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  • Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Traditions of Augustan Poetry

    par Peter E. Knox ...
    Collections Livre 11 - Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume
    Having established his reputation as an elegist, Ovid turned to the composition of hexameter narrative. Although the Metamorphoses has often been treated as an appendix to the history of Augustan poetry, the principal lines of stylistic and thematic development continue in Ovid's work. Drawing upon the structure and content of Vergil's Sixth Eclogue, the Metamorphoses is an intricate and allusive ... En savoir plus

    $33.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Oxford Anthology of Roman Literature

    Modifié par Peter E. Knox, J. C. McKeown ...
    Though the wonders of ancient Roman culture continue to attract interest across the disciplines, it is difficult to find a lively, accessible collection of the full range of the era's literature in English. The Oxford Anthology of Roman Literature provides a general introduction to the literature of the Roman empire at its zenith, between the second century BC and the second century AD. Two ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

  • A Companion to Ovid

    Modifié par Peter E. Knox ...
    Collections series Wiley Companions to the Ancient World
    A Companion to Ovid is a comprehensive overview of one of the most influential poets of classical antiquity.Features more than 30 newly commissioned chapters by noted scholars writing in their areas of specializationIlluminates various aspects of Ovid's work, such as production, genre, and stylePresents interpretive essays on key poems and collections of poemsIncludes detailed discussions of Ovid ... En savoir plus

    $59.99 CAD

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  • The King's Two Bodies

    A Study in Medieval Political Theology

    par Ernst Kantorowicz, William Chester Jordan ...
    Collections series Princeton Classics
    Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the postmortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, “The king is dead. Long live the king.” In The King’s Two Bodies, Ernst Kantorowicz traces the historical dilemma ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages

    par Ernst Robert Curtius ...
    Collections series Bollingen Series
    Published just after the Second World War, European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages is a sweeping exploration of the remarkable continuity of European literature across time and place, from the classical era up to the early nineteenth century, and from the Italian peninsula to the British Isles. In what T. S. Eliot called a "magnificent" book, Ernst Robert Curtius establishes medieval Latin ... En savoir plus

    $54.99 CAD

  • Long Live Latin

    The Pleasures of a Useless Language

    par Nicola Gardini ...
    A "fascinating" meditation on the joys of a not-so-dead language ( Los Angeles Review of Books).From acclaimed novelist and Oxford professor Nicola Gardini, this is a personal and passionate look at the Latin language: its history, its authors, its essential role in education, and its enduring impact on modern life—whether we call it "dead" or not.What use is Latin? It's a question we're often ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

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  • Horace: Odes Book II

    par Horace ...
    Collections Livre 2 - Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
    Horace's Odes remain among the most widely read works of classical literature. This volume constitutes the first substantial commentary for a generation on this book, and presents Horace's poems for a new cohort of modern students and scholars. The introduction focusses on the particular features of this poetic book and its place in Horace's poetic career and in the literary environment of its ... En savoir plus

    $40.99 CAD

  • Lucretius: De Rerum NaturaBook III

    par Lucretius ...
    Collections series Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
    The third book of Lucretius' great poem on the workings of the universe is devoted entirely to expounding the implications of Epicurus' dictum that death does not matter, 'is nothing to us'. The soul is not immortal: it no more exists after the dissolution of the body than it had done before its birth. Only if this fact is accepted can men rid themselves of irrational fears and achieve the state ... En savoir plus

    $41.99 CAD

  • Reading Roman Friendship

    par Craig A. Williams ...
    This book invites us to approach friendship not as something that simply is, but as something performed in and through language. Roman friendship is read across a wide spectrum of Latin texts, from Catullus' poetry to Petronius' Satyricon to the philosophical writings of Cicero and Seneca, from letters exchanged by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his beloved teacher Fronto, to those written by men ... En savoir plus

    $48.99 CAD

  • Erasmus, Man of Letters

    The Construction of Charisma in Print - Updated Edition

    par Lisa Jardine, Lisa Jardine ...
    The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion. Lisa Jardine, however, shows that Erasmus self-consciously created his own reputation as the central figure of the European intellectual world. Erasmus himself—the historical as opposed ... En savoir plus

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  • Ovid: Epistulae ex Ponto Book I

    par Ovid ...
    Collections Livre 1 - Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
    When Ovid, already renowned for his love poetry, the Metamorphoses and other works, was exiled by Augustus to Tomis on the Black Sea in AD 8, he continued to write. After five books of Tristia, he composed a collection of verse letters, the Epistulae ex Ponto, in which he appeals to his friends and supporters in Rome, lamenting his lot and begging for their help in mitigating it. In these ... En savoir plus

    $47.99 CAD

  • Latin Verse Satire

    An Anthology and Reader

    Modifié par Paul Allen Miller ...
    A wide variety of texts by the Latin satirists are presented here in a fully loaded resource to provide an innovative reading of satire's relation to Roman ideology.Brimming with notes, commentaries, essays and texts in translation, this book succeeds in its mission to help the student understand the history of Latin's modern scholarly reception.Focusing on the linguistic difficulties and problems ... En savoir plus

    $89.31 CAD