ORI - Ancient & Classical 1

Questo volume, che trae origine dal Convegno internazionale “Seneca dopo Seneca” (Firenze, 23-24 maggio 2024), indaga la fortuna di Seneca nella prosa e nella poesia del I e II secolo d.C., con il l……続きを見る

La critica feroce e lo smascheramento dei falsi miti letterari animano pagine intrise di polemica acuminata e passione intellettuale. Un occhio implacabile indaga la mediocrità glorificata, abbatten……続きを見る

La critica feroce e l'intelletto tagliente smantellano i falsi miti letterari in una crociata solitaria contro la mediocrità esaltata. Polemiche ardenti si abbattono sulle convenzioni accademiche, d……続きを見る

Why has Atlantis endured with such unusual force for more than two millennia? Most books on Atlantis take one of two paths. They either pursue the lost city as if it were a hidden geographical secre……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie die zeitlose Magie der Poesie mit Eduard Mörikes Meisterwerk! In "Auswahl aus den Dichtungen Eduard Mörikes" entfaltet sich eine Welt voller Schönheit, Melancholie und tiefgründiger Ge……続きを見る

Descubra o poder avassalador da tragédia em "Octavia: Tragédia em 5 Actos" de Vittorio Alfieri! Em um cenário de intrigas políticas e paixões desenfreadas, "Octavia" transporta o leitor para a Roma ……続きを見る

Freud's interpretation of the ancient legend of Oedipusーas formulated in Sophocles' tragic dramaーis among the most widely known concepts of psychoanalysis. Euripides' Ion, however, presents a more……続きを見る

The anagrams, or more generally, the mathēmata and morphologically related kalophonic forms of Byzantine melopoeïa, constitute the artistic creations by which Psaltic Art is known in all its splendo……続きを見る

La politización de nuestros cuerpos como feministas nos abre un campo amplio de posibilidades de deconstrucción de sexualidades, géneros, razas. Este libro nace de la necesidad de compartir diferent……続きを見る

Se Virgilio sapesse che ci disponiamo a leggere la sua Eneide non ne sarebbe affatto contento. L’Eneide è un lavoro incompiuto e, se è vero quello che ci raccontano, il poeta in punto di morte avreb……続きを見る

This is the first comprehensive book on the Arthurian legend in medieval and Renaissance Italy since Edmund Gardner’s 1930 The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature. Arthurian material reached all ……続きを見る

Orietta Da Rold provides a detailed analysis of the coming of paper to medieval England, and its influence on the literary and non-literary culture of the period. Looking beyond book production, Da ……続きを見る

Lógico que Eusébio de Cesareia escreveu a história da Igreja de acordo com o seu ponto de vista, portanto não existe isenção total, nem devemos esperar isto de ninguém. Mas o valor da sua obra é ine……続きを見る

Este livro não é para principiantes, mas para teólogos que deseja mergulhar em águas mais profundas da teologia e da filosofia. Agostinho não era um evangelista, mas um pensador do cristianismo, nin……続きを見る

Traditionally attributed to King Solomon and called by Rabbi Akiva the “Holy of Holies” among sacred Scriptures (Mishnah, Yadayim 3:5), the Song of Songs is one of the most fascinating and controver……続きを見る

Die vorliegende Publikation beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, inwieweit sich Ausprägungen eines weiblich-jüdischen Musikmäzenatentums mit dem des römischen Namensgebers dieser Förderform, mit Gaius Ci……続きを見る

Fantastic Histories explores the political and cultural contexts of the entry of fairies to the historical record in twelfth century England, and the subsequent uses of fairy narratives in both insu……続きを見る

L’approdo all’ultima luce è l’elevazione che Dante ci propone, dopo sette secoli, nel tentativo di una “salvazione del mondo”. La poesia filosofica dantesca, suggestionata dall’Uno di Plotino, si co……続きを見る

This book demonstrates how the Romans constructed garden boundaries specifically in order to open up or undermine the division between a number of oppositions, such as inside/outside, sacred/profane……続きを見る

Ethos, Logos, and Perspective represents the first comprehensive study of late Byzantine court rhetorical praise as a general phenomenon surfacing in many types of rhetorical epideictic compositions……続きを見る

Through combinations of instructive prose and incantatory verse, liturgical rituals and herbal recipes, Latinate learning and oral tradition, the Old English remedies offer hope not only for bodily ……続きを見る

"En este libro, Victorio Pirillo esgrime con excelencia y maestría académica un arma imbatible, que es la verdad documentada de los hechos contados. Corre un viejo telón que nos permite como especta……続きを見る

The aim of this book is to discuss the most important aspects of women’s status at the beginning of the twentieth century by drawing a parallel between Romanian and British feminism.The novelty of t……続きを見る

"I classici sono libri senza tempo, raccontano la gioia e il dolore, sono l'immagine di noi stessi: sono il frumento, il nostro pane quotidiano... Il mistero della letteratura è il mistero della vit……続きを見る

Raamatussa puhutaan lukuisista kansoista, ihmisistä, verisistä taisteluista ja hirvittävistä katastrofeista. Ovatko tarinat pelkkää mielikuvitusta vai perustuvatko ne todellisiin tapahtumiin? Entä s……続きを見る

How can we make sense of the innovative structure of Euripidean drama? And what political role did tragedy play in the democracy of classical Athens? These questions are usually considered to be mut……続きを見る

In contemporary psychoanalytic thought, Freud's concept of the Oedipus complex is inclined to overshadow the interpretation of the myths surrounding Oedipus. The authors counter this situation by re……続きを見る

Il canto dantesco ripercorre la vicenda terrena di Pier delle Vigne, mettendo in luce gli aspetti che avvicinano, fino a coincidere in una perfetta osmosi, il personaggio dantesco e Dante stesso. Il……続きを見る

Saint Augustine famously “wept for Dido, who killed herself by the sword,” and many later medieval schoolboys were taught to respond in similarly emotional ways to the pain of female characters in V……続きを見る

The greatest of Roman historians, Publius Cornelius Tacitus (56-117 CE) studied rhetoric in Rome. His rhetorical and oratorical gifts are evident throughout his most substantial works, the incomplet……続きを見る