Описание: The first study to assess in its entirety the fourth-century Latin commentary on Plato`s Timaeus by the otherwise unknown Calcidius, as well as features of his Latin translation. The text represents a distinctive cultural encounter between the Greek and the Roman philosophical traditions, and between non-Christian and Christian currents of thought.
Автор: Judith Kay, Rosemary Gelshenen Название: Discovering Fiction Second edition Level 1 Student`s Book ISBN: 1107652227 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107652224 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 13214.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: North American short stories enhance students` reading skills, language learning, and enjoyment of literature.
Автор: Decook Travis Название: The Origins of the Bible and Early Modern Political Thought ISBN: 1108830811 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108830812 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 21300.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores the cultural functions played in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by accounts of the Bible`s origins. It investigates how these accounts were taken up beyond the expected boundaries of biblical study, and deployed as the theological basis for arguments about the proper ordering of human life.
Автор: Niskanen Samu Название: Publication and the Papacy in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages ISBN: 1009111086 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781009111089 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 3517.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This Element explores the papacy`s engagement in authorial publishing in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The opening discussion demonstrates that throughout the medieval period, papal involvement in the publication of new works was a phenomenon, which surged in the eleventh century. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Описание: Focusing on eight writers and artists, this book examines the centrality of the countryside to women`s work, creativity, and aspirations. The authors tell these women`s stories through their art and literature and in the context of the history and culture of gardens, constructed landscapes, and the countryside.
Описание: Dante`s visionary grounding of knowledge in love and divine revelation still moves and inspires a wide readership. As well as offering new perspectives on the Vita nuova for medievalists and Dante scholars, this book also introduces the general reader to ideas that continue to inject Western culture with `new life`.
Автор: Leven Pauline A. Название: Music and Metamorphosis in Graeco-Roman Thought ISBN: 131660263X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316602638 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 8794.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Examines aesthetic and ontological questions raised by Greco-Roman myths of human metamorphosis into non-human musical beings. Placing the myths within their ancient intellectual contexts, it reads them in dialogue with contemporary questions about what it means to be human. Aimed at classicists, musicologists, and scholars of the posthumanities.
Автор: Sherman Anita Gilman Название: Skepticism in Early Modern English Literature ISBN: 1108842666 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108842662 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 21300.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Skeptical doubt - a foundation of modernity - inspired the burst of artistic creativity illuminating the age of Shakespeare. Literary and philosophical innovation flourished when writers like Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Cavendish, Marvell and Milton channeled their skeptical questions and doubts, forever changing the face of English literature.
Описание: This is the first investigation of solo dancers in Archaic and Classical Greek literature. It demonstrates that dancing alone signifies transgression and vulnerability in the Greek cultural imagination, and that the solo dancer is a powerful figure for literary exploration and experimentation in a wide variety of Greek genres.
Автор: Finglass P. J., Coo Lyndsay Название: Female Characters in Fragmentary Greek Tragedy ISBN: 110881705X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108817059 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 8794.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The study of female characters has long been central to tragic scholarship, and this volume sheds new light by focusing on the neglected evidence of the fragments. This innovative collection is of value to all readers interested in Greek theatre, fragmentary literature, and the representation of women in antiquity.
Описание: The sixteen women discussed in this collection were world-makers whose craft influenced cultural practice so incisively that their shaping authority can be traced far beyond their moment. For scholars and students of English literature, this volume shows why Renaissance culture cannot be rightly understood when women writers are ignored.
Описание: The volume draws upon empirical research to investigate how literature is used as a model of spoken language and to develop speaking skills in second and foreign language learning. It is ideal reading for students and researchers of applied linguistics, TESOL and second language acquisition.
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