Old Age In Greek And Latin Literature

Author : Thomas M. Falkner,Judith De Luce
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0791400301

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Old Age in Greek and Latin Literature by Thomas M. Falkner,Judith De Luce Pdf

This volume explores the significance of old age in Greek and Latin poetry and dramatic literature, not just in relation to other textual and historical concerns, but as a cultural and intellectual reality of central importance to understanding the works themselves. The book discusses a wide range of authors, from Homer to Aristophanes, Sophocles, and Euripides; from Horace to Vergil, Ovid, and beyond. Classical scholarship on these texts is enriched by a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives drawn from such fields as anthropology, social history, literary theory, psychology, and gerontology. The contributions examine the many and complex representations of old age in classical literature: their relation to the social and psychological realities of old age, their connection with the author's own place in the human life course, their metaphorical and symbolic capacity as poetic vehicles for social and ethical values.

Author : Bruce Karl Braswell
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 3110161249

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A Commentary on Pindar Nemean Nine by Bruce Karl Braswell Pdf

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Author : Emily Pillinger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108473934

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Cassandra and the Poetics of Prophecy in Greek and Latin Literature by Emily Pillinger Pdf

Using insights from translation theory, this book uncovers the value of female prophets' riddling prophecies in Greek and Latin poetry.

Author : Albrecht Classen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110925999

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Old Age in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by Albrecht Classen Pdf

After an extensive introduction that takes stock of the relevant research literature on Old Age in the Middle Ages and the early modern age, the contributors discuss the phenomenon of old age in many different fields of late antique, medieval, and early modern literature, history, and art history. Both Beowulf and the Hildebrandslied, both Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival and Titurel, both the figure of Merlin and the trans-European tradition of Perceval/Peredur/Parzival, then the figure of the vetula in a variety of medieval French, English, and Spanish texts, and of the Old Man in The Stricker's Daniel, both the treatment of old age in Langland's Piers the Plowman and in Jean Gerson's sermons are dealt with. Other aspects involve late-antique epistolary literature, early modern French farce in light of Disability Studies, the social role of old, impotent men in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Netherlandish paintings, and the scientific discourse of old age and health since the 1500s. The discourse of Old Age proves to have been of central importance throughout the ages, so the critical examination of the issues involved sheds intriguing light on the cultural history from late antiquity to the seventeenth century.

Author : Bessie Ellen Richardson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037302952

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Old Age Among the Ancient Greeks by Bessie Ellen Richardson Pdf

Author : Paul Johnson,Pat Thane
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134711239

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Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity by Paul Johnson,Pat Thane Pdf

Based on themes such as status and welfare, Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity examines the role of the elderly in history. This empirical study represents a substantial contribution to both the historical understanding of old age in past societies as well as the discussion of the contribution of post-modernism to historical scholarship.

Author : Katharine Haynes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134505579

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Fashioning the Feminine in the Greek Novel by Katharine Haynes Pdf

The Greek novel occupies a special place in the debate on gender in antiquity, forcing us to ask why the female protagonists are such strong and positive characters. This book rejects the hypothesis of a largely female readership, and also sees a problem in ascribing this pattern to the reflection of a blanket improvement in the status of women. Katharine Haynes shows that the strong heroines are best understood not as an undistorted mirror on an improved social reality, but as a type of 'constructed feminine'. The book offers a wealth of fascinating insights into the kaleidoscopic world of male and female in the Greek novel, which will inform and illuminate the reader whatever the text being studied. The related issues of ethnicity and self-definition also explored will be of interest for all those working on ancient fiction or the culture of the Second Sophistic

Author : Karen Cokayne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136000065

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Experiencing Old Age in Ancient Rome by Karen Cokayne Pdf

Old age today is a contentious topic. It can be seen as a demographic timebomb or as a resource of wisdom and experience to be valued and exploited. There is frequent debate over how we value the elderly, and whether ageing is an affliction to be treated or a natural process to be embraced. Karen Cokayne explores how ancient Rome dealt with the physical, intellectual and emotional implications of the ageing process, and asks how the Romans themselves experienced and responded to old age. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary material - written sources, inscriptions, and visual evidence - the study brings into focus universal concerns, including geriatric illness, memory loss and senility; the status and role of the old, sexuality and family relationships. The book's unique emphasis on both the individual and society's responses to ageing makes it a valuable contribution to the study of the social history of Rome.

Author : Mary Harlow,Ray Laurence
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134633883

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Growing Up and Growing Old in Ancient Rome by Mary Harlow,Ray Laurence Pdf

Throughout history, every culture has had its own ideas on what growing up and growing old means, with variations between chronological, biological and social ageing, and with different emphases on the critical stages and transitions from birth to death. This volume is the first to highlight the role of age in determining behaviour, and expectations of behaviour, across the life span of an inhabitant of ancient Rome. Drawing on developments in the social sciences, as well as ancient evidence, the authors focus on the period c.200BC - AD200, looking at childhood, the transition to adulthood, maturity, and old age. They explore how both the individual and society were involved in, and reacted to, these different stages, in terms of gender, wealth and status, and personal choice and empowerment.

Author : Brian Worsfold
Publisher : Universitat de Lleida
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9788484095002

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The Art of Ageing: Textualising the Phases of Life by Brian Worsfold Pdf

El tema del envejecimiento es total... absolutamente todo existe en el tiempo. A pesar de que la matemática rechaza la noción de que el tiempo pasa, la conciencia humana percibe el envejecimiento como consecuencia del paso del tiempo. Mediante textualizaciones en poesía, teatro y prosa, se pone de manifiesto el sentido y la complejidad de la percepción de esta trayectoria temporal. Por esta razón los artículos que contiene este libro son eminentemente eclécticos y revelan los pensamientos de poetas, cantantes, escritores, críticos literarios, psicólogos, sociólogos y antropólogos.

Author : Cicero
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781425013783

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On Old Age by Cicero Pdf

It's an essay on old age and death. Its rational and philosophical subject matter is embellished by beautiful language. This book is a luminous substantiation of Cicero's meticulous emblematic style. It is still popular as Cicero's powerful commentary over a very momentous issue of growing age with explanatory notes is astounding. Timeless!...

Author : Martin S. Lindauer
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789027289452

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Psyche and the Literary Muses by Martin S. Lindauer Pdf

Psyche and the Literary Muses focuses on the psychology of literature from an empirical point of view, rather than the more typical psychoanalytic position, and concentrates on literary content rather than readers or writers. The book centers on the author’s quantitative studies of brief literary and quasi-literary forms, ranging from titles of short stories and names of literary characters to clichés and quotations from literary sources, in demonstrating their contribution to the topics of learning, perception, thinking, emotions, creativity, and especially person perception and aging. More broadly, Psyche bears on literary studies, art, and psychology in general, as well as interdisciplinarity. This book deepens the understanding and appreciation of literature for scholars, academics and the general reader.

Author : Jason Bembry
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066165

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Yahweh's Coming of Age by Jason Bembry Pdf

In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the deity Yahweh is often portrayed as an old man. One of the epithets used of Yahweh in the Hebrew Bible, the Ancient of Days, is a source for this depiction of God as elderly. However, when we look closely at the early traditions of biblical Israel, we see a different picture: God is relatively youthful, a warrior who defends his people. This book is an examination of the question How did God become old? To answer this question, Bembry examines the way that aging and elderly human beings are portrayed in the Hebrew Bible. Then he makes a similar foray into the texts written in Ugaritic (a language quite close to ancient Hebrew), which provide a window into the ancient culture just north of Israel during the Late Bronze Age. He finds that Israel’s God shared attributes with the Ugaritic deities Baal and El. One prominent aspect of the similar attributes was that Yahweh’s depiction as a youthful warrior paralleled the way Baal was portrayed. The transformation from young deity to Ancient of Days took place at the intersection of two trajectories in the traditions of Israel. One trajectory is reflected in the way that apocalyptic traditions found in the book of Daniel recast the old Canaanite mythic imagery seen in the Ugaritic and early biblical texts. This trajectory allows Yahweh to take on qualities, such as old age, that were not associated with him during most of Israel’s history but were associated with El in the Canaanite traditions. The second trajectory, a depiction of Israel’s God as elderly, is connected with the development of the idea of Yahweh as father. The more comfortable the biblical tradents became with portraying Yahweh as a father—a metaphor that was not embraced in the early traditions—the easier it became for the people of Israel to think of Yahweh as occupying a stage of the human life cycle. These two trajectories came together in the 2nd century B.C.E., the chronological backdrop for Daniel 7, and found expression in a new epithet for Yahweh: Ancient of Days.

Author : Patrick Gray,Gail R. O'Day
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047442011

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Scripture and Traditions by Patrick Gray,Gail R. O'Day Pdf

This volume contains twenty-two essays in honor of Carl R. Holladay, whose work on the interaction between early Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism has had a considerable impact on the study of the New Testament.

Author : Michael Gagarin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3369 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Civilization, Classical
ISBN : 9780195170726

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The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome. - Vol. 1 - 7 by Michael Gagarin Pdf