Ancient Classical category: 1324 books

This book revises the picture of the teacher and educator of princes, Vittorino Rambaldoni da Feltre (c. 1378, Feltre -- 1446, Mantua), taking a completely new approach to show his work and life from the individual perspectives created by his students and contemporaries. From 1423 to 1446, Vittorino...

  L’on s’en souvient, peut-être, un ancien président de la République ayant parlé un peu maladroitement de La Princesse de Clèves, le livre de Madame de La Fayette connut une flambée de gloire inattendue… C’est au tour de la nouvelle, LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER d’être à l’honneur,...

A richly nuanced cultural history of an enigmatic and controversial folktale Perhaps the best-known version of the tar baby story was published in 1880 by Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, and popularized in Song of the South, the 1946 Disney movie. Other versions...

Laurence Coupe offers students a comprehensive overview of the development of myth, showing how mythic themes, structures and symbols persist in literature and entertainment today. This introductory volume: illustrates the relation between myth, culture and literature with discussions of poetry,...

This book examines the transmission processes of the Aristotelian Mechanics. It does so to enable readers to appreciate the value of the treatise based on solid knowledge of the principles of the text. In addition, the book’s critical examination helps clear up many of the current misunderstandings...

La poesia amorosa del Medioevo viene spesso considerata una lirica fortemente codificata, basata sulla ripetizione e la variazione di situazioni e dichiarazioni sentimentali fisse, convenzionali. Marco Santagata si propone invece di mostrare come sia non solo possibile ma doveroso forare lo schermo...

Les Bucoliques (ou Églogues) sont un recueil du poète latin Virgile. Les Bucoliques évoquent la vie de bergers dans les campagnes romaines près de Mantoue (ville d'origine de Virgile). L'auteur a en fait transposé l'Arcadie dans sa région natale, et les bergers romains sont devenus de...

Obra que constituye un testimonio invalorable sobre el mundo prehispánico y expone una nueva versión paleográfica de la obra betancina. La presente obra es una nueva edición paleografiada de la Suma y Narración de los Incas, de Juan de Betanzos. La crónica está precedida de estudios sobre el...

With a text revised and corrected by the author, this definitive edition of *Individuation in Fairy Tales *is rich with insights from religion, literature, and myth. Dr. von Franz focuses on the symbolism of the bird motif in six fairy tales of Europe and Asia: "The White Parrot" (Spain),...

The Greek playwright Aristophanes (active 427–386 BCE) is often portrayed as the poet who brought stability, discipline, and sophistication to the rowdy theatrical genre of Old Comedy. In this groundbreaking book, situated within the affective turn in the humanities, Mario Telò explores a vital...

This bookexplores the cultural conditions that led to the emergence and proliferation of Saint Hermenegildo as a stage character in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It considers how this saint became a theatrical trope enabling the Society of Jesus to address religious and secular concerns...

Detailed textual analysis of the tales by the Miller, Nun's Priest, the Wife of Bath and the Pardoner, as well as the General Prologue invites you to sharpen your critical faculties, extend your knowledge and engage with the text itself in order to fully appreciate the work of this fascinating, complex...

This volume examines the erotic in the literature of medieval Britain, primarily in Middle English, but also in Latin, Welsh and Old French. Seeking to discover the nature of the erotic and how it differs from modern erotics, the contributors address topics such as the Wife of Bath's opinions on marital...

Written in an engaging and accessible manner, English Literature in the Age of Chaucer serves as both a lucid introduction to Middle English literature for those coming fresh to the study of earlier English writing, and as a stimulating examination of the themes, traditions and the literary achievement...