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P. Papinius Statius Volume II
Thebaid and Achilleid
This three-volume work offers a revised text, prose translation, and extensive commentary for the two epics of Statius: his magnum opus, the Thebaid, and the Achilleid, which was left unfinished at his death.
This three-volume work offers a revised text, prose translation, and extensive commentary for the two epics of Statius: his magnum opus, the Thebaid, and the Achilleid, which was left unfinished at his death.
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This volume explores the confluences between post-modernism and post-colonialism. It examines their shared challenge to Eurocentric master narratives, sheds light on the East-West relation, and questions Western modes of representation in literary and cultural works.
This volume explores the confluences between post-modernism and post-colonialism. It examines their shared challenge to Eurocentric master narratives, sheds light on the East-West relation, and questions Western modes of representation in literary and cultural works.
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Cultural Politics in Derek Walcott’s Prose and Poetry
A Postcolonial Reading of Selected Works
This book offers a new reading of Derek Walcott, introducing him as a postcolonial theoretician by focusing on his neglected essays. It singles out concepts that parallel and precede seminal views in postcolonial theory, wedding theory to practice by applying them to his poems.
This book offers a new reading of Derek Walcott, introducing him as a postcolonial theoretician by focusing on his neglected essays. It singles out concepts that parallel and precede seminal views in postcolonial theory, wedding theory to practice by applying them to his poems.
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This book provides a comparative study of the Sartrean no-self and the Deleuzean rhizomic self, tracing the shift from Sartre’s nihilistic self in modernist fiction to the celebratory Deleuzean self in postmodernism, which may be a possible alternative for survival in crisis.
This book provides a comparative study of the Sartrean no-self and the Deleuzean rhizomic self, tracing the shift from Sartre’s nihilistic self in modernist fiction to the celebratory Deleuzean self in postmodernism, which may be a possible alternative for survival in crisis.
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This book reveals Homer's vibrant legacy in Portuguese, Spanish, Brazilian, and Argentinian literature from the 19th to the 21st century. Juxtaposing Homeric motifs across genres—theatre, poetry, novel, and short story—it offers a unique cross-cultural comparison.
This book reveals Homer’s vibrant legacy in Portuguese, Spanish, Brazilian, and Argentinian literature from the 19th to the 21st century. Juxtaposing Homeric motifs across genres—theatre, poetry, novel, and short story—it offers a unique cross-cultural comparison.
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The term ‘border’ has become a ploy for chauvinism and ultra-nationalist bigotry, with notorious coverage in media, cinema, and literature. This volume explores a wide range of literary, linguistic, and media representations of the ‘border.’
The term ‘border’ has become a ploy for chauvinism and ultra-nationalist bigotry, with notorious coverage in media, cinema, and literature. This volume explores a wide range of literary, linguistic, and media representations of the ‘border.’
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Anger in the Long Nineteenth Century
Critical Perspectives
This collection traverses anger studies from the Classical age to the present day. The book illustrates how literature documents and even institutionalizes primal, emotive outbursts, with analysis of works ranging from Aristotle and Seneca to Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Bronte.
This collection traverses anger studies from the Classical age to the present day. The book illustrates how literature documents and even institutionalizes primal, emotive outbursts, with analysis of works ranging from Aristotle and Seneca to Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Bronte.
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This collection explores how traditions shape society through movies, music, and literature. It reveals connections between culture and media that simplify our understanding of humanity, offering a guide to the evolving dimensions of African literature and popular culture.
This collection explores how traditions shape society through movies, music, and literature. It reveals connections between culture and media that simplify our understanding of humanity, offering a guide to the evolving dimensions of African literature and popular culture.
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Catalogues of Proper Names in Latin Epic Poetry
Lucretius - Virgil - Ovid
This book explores the poetic catalogue from Homer to Ovid. It examines how internal structural patterns and external framing devices evolved, contrasting Virgil’s supportive function with Lucretius’s subversion and Ovid’s sophisticated innovations.
This book explores the poetic catalogue from Homer to Ovid. It examines how internal structural patterns and external framing devices evolved, contrasting Virgil’s supportive function with Lucretius’s subversion and Ovid’s sophisticated innovations.
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Studies in Latin Literature in Honour of Robert Maltby
Honoring Robert Maltby, this rich collection of scholarship covers Latin literature from Augustan times to the Renaissance. It offers fresh interpretations of texts, with special focus on the Corpus Tibullianum, etymology, and textual criticism. For classicists and beyond.
Honoring Robert Maltby, this rich collection of scholarship covers Latin literature from Augustan times to the Renaissance. It offers fresh interpretations of texts, with special focus on the Corpus Tibullianum, etymology, and textual criticism. For classicists and beyond.
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Humour and Identity in Jewish American Fiction
No Laughing Matter
This book explores the connection between humour and identity in contemporary Jewish American literature. It is a serious investigation into the strategic use of humour in identity formation, revealing the serious undertones in works that may first appear merely humorous.
This book explores the connection between humour and identity in contemporary Jewish American literature. It is a serious investigation into the strategic use of humour in identity formation, revealing the serious undertones in works that may first appear merely humorous.
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Mobilizing Narratives
Narrating Injustices of (Im)Mobility
In a world defined by forced migration, who is free to move and who is not? This volume uncovers the injustices of (im)mobility—driven by war, climate change, and inequality—as powerfully represented in literary texts.
In a world defined by forced migration, who is free to move and who is not? This volume uncovers the injustices of (im)mobility—driven by war, climate change, and inequality—as powerfully represented in literary texts.
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This survey of mediaeval texts tracks the power of the premodern mind, from Boethius to Chaucer and Dante. Exploring scorching lyric poetry, the darkness of Beowulf, and the travels of Marco Polo, it reveals the crucial role of mediaeval thought in making us who we are today.
This survey of mediaeval texts tracks the power of the premodern mind, from Boethius to Chaucer and Dante. Exploring scorching lyric poetry, the darkness of Beowulf, and the travels of Marco Polo, it reveals the crucial role of mediaeval thought in making us who we are today.
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The Mahābhārata and Dharma Discourse
A Vision of Clarity through Its Tales
This engaging text provides unique insights into ‘dharma’ in the Mahābhārata. Often mistaken for religion, dharma is revealed as an umbrella term for all the deeds in one's life. Each chapter uses the epic's own tales and parables as evidence to explore this complex concept.
This engaging text provides unique insights into ‘dharma’ in the Mahābhārata. Often mistaken for religion, dharma is revealed as an umbrella term for all the deeds in one’s life. Each chapter uses the epic’s own tales and parables as evidence to explore this complex concept.
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This collection of essays presents current research in Classics. Contributions cover subjects from Greek and Latin papyrology, epigraphy, and key literary texts to navigation, coinage, and sculpture. A useful, up-to-date research tool for any classicist.
This collection of essays presents current research in Classics. Contributions cover subjects from Greek and Latin papyrology, epigraphy, and key literary texts to navigation, coinage, and sculpture. A useful, up-to-date research tool for any classicist.
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This collection explores “post-narratology,” rethinking classical narratology in relation to ethnicity, culture, history, and religion. Notions of plot, voice, and character are stretched and modified to fit the cultural contexts of contemporary works in various fields.
This collection explores “post-narratology,” rethinking classical narratology in relation to ethnicity, culture, history, and religion. Notions of plot, voice, and character are stretched and modified to fit the cultural contexts of contemporary works in various fields.
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Shota Rustaveli's The Knight in the Panther’s Skin organically unites the cultural traditions of the Christian West and Muslim East. This book conducts comparative research, showing the similarities and differences between the works of Rustaveli and Nizami Ganjavi.
Shota Rustaveli’s The Knight in the Panther’s Skin organically unites the cultural traditions of the Christian West and Muslim East. This book conducts comparative research, showing the similarities and differences between the works of Rustaveli and Nizami Ganjavi.
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Voices from Early China
The Odes Demystified
The Chinese “Book of Odes” (1000-600 B.C.) is one of the world's earliest literary works. This new translation cuts through centuries of obscurity to reveal the poems' human charm, while also restoring the original speech-music, lost for millennia.
The Chinese “Book of Odes” (1000-600 B.C.) is one of the world’s earliest literary works. This new translation cuts through centuries of obscurity to reveal the poems’ human charm, while also restoring the original speech-music, lost for millennia.
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This volume explores the transformative humanities, a vision for transforming cultures, individuals, and society. Through scholarly essays on topics like posthumanism and film studies, it offers new perspectives to innovate and transform the world we live in.
This volume explores the transformative humanities, a vision for transforming cultures, individuals, and society. Through scholarly essays on topics like posthumanism and film studies, it offers new perspectives to innovate and transform the world we live in.
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The Power of Form
Recycling Myths
Once dismissed as primitive fancy, myths are now seen as complex symbolic narratives that carry meaning. This interdisciplinary volume studies how myths are recycled within heritage, examining their personal and political implications for societies making sense of life.
Once dismissed as primitive fancy, myths are now seen as complex symbolic narratives that carry meaning. This interdisciplinary volume studies how myths are recycled within heritage, examining their personal and political implications for societies making sense of life.
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