Ancient Poetry – Bücher, LPs, CDs und mehr, Seite 5

Giulio Celotto, Laurel Fulkerson
Sulpicia

The main challenge in writing the history of Roman women is their silence, for they either did not themselves write, or what writing they did was not kept and transmitted. There are, however, a few welcom…

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Connie Bloomfield-Gadêlha, Edith Hall
Time, Tense, and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature

This collection of 24 essays provides the first comprehensive study of the way the passing of time, temporal setting, and the relationship between past, present, and future are presented in diverse genres…

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Homer,
The Iliad

When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017-revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, The Washington Post …

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Attar, Sholeh Wolpe
The Invisible Sun

The first comprehensive English collection from one of the world's most influential mystics---Attar---the twelfth-century poet Rumi called his master.Twelfth-century Persian poet Attar (1145--1221) was re…

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Jonas Faust
Speaking the Unspeakable

Beiträge zur englischen und amerikanischen Literatur - Band 44

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), one of the most important and widely read American poets of the 20th century, depicted himself as the prophet of a new America. Scholars and critics have echoed this self-descr…

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Patrick Cheney
Placing Elysium in Renaissance Britain

Cheney explores the literary trope of Elysium from ancient Greek poetry to the English Renaissance, with attention to its place in cartography and the geographies of the sixteenth century, and with emphas…

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Nicholas Morrow Williams
Dialogues in the Dark

Dialogues in the Dark traces how Chinese readers and scholars since the Han dynasty have variously interpreted the ancient poem "Heavenly Questions" (Tianwen), an enigmatic work attributed to Qu…

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Joel P Christensen
The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Odyssey

The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Odyssey brings together internationally recognized experts to provide commentary style essays for non-specialists on each book of the Homeric epic. The introduction pr…

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Joel P Christensen
The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Odyssey

The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Odyssey brings together internationally recognized experts to provide commentary style essays for non-specialists on each book of the Homeric epic. The introduction pr…

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John M Bowers, Peter Steffensen
Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913-1959

Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913-59 traces Tolkien's career-long engagement with the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and shows how Chaucer was a major source of inspiration for all of Tolkien's creative works, most not…

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Sarah Bowden
Writing Sin in the German Lands, 1050-1215

This book is about the relationship between dealing with sin and writing poetry in the Middle Ages; focusing particularly on twelfth-century Germany, it discusses how people performed penance and thought …

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Anke Walter
Festivals in Latin Literature

Festivals feature prominently in Latin literature, even in works that are not explicitly dedicated to festive days like Ovid's Fasti. This book explores the role of festivals in elegiac, lyric, and epic p…

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Ellen Burstyn
Poetry Says It Better

The legendary Academy Award--winning actress reflects on her love affair with poetry and makes us all believers.We all want inspiration. We want to feel connected to something universal. And we want to be…

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Luca Graverini
Reader Immersion in Latin Prose and Verse Narrative

This book introduces contemporary critical perspectives to the study of ancient Latin narrative texts, demonstrating how they encourage their readers to experience the fictional world and its inhabitants-…

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Phil Cousineau
The Wisdom of the Odyssey

An accessible companion to Homer's Odyssey that illuminates its timeless lessons on change, resilience, and the search for home, written by acclaimed mythographer and cultural historian Phil Cousineau. Fo…

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Amanda Holton
Rhyme and the Construction of Love in English Lyric 1300-1579

This book, underpinned by a database, demonstrates that rhyme is not a superficial decorative feature but rather a powerful force which fundamentally determines subject-matter. It focuses on the relations…

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Jen Russell,
The Book of the Dead in 1000 Pieces

Unlock the secrets of the ancient Egyptian afterlife as you assemble this 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle and make the treacherous journey through the underworld. Will you reach Aaru?Discover the mysterious rite…

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Jenny C Mann
The Trials of Orpheus

A revealing look at how the Orpheus myth helped Renaissance writers and thinkers understand the force of eloquence In ancient Greek mythology, the lyrical songs of Orpheus charmed the gods, and compelled…

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Jane Weaver

Love In Constant Spectacle (Limited Indie Deluxe Edition)

Mit ihrer bisher offenherzigsten, direktesten und intimsten Sammlung von Material stellt sie ihre einzigartige Reise durch die britische Musiklandschaft neu auf. »Love In Constant Spectacle« beschwört sp…

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Camilla Caporicci
The Song of Songs and Its Tradition in Renaissance Love Lyric

Traditionally attributed to King Solomon and called by Rabbi Aqiva the "Holy of Holies" among sacred Scriptures (Mishnah, Yadayim 3:5), the Song of Songs is one of the most fascinating and contr…

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