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Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
The Churchman
The Decameron
Author: Giovanni BoccaccioCyclops
Author: Mercedes AguirrePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192524429
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
A Cyclops is popularly assumed to be nothing more than a flesh-eating, one-eyed monster. In an accessible, stylish, and academically authoritative investigation, this book seeks to demonstrate that there is far more to it than that - quite apart from the fact that in myths the Cyclopes are not always one-eyed! This book provides a detailed, innovative, and richly illustrated study of the myths relating to the Cyclopes from classical antiquity until the present day. The first part is organised thematically: after discussing various competing scholarly approaches to the myths, the authors analyse ancient accounts and images of the Cyclopes in relation to landscape, physique (especially eyes, monstrosity, and hairiness), lifestyle, gods, names, love, and song. While the man-eating Cyclops Polyphemus, famous already in the Odyssey, plays a major part, so also do the Cyclopes who did monumental building work, as well as those who toiled as blacksmiths. The second part of the book concentrates on the post-classical reception of the myths, including medieval allegory, Renaissance grottoes, poetry, drama, the visual arts, contemporary painting and sculpture, film, and even a circus performance. This book aims to explore not just the perennial appeal of the Cyclopes as fearsome monsters, but the depth and subtlety of their mythology which raises complex issues of thought and emotion.
Dante and His Circle
Author: Dante Gabriel RossettiPublisher:
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The Decameron Preserved to Posterity
Author: Giovanni BoccaccioThe Early Italian Poets
Author: Dante Gabriel RossettiPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520347242
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.
Translations. Prose - notices of fine art
Author: Dante Gabriel RossettiPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Translations. Dante and his circle ; Translations from the Italian, German, and French ; Prose. Notices of fine art
Author: Dante Gabriel RossettiPublisher:
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Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Dante and His Circle: with the Italian Poets Preceding Him. (1100-1200-1300).
Author: Dante Gabriel RossettiPublisher:
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Category : Italian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
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