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Author: Mario A. di Cesare
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9004616772
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume presents the four extant versions of Vida's mythological poem Scacchia Ludus, together with an Introduction and an English verse translation.
Author: M.A. di Cesare
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Published: 1975
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Anne Lake Prescott
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2024-05-28
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1526179377
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor nearly half a century Anne Lake Prescott has been a force and an inspiration in Renaissance studies. A force, because of her unique blend of learning and wit and an inspiration through her tireless encouragement of younger scholars and students. Her passion has always been the invisible bridge across the Channel: the complex of relations, literary and political, between Britain and France. The essays in this long-awaited collection range from Edmund Spenser to John Donne, from Clément Marot to Pierre de Ronsard. Prescott has a particular fondness for King David, who appears several times; and the reader will encounter chessmen, bishops, male lesbian voices and Roman whores. Always Prescott’s immense erudition is accompanied by a sly and gentle wit that invites readers to share her amusement. Reading her is a joyful education.
Author: Marco Girolamo Vida
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Published: 1736
Total Pages: 248
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Estelle Haan
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780871699527
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this volume, Estelle Haan, one of the world's finest neo-Latinists, makes an important contribution to the study of so often neglected poetry. She uses context & commentary to create an unprecedented understanding of Joseph Addison's poetry. Haan adds to the corpus of neo-Latin poetry, & also offers to non-Latinists with an interest in Addison access to products of his creative imagination that were hitherto unavailable because of the language barrier. The inclusion of material unkonwn to previous Addison editors considerably enhances the volume's value. Illustrations.
Author: Ross Caldwell
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2018-05-24
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 0244671699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo italian authors of the 16th century interpret the symbolism of the tarot deck. These texts are translated here for the first time. Deux auteurs italiens du 16e siècle interprètent le symbolisme du jeu de tarot. Ces textes sont ici traduits en anglais pour la première fois.
Author: Gina Bloom
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2018-07-10
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0472053817
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIlluminates the fascinating, intertwined histories of games and the Early Modern theater
Author: George W. McClure
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2013-06-28
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1442666137
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConfined by behavioural norms and professional restrictions, women in Renaissance Italy found a welcome escape in an alternative world of play. This book examines the role of games of wit in the social and cultural experience of patrician women from the early sixteenth to the early eighteenth century. Beneath the frivolous exterior of such games as occasions for idle banter, flirtation, and seduction, there often lay a lively contest for power and agency, and the opportunity for conventional women to demonstrate their intellect, to achieve a public identity, and even to model new behaviour and institutions in the non-ludic world. By tapping into the records and cultural artifacts of these games, George McClure recovers a realm of female fame that has largely escaped the notice of modern historians, and in so doing, reveals a cohort of spirited, intellectual women outside of the courts.
Author: Manuel Baumbach
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015-03-20
Total Pages: 666
ISBN-13: 9004233059
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn classical scholarship of the past two centuries, the term “epyllion” was used to label short hexametric texts mainly ascribable to the Hellenistic period (Greek) or the Neoterics (Latin). Apart from their brevity, characteristics such as a predilection for episodic narration or female characters were regarded as typically “epyllic” features. However, in Antiquity itself, the texts we call “epyllia” were not considered a coherent genre, which seems to be an innovation of the late 18th century. The contributions in this book not only re-examine some important (and some lesser known) Greek and Latin primary texts, but also critically reconsider the theoretical discourses attached to it, and also sketch their literary and scholarly reception in the Byzantine and Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Modern Age.
Author: Marco Girolamo Vida
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Published: 1769
Total Pages: 86
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