in 1312 and dedicated to Thibaut de Bar, bishop of Liège - recounts how Alexander the Great comes to the aid of a family of aristocrats threatened by Indians. The poem remained popular throughout the fourteenth century and was soon followed by two sequels. Twenty-six illuminated manuscripts constitute part of a catalogue and concordance of all Peacock manuscripts. One of the most provocative, (PML, MS G24), has twenty-two miniatures which illustrate chivalry and courtly love, as epitomized in the text. An unusually high number of scurrilous marginalia, however, surround them. An interdisciplinary exploration of iconography, reception, image-text-marginalia dynamics, and context reveals their ultimate polysemy as scatological comedians and serious harbingers of sin.Trade Review“Leo provides a wealth of information that will be useful to many working on fourteenth- and fifteenth-century French manuscript production, on the Roman d’ Alexandre tradition, or on marginalia. The manuscript catalogue and concordances are particularly impressive, as is the bibliography, all of which provide an excellent foundation for future research.” Mark Cruse, Arizona State University. In: Speculum, Vol. 89, No. 3 (July 2014), pp. 795-796. “the book offers a treasure of interesting research material, plenty of photographs from the illustrative tradition, and a useful index of marginalia in the Glazier manuscript; it will be crucial for all future research on the Peacock manuscripts.” Martine Meuwese, Utrecht University. In: Studies in Iconography, Vol. 36 (2015), p. 210-213. "consists of an extremely detailed study of a single MS, Morgan Library MS G.24, which contains Jacques de Longuyon’s Voeux du paon (1312–13) as well as an incomplete copy of Jean le Court’s Restor du paon (before 1338). While the choice of this MS was dictated by availability, L.’s penetrating analysis of the MS and its creation shows how much an art-historical approach complements philology by casting a different light on the materiality of the text and its images, especially as L. takes this opportunity to delve into the wider problem of the illustration and diffusion of the whole Peacock cycle, which also includes a third text, Jean de Le Mote’s Parfait du paon. After the conclusion in chapter 7, ch. 8 and 9 along with five appendices provide a wealth of useful details about the MSS, their miniatures and marginalia, in particular the illustrated catalogue of all the MSS of the ‘Peacock Cycle’." Laurent Brun, Université d’Ottawa. In: The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, Vol. 76 (2016 [survey year 2014]), pp.14-34.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ................................................................................................... ix Preface............................................................................................................xxv Acknowledgments .............................................................................................. xxvii Abbreviations........................................................................................................ xxix Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1 1 The Glazier Peacock: Texts, Authors, and Patrons .................................... 33 2 The Glazier Peacock: Artists ........................................................................... 45 3 The Glazier Peacock: Miniatures ................................................................... 61 4 The Glazier Peacock: Marginalia ................................................................... 75 5 The Glazier Peacock: Festivities................................................................... 125 6 The Glazier Peacock: Texts, Images, and Heresy ..................................... 143 7 The Glazier Peacock: Conclusion ................................................................ 163 8 ‘Peacock Cycle’ Manuscripts: A Concordance of Miniatures............... 169 9 Catalogue of ‘Peacock Cycle’ Manuscripts................................................ 217 Appendices 1 Concordance of Tituli ..................................................................................... 319 2 Arse-Generated Humor: Proverbial Phrases ............................................ 331 3 Pierart dou Tielt................................................................................................ 333 4 Comparison Table for Proverbs in the Marginalia .................................. 335 5 Comparison Table for Obscenae in the Marginalia ................................ 357 Bibliography ........................................................................................................... 375 General Index ........................................................................................................ 391 Index of Marginalia .............................................................................................. 395 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Charts 1. Master filiation ..................................................................................................... 9 2. Style-based stemma ......................................................................................... 10 3. Manuscripts with related rubrics ................................................................. 11 4. Rennes Rose master comparison (with illustrations) ............................. 12 A. BnF, ms. fr. 25522, fol. 1, det. [N3], Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ........................................... 12 B. New Haven, Beinecke Library MS 613, fol. 1, det. [S10] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: Beinecke Library). ....................................... 12 C. BnF, ms. fr. 2136, fol. 1, det. [S3] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF)................ 12 D. BnF, ms. fr. 14972, fol. 1, det. [N4] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ................................... 12 E. BnF, ms. fr. 25522, fol. 1, det. [N3] Frame detail (photo with permission: BnF). .................................................... 12 F. BnF, ms. fr. 25522, fol. 1, det. [N3] Border detail (photo with permission: BnF). ................................................................ 12 G. New Haven, Beinecke Library MS 613, fol. 1, det. [S10] Border detail (photo with permission: Beinecke Library)................................................................ 12 H. BnF, ms. fr. 2136, fol. 1, det. [S3] Frame detail (photo with permission: BnF). ............................................................... 12 5. Thomas de Maubeuge (with illustrations)................................................. 13 A. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. MS 3209, fol. 1, det. [P3] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)............... 13 B. BnF, ms. fr. 790, fol. 107v, det. [Q] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). .................................... 13 C. BnF, ms. fr. 1590, fol. 96, det. [S] Alexander and the Queen (photo with permission: BnF). ................................... 13 6. ‘Family Cluster’ .................................................................................................. 14 7. Thomas de Maubeuge and the Montbastons: Joint work (with illustrations) ....................................................................... 15 A. BnF, ms. fr. 790, fol. 107v, det. [Q] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ................................. 15 B. BnF, ms. fr. 24386, fol. 1, det. [N6] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ................................. 15 C. Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 138, det. [S1] The Golden Peacock (photo with permission: Bodleian Library).............................................................. 15 D. BnF, ms. fr. 24386, fol. 164, det. [N6] The Golden Peacock (photo with permission: BnF). ............................................ 15 E. BL, MS Add. 16888, fol. 142 [N1] The Golden Peacock (photo with permission © The British Library Board)................................................................. 15 8. Richard and Jeanne de Montbaston (with illustrations) ......................................................................................... 16 A. Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 1 [S1] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: Bodleian Library). .................................................................................... 16 B. Copenhagen, Royal Library, MS Thott 414, fol. 1 [S7] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: Royal Library, Copenhagen)........................................... 16 C. Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 138, det. [S1] Initial ‘S’ (photo with permission: Bodleian Library). .................................................................................... 16 D. BL, MS Add. 16888, fol. 142, det. [N1] Initial ‘Q’(photo with permission © The British Library Board)........................................................................................... 16 E. Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 1, det. [S1] Initial ‘A’ (photo with permission: Bodleian Library). .................................................................................... 16 9. Jeanne de Montbaston (with illustrations) ............................................. 17 A. BnF, ms. fr. 25521, fol. 1, det. [N5] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ................................. 17 B. Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 1, det. [S1] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: Bodleian Library). ............................................................. 17 10. Fusion: Voeux [P] stemma (Casey). ........................................................... 18 11. Fusion: Voeux I [S] redaction (Magill). ..................................................... 19 12. Fusion: Restor stemma (Donkin/Carey)................................................... 20 13. Codicological structure and disposition of artists in the Glazier Peacock ........................................ 251, 252, 253, 254 14. Codicology and artists in the Bodleian Alexander .....................271, 272 15. The vows and their accomplishment in the Glazier Peacock ............ 35 16. La Courtoisie et la chevalerie (Courtliness and Chivalry) versus La Bataille (The Battle)..................................................................... 74 Illustrations 1. Bodleian Library, MS Douce 308, Voeux du paon, fol. 1, The armies of Alexander and Cassamus meet (photo with permission: The Bodleian Library)..................................... 22 2. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. lat. 3209, Voeux du paon, fol. 1, Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana). ........................................ 23 3. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. lat. 3209, Voeux du paon, fol. 1, det., ‘Author portrait’ – scribe writing or reading – in letter ‘A’ (photo with permission: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana). ..................................................................................... 24 4. BnF, ms. fr. 790, Roman d’Alexandre, fol. 1, det., Aristotle teaching the young Alexander (photo with permission: BnF). .......... 24 5. Cologny (Geneva), Fondation Martin Bodmer, Codex Bodmer 189, Voeux du paon, fol. 68v (photo with permission: Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny, Geneva)................. 26 6. PML, MS G24, Voeux du paon, fol. 42v, det., A six-line initial marks the beginning of Part II of the Voeux, (photo with permission: The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York). .............. 28 7. PML, MS G24, Voeux du paon, fol. 102v, det., A four-line initial marks the beginning of the Restor du paon (photo with permission: The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York).......................................................................................................... 28 8. PML, MS G24, Restor du paon, fol. 141 (photo with permission: The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York). .............. 29 9. PML, MS G24, Restor du paon, fol. 141v, det., flourished initial (photo with permission: The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York).......................................................................................................... 30 10. BnF, ms. fr. 12565, Restor du paon, fol. 189, det., A man reading from a book to a group of standing people is reading the beginning of the Restor (photo with permission: BnF). ............... 39 11. BnF, ms. fr. 12565, Parfait du paon, fol. 233v, det., This image marks the beginning of the Parfait, where a seated king speaks to a group of people who come from high-ranking members of society (photo with permission: BnF). ............................. 40 12. PML, MS G24, laisse 45, (l. 1623) fol. 4, det., Ausi que Betis fu coronnes de Festus (Fésonas crowns Betis in the game ‘le roy qui ne ment’with Édéas, Cassiel the Baudrain, Ydorus, and two men), (photo with permission: PML). ...................................... 46 13. PML, MS G24, laisse 70, (l. 2384), Voeux du paon, fol. 19v, det., Comment Emenidus offri amende a gadifer devant le roi alixandre (Emenidus offers amends to Gadifer before Alexander the Great), (photo with permission: PML). ........... 46 14. PML, MS G24, laisse 70, (l. 2749), Voeux du paon, fol. 25v, det., Comment Fesonas jue au Baudrain et Cassamus le iete dun cousin (Cassamus throws a pillow at Fésonas and Cassiel the Baudrain who are playing chess), (photo with permission: PML)................................................................................................................... 47 15. PML, MS G24, laisse 94, (l. 3042), Voeux du paon, fol. 30v, det., Le jouste de Porrus et de Floridas (The Joust of Porrus and Floridas [who was unhorsed] and the animal raid), (photo with permission: PML).................................................................... 47 16. PML, MS G24, laisse 97, (l. 3125), Voeux du paon, fol. 32, det., Ausi que li bataille fu devant la citet Fesonas (The knights of Ephéson and India fight before the gate of the city of Fésonas [Ephéson]), (photo with permission: PML). ...... 48 17. PML, MS G24, laisse 103, (l. 3312), Voeux du paon, fol. 34v, det., La bataille de ii fil Clarus a Gadifer et a Ariste (The battle of Clarus’ two sons against Gadifer and Aristé [before the castle of Ephéson]), (photo with permission: PML). .................... 48 18. PML, MS G24, laisse 106, (l. 3418), Voeux du paon, fol. 36, det., Comment Betis fu pris entre les fouriers (How Betis was captured [by Clarus’ knights]), (photo with permission: PML). .......................................................................................... 49 19. PML, MS G24, laisse 109, (l. 3525), Voeux du paon, fol. 37v, det., Comment Porrus fu pris (How Porrus was taken prisoner [by Ephéson’s knights]), (photo with permission: PML)..................... 49 20. PML, MS G24, laisse 121, (l. 3877), Voeux du paon, fol. 43v, det., Ausi que Porrus traist le paon sour le saile (How Porrus killed the peacock), (photo with permission: PML). ............... 50 21. PML, MS G24, laisse 123, (l. 3916), Voeux du paon, fol. 44, det., Chou est le table dou veu dou paon (This is the table where the Vows of the Peacock took place [Perhaps this is the heated reaction of Porrus’ and/or Cassiel’s vows]), (photo with permission: PML).................................................................... 50 22. PML, MS G24, laisse 138, (l. 4352), Voeux du paon, fol. 52, det., Comment le pris et li paon fu donnes a Aristet a la table (How the prize and the peacock were given [by Elyot] to Aristé at the table), (photo with permission: PML). ........................ 51 23. PML, MS G24, laisse 145, (l. 4542), Voeux du paon, fol. 55, det., Ausi que que [sic] Liones jousta a Canaan et le roy Clarus (Vow 1: How Lyoné jousted with Canaäm [Prince of India] before [his father], King Clarus), (photo with permission: PML). .......................................................................................... 51 24. PML, MS G24, laisse 181, (l. 5417), Voeux du paon, fol. 69v, det., Comment Fesonas rechust Alixandre avokes les xii peres (How Fésonas greets Alexander with the Twelve Worthies [preux] at the gates of Ephéson), (photo with permission: PML). .......................................................................................... 52 25. PML, MS G24, laisse 214, (6178) fol. 80v, det., Comment Porrus accompli son veu ki tolli Amenidon sou cheval (Vow 2A: How Porrus fulfilled his vow by unhorsing Emenidus), (photo with permission: PML).................................................................... 52 26. PML, MS G24, laisse 218, (l. 6278), Voeux du paon, fol. 82v, det., Comment Perdicas son veu accompli (Vow 3: How Perdicas fulfilled his vow), (photo with permission: PML). ................ 53 27. PML, MS G24, laisse 226, (l. 6476), Voeux du paon, fol. 85v, det., Comment Perdicas vint a piet et le rois Clarus se combat a Cassamus a piet (How Perdicas came on foot and King Clarus and Cassamus fought on foot), (photo with permission: PML). .......................................................................................... 53 28. PML, MS G24, laisse 227, (l. 6496), Voeux du paon, fol. 86, det., Comment Cassamus acomplist son veu et ayde le roy Clarus (Vow 4: How Cassamus accomplished his vow by aiding the [unhorsed] King Clarus [to remount]), (photo with permission: PML) ........................................................................................... 54 29. PML, MS G24, laisse 228, (l. 6518) fol. 86v, det.; Comment ochist le roi de pincernie (How [Aristé] slew the King of Pincernia), (photo with permission: PML)......................................... 54 30. PML, MS G24, laisse 230, (l. 6586), Voeux du paon, fol. 88, det.; Comment li Baudrains toil lespee au roy Alixandre (Vow 5: How [Cassiel] the Baudrain took Alexander’s sword), (photo with permission: PML).................................................................... 55 31. PML, MS G24, laisse 231, (l. 6614), Voeux du paon, fol. 88v, det., Comment Caulus achieve son veu et oste le Baudrain son heaume (Vow 6: How Caulus fulfills his vow by taking [Cassiel] the Baudrain’s 32. PML, MS G24, laisse 269, (l. 7762), Voeu

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Book SynopsisIn Proba the Prophet: The Christian Virgilian Cento of Faltonia Betitia Proba Sigrid Schottenius Cullhed offers an in-depth study and reappraisal of the Cento of Proba and its reception. Proba's poem belongs to the few extant Latin texts from Antiquity penned by a woman writer, and one of the oldest Christian Latin poems. Schottenius Cullhed surveys and challenges common preconceptions and biographical constructions of the poem's author and early readers, and examines their impact on interpretations and evaluations of the text. The author also develops and puts to use an alternative model for understanding the poem and convincingly shows how the Virgilian source texts form a complex net of internal and external biblical typologies within the Cento.Trade Review"Umso mehr ist das Erscheinen der vorliegenden Studie zu begrüßen, zumal die Autorin, wie die knapp und allgemein verständlich gehaltene Einleitung am besten zeigt, mit ihrer Darstellung über die Kreise versierter klassischer Philologen und Patristiker hinaus auf ein breiteres Publikum zielt und dieses Ziel, jedenfalls nach Einschätzung des Rezensenten, auch gut erreicht. A priori stellt das Buch also einen wichtigen Beitrag dazu dar, gleich mehreren wenig bekannten Phänomenen der lateinischen Literatur zu größerer Bekanntheit zu verhelfen." Gottfried Kreuz, ZAC 2016; 20(1): 197–202.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction 1. Proba the Poet 2. Proba and her Critics 3. Proba in the Republic of Women 4. The Confessions of Proba 5. Centonizing Genesis 6. The Gospel of Proba Appendix: The Cento Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn Imagining the Text, James Brown examines ekphrasis – the verbal representation of a visual representation – in Wirnt von Gravenberg’s thirteenth-century Arthurian romance Wigalois, one of the most popular and enduring stories in the Middle High German literary tradition. Through close reading of the text and examining illustrated Wigalois manuscripts, early print editions, and frescoes, Brown explores how ekphrasis structures the narrative, harmonizes potential conflicts in the text, and contributes to the construction of courtly identity. Imagining the Text demonstrates that the vibrant symbiosis of word and image is crucial to the poem’s sustained popularity for more than six hundred years, and contributes to the history of the book and to the study of medieval and modern modes of perception.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix List of Illustrations x Introduction: Imagining the Text 1 Wigalois and Ekphrasis 1 What Was Ekphrasis? 7 Wigalois: Summary and Reception 9 Chapter Outline 15 part 1 Imagining the Text 1 Ekphrasis as a Structuring Device 21 Dividing the Narrative 22 Ekphrasis as a Structuring Device 25 Setting the Stage: The Magic Belt 25 From Boy to Man, Part One: The Stone of Virtue 32 From Boy to Man, Part Two: The Golden Wheel 35 Through God All Things Are Possible: Japhite’s Tomb 42 The Final Stages: Larie’s Tent 47 Conclusion 53 2 Ekphrasis as an Integrative Device 55 Ekphrasis and Integration 58 Harmonizing Families and Fictional Worlds: The Magic Belt 58 Arthurian and Faerie Realms in Wigalois 59 Integrating the Arthurian and the Wondrous 63 The Stone and the Arthurian Circle 67 The Golden Wheel and Religious Elements 71 Triuwe and Riuwe: Japhite’s Tomb 78 The Tent and the Final Harmonization 85 Conclusion 87 3 Ekphrasis and Courtly Identity 89 Courtly Identity and Self-representation 89 Courtly Ideals and Romance 95 Ekphrasis and Courtly Identity in Wigalois 98 Ekphrastic Belts and the Construction of Courtly Femininity 98 The Magic Belt and Chivalric Masculinity 104 The Stone and Storytelling 106 Gwigalois’s Wheel and the Literary Uses of Heraldry 111 The Tomb’s Inscription and Courtly Literary Culture 115 Larie’s Tent, Courtliness, and Virtual Splendor 124 Conclusion 131 part 2 The Text Imagined 4 Ekphrasis and Visualization Strategies in the Illustrated Wigalois Manuscripts 135 Heraldry and Integration: Manuscript B 138 Basic Description of the Manuscript 138 Heraldic Visualization 141 Integration in Manuscript B 147 Didactic hövescheit: Codex Donaueschingen 71 155 Basic Description of the Manuscript 155 The Role of the Captions 157 Deictic and Didactic Visualization 161 Conclusion 166 5 Re-imagining Narrative in Wigoleis vom Rade 168 The Strassburg Wigoleis and Its Layout 172 A Reconceived Text for a New Audience 175 A Question of Literary Quality? 175 Diffferent Audiences 178 Reading and Literacy 180 Visuality, Structure, and Narrative 183 Eyewitnessing and a New Attitude toward Description 183 Woodcut and Caption: Guiding and Linking 191 Narrative and Illustrative Simplifijication 195 Envisioning Courtliness in the Strassburg Woodcuts 199 Conclusion 202 6 Literature and Legitimization: The Wigalois Frescoes at Runkelstein Castle 204 Material Visualizations of German Vernacular Literature 206 The Vintler Brothers and the Murals at Runkelstein 209 Ernst Karl von Waldstein and the Wigalois Frescoes 216 Description of the Wigalois Images at Runkelstein 218 Why Wigalois? Possible Interpretations 222 Conclusion: Understanding the Book 226 Bibliography 229 Index 241 Illustrations 245

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Alain Chartier: Father of French Eloquence brings together fourteen contributions that offer a range of perspectives and insights into the works of this exceptional late medieval author. As heir to the past and herald of the future, Chartier reinvented the traditional, whether in Latin or French, verse or prose. Chartier’s open-ended, dialogic works and his own politically-engaged writing inspired his successors to think and write in new ways about ethics, the individual’s role in society, relationships between men and women, and the responsibility of a poet to his/her audience. As these essays show, Chartier’s renovation of poetic form and content had considerable influence over successive generations of writers in France and across Europe. Contributors are: Adrian Armstrong, Florence Bouchet, Emma Cayley, Daisy Delogu, Ashby Kinch, James C. Laidlaw, Marta Marfany, Deborah McGrady, Joan E. McRae, Jean-Claude Mühlethaler, Liv Robinson, Camille Serchuk, Andrea Tarnowski, Craig Taylor, and Hanno Wijsman.Trade Review“This is an extraordinarily useful collection of essays that will be of interest to Chartier experts and newcomers alike. It engages with the major critics and trends in Charterian scholarship, opening it up in new directions and suggesting possibilities for yet further research […]. Each individual essay makes a unique contribution while also coinciding with the volume’s overall aims; the collection’s thorough citations will be valuable to any scholar, as will the selected bibliography of primary and secondary sources.” Kathleen A. Loysen, Montclair State University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 2 (Summer 2017), pp. 645-646.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Contributors List of Figures List of Abbreviations Introduction Daisy Delogu, Joan E. McRae, and Emma Cayley SECTION 1 -- CHARTIER IN HIS CULTURAL, LITERARY, AND MATERIAL CONTEXT 1. Alain Chartier: A Historical and Biographical Overview James Laidlaw 2. Alain Chartier’s Singularity, Or How Sources Make an Author Andrea Tarnowski 3. The Bilingual Chartier: Authorial Duality and Identity in the French and Latin œuvre of Alain Chartier Emma Cayley with the collaboration of HannoWijsman 4. The Illuminated Manuscripts of the Works of Alain Chartier Camille Serchuk SECTION 2 -- APPROACHES TO CHARTIER 5. Performance and Polemic: Gender and Emotion in the Works of Alain Chartier Daisy Delogu 6. Alain Chartier and Chivalry: Debating Knighthood in the Context of the Hundred Years War Craig Taylor 7. Alain Chartier, Political Writer Jean-Claude Mühlethaler SECTION 3 -- TEXTUAL COMMUNITIES 8. “Que tous se rallïent”: Alain Chartier, Pierre de Nesson, and the Poetics of Peace Deborah McGrady 9. A Community of Readers: The Quarrel of the Belle Dame sans mercy Joan McRae 10. The Manuscript and the Print Tradition Liv Robinson SECTION 4 -- CHARTERIAN INFLUENCE 11. Alain Chartier and Medieval Catalan Literature Marta Marfany 12. Chartier’s European Influence Ashby Kinch 13. Alain Chartier and the Rhétoriqueurs Adrian Armstrong 14. A Good Carter as Guide: Imitating Alain Chartier (15th century – early 17th century) Florence Bouchet Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis first monograph in English on Colluthus situates this late antique author within his cultural context and offers a new appraisal of his hexameter poem The Abduction of Helen, the end-point of the pagan Greek epic tradition, which was composed in the Christianised Egyptian Thebaid. The book evaluates the poem’s connections with long-established and contemporary literary and artistic genres and with Neoplatonic philosophy, and analyzes the poet’s re-negotiation of traditional material to suit the expectations of a late fifth-century AD audience. It explores Colluthus' interpretation of the contemporary fascination with visuality, identifies new connections between Colluthus and Claudian, and shows how the author’s engagement with the poetry of Nonnus goes much further than previously shown.Trade Review''All in all, the book is an enjoyable read, and has identified many thought-provoking parallels and sources for Colluthus’ poem. It is, therefore, a very welcome addition to scholarship on late Greek poetry, an area that is still relatively underexplored, and to which Cadau’s monograph will hopefully help draw more attention.'' Fotini Hadjittofi, University of Lisbon, Euphrosyne 2017.45

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