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Published 2009
Rivers of paradise : water in Islamic art and culture /

: "The following essays are the written record of the second biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture, held at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of the Arts in Doha, Qatar (VCUQatar), from 4 to 6 November 2007" --Introduction. : [ix], 364 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), plans ; 30 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-355) and index. : 9780300158991

Published 2011
Brill's companion to Lucan /

: Although it was labeled an anti-epic for trumping the celebratory scope of the Roman national epos, Lucan's Bellum Civile is a hymn to lost republican liberty composed under Nero's tyrannical empire. Lucan lost his life in a foiled conspiracy to replace the emperor, but his poem survived the wreckage of antiquity and enjoyed uninterrupted readership. The present collection samples the most current approaches to Lucan's poem, its themes, its dialogue with other texts, its reception in medieval and early modern literature, and its relevance to audiences of all times.
: 1 online resource (xxi, 625 pages) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789004217096 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.