wyszukanych pozycji: 4
Roman Error: Classical Reception and the Problem of Rome's Flaws
ISBN: 9780198803034 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In the eyes of posterity, ancient Rome is deeply flawed; yet its faults have not only provoked censure but also inspired wayward and novel forms of thought and representation. This volume is the first to examine this phenomenon in depth, demonstrating that the reception of Roman "errors" has been far more complex than sweeping denunciation.
In the eyes of posterity, ancient Rome is deeply flawed; yet its faults have not only provoked censure but also inspired wayward and novel forms of th...
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505,14 zł |
Captor's Image: Greek Culture in Roman Ecphrasis
ISBN: 9780199735877 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An influential view of ecphrasis--the literary description of art objects--chiefly treats it as a way for authors to write about their own texts without appearing to do so, and even insist upon the aesthetic dominance of the literary text over the visual image. However, when considering its use in ancient Roman literature, this interpretation proves insufficient. The Captor's Image argues for the need to see Roman ecphrasis, with its prevalent focus on Hellenic images, as a site of subtle, ongoing competition between Greek and Roman cultures. Through close readings of ecphrases in a...
An influential view of ecphrasis--the literary description of art objects--chiefly treats it as a way for authors to write about their own texts witho...
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505,14 zł |
Disorienting Empire: Republican Latin Poetry's Wanderers
ISBN: 9780197571781 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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317,77 zł |
Dead Lovers: Erotic Bonds and the Study of Premodern Europe
ISBN: 9780472115600 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. From Eurydice to Laura and beyond, dead lovers call forth powerful expressions of grief, sorrow, love, and longing. They occasion mourning and other rituals and seem to be intrinsically bound up with changing ideas of subjecthood itself.Dead Lovers explores the complex attachments to the figure of the dead lover in Western literature, art, and other forms of cultural expression from classical antiquity through the Middle Ages and into the early modern period.By reflecting on the study of dead lovers, these essays also trace the development of themes and claims relating to our...
From Eurydice to Laura and beyond, dead lovers call forth powerful expressions of grief, sorrow, love, and longing. They occasion mourning and other r...
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394,75 zł |