Martin Heidegger 1889-1976 : Filosofische weerklank in de Lage Landen /
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Redaktion: A. Bosse, L.R.G. Decloedt, P.A. Delvaux, J. Enklaar-Lagendijk, J. Ester, G. van Gemert, E.K.E. Tax Series discontinued
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1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004613089
The Comparative Poetics of Homeric Literary Imitation from Antiquity to Renaissance France : Aphrodite's Charm /
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Aphrodite's famous ribbon known as the cestus , the irresistible love charm that she loaned to Hera in the Iliad, was, thanks to a fruitful early misreading, transformed by ancient, medieval, and Renaissance authors into a symbol of honorable feminine chastity: in Maurice Scève's 1560 Microcosme , an epic rewriting of Genesis, Eve first appears before an astonished Adam wearing the virginal cestus as a symbolic guarantee of her sexual innocence. This book traces the history of this curious development from Homer to the end of the sixteenth century in France. Through analyses of both famous and little-known texts, it illustrates the complexity and fecund liberty of Homeric reception.
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1 online resource (552 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004720879
Literacy and Learning in Latin and Abacus Schools in Verona (1405-1509) /
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This book offers a detailed account of Italian Renaissance education in fifteenth-century Verona, one of the most influential contexts for the teaching of the humanae litterae when the transition from medieval Latin education to the Renaissance humanist curriculum first happened. It is a pathbreaking and methodologically exemplary study, up to date with the most recent Italian and Anglophone scholarship, balancing localized archival discoveries with broader interpretive frameworks. Drawing upon an extraordinary wealth of archival materials, the author reconstructs a nuanced portrait of teachers, institutions, and educational practices. The book's empirical rigor is matched by its theoretical sophistication. It not only sheds new light on a crucial period in the history of Italian education but also sets a new standard for the integration of archival research, historiographical reflection, and analytical clarity. Each chapter contributes uniquely to a coherent and compelling narrative. The result is a landmark contribution to both Renaissance studies and the history of education.
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1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004746169
Dionysus' Victim: The Pentheus Myth beyond Euripides /
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This book investigates ancient texts of culture about Pentheus. It includes a section devoted to the rigorous Quellenforschung and a detailed analysis of the stylistic and thematic features of each of them. The results of the author's inquiry are original and thought provoking as he argues that in the vast majority of cases the scholarly tradition, according to which authors engaged in a direct intertextual dialogue with Euripides, is not tenable. Having established this, the author turns to specific features of each text and image in order to inquire about the meaning and function that Pentheus' myth played in them.
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1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004746534
Racine's Late Greek Tragedies : Essays on 'Iphigénie' and 'Phèdre' /
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Following three volumes devoted to Jean Racine's earlier theatre, this volume examines his two late tragedies inspired by Greek myth, Iphigénie (1674) and Phèdre (1677). This international collection of essays by experts in the field covers a wide range of themes and approaches, including mythological, literary and environmental contexts, interpretation of the characters, staging, performance, reception, adaptation, and translation. With Phèdre traditionally having garnered more attention than Iphigénie , this sustained consideration of the two works in tandem with each other throws exciting new light upon a dramatist at the height of his theatrical powers.
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1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004757615
America's Great Age of Rhetoric, 1770-1860 : Advocacy, Conceptualization, Institutionalization /
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This book analyzes the advocacy, conceptualization, and institutionalization of rhetoric from 1770 to 1860. Among the forces promoting advocacy was the need for oratory calling for independence, the belief that using rhetoric was the way to succeed in biblical interpretation and preaching, and the desire for rhetoric as entertainment. Conceptually, leaders followed classical and German rhetoricians in viewing rhetoric as an art of ethical choice. Institutionally, a rhetorician such as Ebenezer Porter called for the development of organizations at all levels, a "sociology of rhetoric." Orville Dewey highlighted the passion for rhetoric, calling his times "the age of eloquence."
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1 online resource (724 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004696600
Neo-Latin Drama in Early Modern Europe and Beyond /
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Neo-Latin Drama in Early Modern Europe and Beyond addresses the development and transnational circulation of Neo-Latin drama, as well as its interaction with vernacular drama and the role of classical reception. It also suggests ways to further explore the corpus using digital tools. By providing an overview of the history of Neo-Latin drama in its secular, Protestant, or Roman Catholic (especially Jesuit) forms, it offers non-specialists an accessible introduction to this fascinating body of texts, which is central to early modern intellectual culture.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004751262
Regulae Iuris in the Medieval and Modern Age : Essential Stability vs. Evolving Contexts /
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This volume is the first anthology to address the topic of the regulae iuris , or maxims of law, from a uniform methodological point of view. It approaches the regulae iuris as a dynamic system with an ever-evolving structure. The contributors of this volume, being among the leading experts in the field, look at the regulae both in their essence and in their expanding interrelationships, taking account of their changing social and cultural contexts. This volume places the crystallisation and evolution of legal rules within a history of ideas, spanning a wide historical period and going beyond the narrow confines of the history of legal thought. Contributors are: Ilya A. Kotlyar, Adolfo Giuliani, Maria Kola, David Deroussin, Piotr Alexandrowicz, Ger Coffey, Harry Dondorp, Emanuel G.D. van Dongen, and James R. Gordley.
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1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004736092
Dar al-Islam revisited : territoriality in contemporary Islamic legal discourse on Muslims in the West /
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Where is dār al-islām , and who defines its boundaries in the 21st century? In Dār al-Islām Revisited. Territoriality in Contemporary Islamic Legal Discourse on Muslims in the West , Sarah Albrecht explores the variety of ways in which contemporary Sunni Muslim scholars, intellectuals, and activists reinterpret the Islamic legal tradition of dividing the world into dār al-islām , the "territory of Islam," dār al-ḥarb , the "territory of war," and other geo-religious categories. Starting with an overview of the rich history of debate about this tradition, this book traces how and why territorial boundaries have remained a matter of controversy until today. It shows that they play a crucial role in current discussions of religious authority, identity, and the interpretation of the shariʿa in the West.
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1 online resource. :
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9789004364578 :
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Plato and Jesus, Not Caesar : Metaphysics of Freedom and Tyranny in Younger Europe /
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This book discusses the influence of ancient and medieval Platonism and Christian Platonism on the modern political concepts and experiences of freedom and tyranny in Central-Eastern Europe. The main claim of the book is that because the nations of Younger Europe were oppressed by the imperialism of Russia, Germany, and Austria, they maintained a stronger connection to the premodern, Christian Platonic tradition. This tradition was experienced as a source of inspiration in the struggle for freedom and independence. The book focuses on the life and work of selected philosophers, poets, and artists, all of whom were both mystics and figures deeply engaged in their nations' fight for freedom.
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1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004736634