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| Author | : Tim Whitmarsh |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 2008-05-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1139827979 |
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The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel contains nineteen original essays by an international cast of experts in the field. The emphasis is upon the critical interpretation of the texts within historical settings, both in antiquity and in the later generations that have been and continue to be inspired by them. All the central issues of current scholarship are addressed: sexuality, cultural identity, class, religion, politics, narrative, style, readership and much more. Four sections cover cultural context of the novels, their contents, literary form, and their reception in classical antiquity and beyond. Each chapter includes guidance on further reading. This collection will be essential for scholars and students, as well as for others who want an up-to-date, accessible introduction into this exhilarating material.
| Author | : Tim Whitmarsh |
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| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
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Download The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel contains nineteen original essays by an international cast of experts in the field. The emphasis is upon the critical interpretation of the texts within historical settings, both in antiquity and in the later generations that have been and continue to be inspired by them. All the central issues of current scholarship are addressed: sexuality, cultural identity, class, religion, politics, narrative, style, readership and much more. Four sections cover cultural context of the novels, their contents, literary form, and their reception in classical antiquity and beyond. Each chapter includes guidance on further reading. This collection will be essential for scholars and students, as well as for others who want an up-to-date, accessible introduction into this exhilarating material.
| Author | : Stephen Salkever |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 391 |
| Release | : 2009-04-27 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1139828029 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this volume and written by leading scholars of classics, political science, and philosophy, the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they have to tell us about the problems of political life. Focusing on texts by Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle, among others, they examine perennial issues, including rights and virtues, democracy and the rule of law, community formation and maintenance, and the ways in which theorizing of several genres can and cannot assist political practice.
| Author | : Harriet I. Flower |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 519 |
| Release | : 2014-06-23 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107032245 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.
| Author | : Barbette Stanley Spaeth |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 383 |
| Release | : 2013-11-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0521113962 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Provides an introduction to the major religions of the ancient Mediterranean and explores current research regarding the similarities and differences among them.
| Author | : Tim Whitmarsh |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2011-04-07 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 1139500589 |
Download Narrative and Identity in the Ancient Greek Novel Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Greek romance was for the Roman period what epic was for the Archaic period or drama for the Classical: the central literary vehicle for articulating ideas about the relationship between self and community. This book offers a reading of the romance both as a distinctive narrative form (using a range of narrative theories) and as a paradigmatic expression of identity (social, sexual and cultural). At the same time it emphasises the elasticity of romance narrative and its ability to accommodate both conservative and transformative models of identity. This elasticity manifests itself partly in the variation in practice between different romancers, some of whom are traditionally Hellenocentric while others are more challenging. Ultimately, however, it is argued that it reflects a tension in all romance narrative, which characteristically balances centrifugal against centripetal dynamics. This book will interest classicists, historians of the novel and students of narrative theory.
| Author | : Richard Bett |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 2010-01-28 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1139828215 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume offers a comprehensive survey of the main periods, schools, and individual proponents of scepticism in the ancient Greek and Roman world. The contributors examine the major developments chronologically and historically, ranging from the early antecedents of scepticism to the Pyrrhonist tradition. They address the central philosophical and interpretive problems surrounding the sceptics' ideas on subjects including belief, action, and ethics. Finally, they explore the effects which these forms of scepticism had beyond the ancient period, and the ways in which ancient scepticism differs from scepticism as it has been understood since Descartes. The volume will serve as an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the subject for non-specialists, while also offering considerable depth and detail for more advanced readers.
| Author | : Loren J. Samons II |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 25 |
| Release | : 2007-01-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1139826697 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Mid-fifth-century Athens saw the development of the Athenian empire, the radicalization of Athenian democracy through the empowerment of poorer citizens, the adornment of the city through a massive and expensive building program, the classical age of Athenian tragedy, the assembly of intellectuals offering novel approaches to philosophical and scientific issues, and the end of the Spartan-Athenian alliance against Persia and the beginning of open hostilities between the two greatest powers of ancient Greece. The Athenian statesman Pericles both fostered and supported many of these developments. Although it is no longer fashionable to view Periclean Athens as a social or cultural paradigm, study of the history, society, art, and literature of mid-fifth-century Athens remains central to any understanding of Greek history. This collection of essays reveal the political, religious, economic, social, artistic, literary, intellectual, and military infrastructure that made the Age of Pericles possible.
| Author | : Kirk Freudenburg |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 2005-05-12 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521803595 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Satire as a distinct genre of writing was first developed by the Romans in the second century BCE. Regarded by them as uniquely 'their own', satire held a special place in the Roman imagination as the one genre that could address the problems of city life from the perspective of a 'real Roman'. In this Cambridge Companion an international team of scholars provides a stimulating introduction to Roman satire's core practitioners and practices, placing them within the contexts of Greco-Roman literary and political history. Besides addressing basic questions of authors, content, and form, the volume looks to the question of what satire 'does' within the world of Greco-Roman social exchanges, and goes on to treat the genre's further development, reception, and translation in Elizabethan England and beyond. Included are studies of the prosimetric, 'Menippean' satires that would become the models of Rabelais, Erasmus, More, and (narrative satire's crowning jewel) Swift.
| Author | : Jenifer Neils |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 505 |
| Release | : 2021-02-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1108484557 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is a comprehensive introduction to ancient Athens, its topography, monuments, inhabitants, cultural institutions, religious rituals, and politics. Drawing from the newest scholarship on the city, this volume examines how the city was planned, how it functioned, and how it was transformed from a democratic polis into a Roman urbs.
