Author: Guy DebordPublisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859846650
Category : Radicals
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Debord's audacious autobiography, here beautifully illustrated.
Panegyric
Author: Guy DebordPublisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1844673537
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Guy Debord’s silver-tongue-in-cheek autobiography mixes precision and pastiche in a whirlwind account of philosophy, exploit, and inebriation. From the stark professions of Volume I to the illustrated sequences of Volume 2, Panegyric confronts us with a figure who strategically, demonically tried to wrest life from the disabling modern ‘spectacle.’
Dryden and the Tradition of Panegyric
Author: James GarrisonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520316657
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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 1975.
Horror Panegyric
Author: Keith SewardPublisher: Supervert 32C Inc.
ISBN: 0861301188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Horror Panegyric begins with a penetrating essay by Keith Seward on the three Lord Horror novels produced by David Britton and Michael Butterworth, aka Savoy Books of Manchester, England. Following the essay are excerpts from the three difficult-to-find novels Lord Horror, Motherf*ckers: The Auschwitz of Oz, and Baptised in the Blood of Millions. Rounding out the volume is a timeline of Lord Horror productions that includes the novels, comic books, and recordings for which Savoy Books has earned its worldwide notoriety.
Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquity
Author: Tomas HäggPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520223882
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
How classical narrative models were adapted as early Christian culture took shape and developed.
Panegyric in Honour of Eusebia
Author: JulianPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
This work is an expression of gratitude to Empress Eusebia, who was the first wife of Constantius. After Julian's step-brother, Gallus Caesar, was murdered by the emperor, he was summoned to Milan court. But Julian was protected, uplifted, and advised by Eusebia. His sincere gratitude influenced his straightforward style.
Panegyric in honour of Constantius
Author: JulianPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
This work was written by the Roman emperor 'Julian the Apostate' to reassure Constantius that he was on his side. Julian described the ideal ruler as basically "first among equals," operating under the same laws as his subjects.
Layers of Loyalty in Latin Panegyric, AD 289-307
Author: Roger ReesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780199249183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This is the first monograph in English on the Panegyrici Latini, and the first in any language dedicated to the five speeches of praise from 289-307. The study considers how the orators justified, accommodated, and projected these changes and related them to the local concerns of the people of Northern Gaul. Detailed analyses of the speeches highlight the literary flair and diplomatic acumen their orators required.
Author: In Praise of Later Roman Emperors
Author: C. E. V. NixonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520342828
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Here, for the first time, is an annotated English translation of the eleven later panegyrics (291-389 C.E.) of the XII Panegyrici Latini, with the original Latin text prepared by R. A. B. Mynors. Each panegyric has a thorough introduction, and detailed commentary on historical events, style, figures of speech, and rhetorical strategies accompanies the translations. The very difficult Latin of these insightful speeches is rendered into graceful English, yet remains faithful to the original.
Hug Chickenpenny
Author: S. Craig ZahlerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781946487001
Category : Adoption
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A gothic, Dickensian take on The Elephant Man, featuring a misshapen young boy as the titular character, Hug.