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26 produkter
Seneca: De Clementia
E-bok, 2009
731 kr
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Soon after Nero''s accession in 54 CE, his tutor, the philosopher Seneca, addressed to his young pupil an essay called De Clementia in which he offered advice on how to behave in his new role. This is the first full philological edition of the De Clementia in English. It includes the text with …
Seneca: De Clementia
E-bok, 2011
731 kr
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Soon after Nero''s accession in 54 CE, his tutor, the philosopher Seneca, addressed to his young pupil an essay called De Clementia in which he offered advice on how to behave in his new role. This is the first full philological edition of the De Clementia in English. It includes the text with …
Virgil and his Translators
Av Zara Martirosova Torlone, Susanna Braund
E-bok, 2018
1961 kr
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This is the first volume to offer a critical overview of the long and complicated history of translations of Virgil from the early modern period to the present day, transcending traditional studies of single translations or particular national traditions in isolation to offer an insightful …
Virgil and his Translators
Av Zara Martirosova Torlone, Susanna Braund
E-bok, 2018
1961 kr
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This is the first volume to offer a critical overview of the long and complicated history of translations of Virgil from the early modern period to the present day, transcending traditional studies of single translations or particular national traditions in isolation to offer an insightful …
Virgil and his Translators
Av Susanna Braund, Zara Martirosova Torlone
Inbunden, 2018
2968 kr
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This is the first volume to offer a critical overview of the long and complicated history of translations of Virgil from the early modern period to the present day, transcending traditional studies of single translations or particular national traditions in isolation to offer an insightful …
Seneca: De Clementia
Av Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Susanna Braund
Inbunden, 2009
3706 kr
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Soon after Nero's accession in 54 CE, his tutor, the philosopher Seneca, addressed to his young pupil an essay called De Clementia in which he offered advice on how to behave in his new role. This is the first full philological edition of the De Clementia in English. It includes the text with …
Seneca: De Clementia
Häftad, 2011
878 kr
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Soon after Nero's accession in 54 CE, his tutor, the philosopher Seneca, addressed to his young pupil an essay called De Clementia in which he offered advice on how to behave in his new role. This is the first full philological edition of the De Clementia in English. It includes the text with …
Ancient Anger
Perspectives from Homer to Galen
Av Susanna Braund, Glenn W. Most
Häftad, 2007
654 kr
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Anger is found everywhere in the ancient world, starting with the very first word of the Iliad and continuing through all literary genres and every aspect of public and private life. Yet it is only recently, as a variety of disciplines start to devote attention to the history and nature of the …
Ancient Anger
Perspectives from Homer to Galen
Av Susanna Braund, Glenn W. Most
Inbunden, 2004
1891 kr
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Anger is found everywhere in the ancient world, starting with the very first word of the Iliad and continuing through all literary genres and every aspect of public and private life. Yet it is only recently, as a variety of disciplines start to devote attention to the history and nature of the …
Translating Words, Translating Cultures
Av Lorna Hardwick, Susanna Braund
Häftad, 2000
463 kr
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Never have there been so many different types of translations of Greek and Latin literature into English. Most people experience Homer and Greek tragedy for the first time through translations. New versions of Vergil and Ovid have become best sellers. This book examines the literary and cultural …
Radical Theatre
Greek Tragedy in the Modern World
Inbunden, 2003
463 kr
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Why should Greek tragedy matter now? This book opens a dialogue between the tragic theatre in ancient Athens and the multiple performances of the modern world. In five interconnected chapters, Rush Rehm engages tragedy on its own terms, using our oldest theatre as inspiration for how we might shape …
Gender and the Interpretation of Classical Myth
Av Lillian Doherty, Susanna Braund
Häftad, 2001
463 kr
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Myths reflect, reinforce, and sometimes subvert gender ideologies and so have an influence in the 'real world'. This is true in the present no less than when the Greek and Roman myths were created. The struggles to redefine gender roles and identities in our own time are inevitably reflected in our …
Celebrity in Antiquity
From Media Tarts to Tabloid Queens
Av Robert Garland, Susanna Braund
Häftad, 2006
414 kr
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What sort of people were able to grab the attention of the public in the ancient world? How was celebrity achieved? What methods did people use to achieve it? Robert Garland turns the spotlight on the careers of some of the most successful and colourful self-promoters ever to have lived, including …
Performance and Cure
Drama and Healing in Ancient Greece and Contemporary America
Av Karelisa V. Hartigan, Susanna Braund
Häftad, 2009
414 kr
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In this fascinating addition to the "Classical Inter/faces" series, Karelisa Hartigan suggests that drama was regularly performed in the theatres built within or adjacent to the ancient sanctuaries of Asklepios. She argues that a pageant which showed the enactment of the god healing prompted the …
Companion to Persius and Juvenal
Av Josiah Osgood, Susanna Braund
E-bok, 2012
2960 kr
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A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "satiric successors"; detailed individual contributions suggest original perspectives on their work, and provide an in-depth exploration of Persius'' and Juvenal''s afterlives. Provides detailed and …
Companion to Persius and Juvenal
Av Josiah Osgood, Susanna Braund
E-bok, 2012
2896 kr
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A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "satiric successors"; detailed individual contributions suggest original perspectives on their work, and provide an in-depth exploration of Persius'' and Juvenal''s afterlives. Provides detailed and …
Companion to Persius and Juvenal
Av Susanna Braund, Susanna Braund m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
2525 kr
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A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "satiric successors"; detailed individual contributions suggest original perspectives on their work, and provide an in-depth exploration of Persius' and Juvenal's afterlives. Provides detailed and …
Victorian Horace
Classics and Class
Av Stephen Harrison, Susanna Braund
Inbunden, 2017
2281 kr
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The poetry of Horace was central to Victorian male elite education and the ancient poet himself, suitably refashioned, became a model for the English gentleman. Horace and the Victorians examines the English reception of Horace in Victorian culture, a period which saw the foundations of the …
Seneca: Oedipus
Av Susanna Braund, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2015
399 kr
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Oedipus, king of Thebes, is one of the giant figures of ancient mythology. Through the centuries, his story has inspired works of epic poetry, lyric poetry, tragedy, opera, a gospel musical and more. The myth has been famously deployed in psychology by Sigmund Freud. It may not be too bold to claim …
Seneca: Oedipus
Av Susanna Braund, Thomas Harrison
Inbunden, 2015
1551 kr
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Oedipus, king of Thebes, is one of the giant figures of ancient mythology. Through the centuries, his story has inspired works of epic poetry, lyric poetry, tragedy, opera, a gospel musical and more. The myth has been famously deployed in psychology by Sigmund Freud. It may not be too bold to claim …
Seneca: Oedipus
E-bok, 2015
430 kr
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Oedipus, king of Thebes, is one of the giant figures of ancient mythology. Through the centuries, his story has inspired works of epic poetry, lyric poetry, tragedy, opera, a gospel musical and more. The myth has been famously deployed in psychology by Sigmund Freud. It may not be too bold to claim …
Seneca: Oedipus
E-bok, 2015
417 kr
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Oedipus, king of Thebes, is one of the giant figures of ancient mythology. Through the centuries, his story has inspired works of epic poetry, lyric poetry, tragedy, opera, a gospel musical and more. Famous today thanks to Sigmund Freud''s famous phrase ''the Oedipus complex'', the most famous …
Tragic Idea
Av Vassilis Lambropoulos, Paul Cartledge m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
427 kr
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This radical series shows how Classical ideas and material have helped to shape the modern world. The interdisciplinary approach makes stimulating reading for all who welcome the challenge offered by new perspectives on Classical culture. Today we attribute a tragic quality to many things - works, …
Tragic Idea
Av Vassilis Lambropoulos, Paul Cartledge m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
437 kr
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This radical series shows how Classical ideas and material have helped to shape the modern world. The interdisciplinary approach makes stimulating reading for all who welcome the challenge offered by new perspectives on Classical culture. Today we attribute a tragic quality to many things - works, …
Roman Satirists and Their Masks
Häftad, 1998
349 kr
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Starting from the conviction that Latin literature gains from being viewed as performance, the author sees the creation of different characters or "masks" in Latin literature as a result of the Greco-Roman training in rhetoric. She treats the texts of Roman satire as drama and focuses on the …
Companion to Persius and Juvenal
Av S Braund, Susanna Braund m. fl.
2012
2114 kr
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A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "satiric successors"; detailed individual contributions suggest original perspectives on their work, and provide an in-depth exploration of Persius' and Juvenal's afterlives. * Provides detailed and …
