Ancient and medieval labyrinths embody paradox, according to Penelope Reed Doob. Their structure allows a double perspective—the baffling, fragmented prospect confronting the maze-treader within, and the comprehensive vision available to those without. Mazes simultaneously assert order and chaos, artistry and confusion, articulated clarity and bewildering complexity, perfected pattern and hesitant process. In this handsomely illustrated book, Doob reconstructs from a variety of literary and visual sources the idea of the labyrinth from the classical period through the Middle Ages.
Doob first examines several complementary traditions of the maze topos, showing how ancient historical and geographical writings generate metaphors in which the labyrinth signifies admirable complexity, while poetic texts tend to suggest that the labyrinth is a sign of moral duplicity. She then describes two common models of the labyrinth and explores their formal implications: the unicursal model, with no false turnings, found almost universally in the visual arts; and the multicursal model, with blind alleys and dead ends, characteristic of literary texts. This paradigmatic clash between the labyrinths of art and of literature becomes a key to the metaphorical potential of the maze, as Doob's examination of a vast array of materials from the classical period through the Middle Ages suggests. She concludes with linked readings of four "labyrinths of words": Virgil's Aeneid, Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy, Dante's Divine Comedy, and Chaucer's House of Fame, each of which plays with and transforms received ideas of the labyrinth as well as reflecting and responding to aspects of the texts that influenced it.
Doob not only provides fresh theoretical and historical perspectives on the labyrinth tradition, but also portrays a complex medieval aesthetic that helps us to approach structurally elaborate early works. Readers in such fields as Classical literature, Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies, comparative literature, literary theory, art history, and intellectual history will welcome this wide-ranging and illuminating book.
Автор: Hendrik W. Dey Название: The Afterlife of the Roman City: Architecture and Ceremony in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages ISBN: 1107686334 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107686335 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 33790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book will interest anyone who wants to better understand the period spanning the end of the Roman Empire and the birth of medieval civilization. It is a unique, far-reaching study that goes beyond synthesis to propose a new paradigm for urban evolution across the Roman world.
Название: Apocalypse and reform from late antiquity to the middle ages ISBN: 1138684023 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138684027 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 148010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Apocalypse and Reform from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages provides the ideal introduction to what reformist apocalypticism meant for the formation of Medieval Europe, from the Fall of Rome to the twelfth century.
Автор: Michele Cutino Название: Poetry, Bible and Theology from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages ISBN: 3110687194 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110687194 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 161100.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Millennium transcends boundaries – between epochs and regions, and between disciplines. Like the Millennium-Jahrbuch, the journal Millennium-Studien pursues an international, interdisciplinary approach that cuts across historical eras. Composed of scholars from various disciplines, the editorial and advisory boards welcome submissions from a range of fields, including history, literary studies, art history, theology, and philosophy. Millennium-Studien also accepts manuscripts on Latin, Greek, and Oriental cultures.
In addition to offering a forum for monographs and edited collections on diverse topics, Millennium-Studien publishes commentaries and editions. The journal primary accepts publications in German and English, but also considers submissions in French, Italian, and Spanish.
If you want to submit a manuscript please send it to the editor from the most relevant discipline:
Wolfram Brandes, Frankfurt (Byzantine Studies and Early Middle Ages): brandes@rg.mpg.de
All manuscript submissions will be reviewed by the editor and one outside specialist (single-blind peer review).
Автор: Andreas Fischer, Ian Wood Название: Western Perspectives on the Mediterranean: Cultural Transfer in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 400-800 AD ISBN: 1474269206 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474269209 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 40120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A high-level scholarly collection of articles on the transmission of knowledge and culture from a Mediterranean world politically fragmented by the fall of the western Roman empire and Islamic expansion into Latin Europe, 400-800 AD.
Автор: Zavagno, Luca Название: Cyprus between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (ca. 600?800) ISBN: 0367885433 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367885434 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 43890.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Research on early medieval Cyprus has focused on the late antique `golden age` (late fourth/early fifth to seventh century) and the so-called Byzantine `reconquista` (post-965 AD) while overlooking the intervening period. This phase was characterized, supposedly, by the division of the political sovereignty between the Umayyads and the Byzantine
Название: Dialogues and Debates from Late Antiquity to Late Byzantium ISBN: 0367884461 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367884468 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 43890.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This is the first book to deal with the writing of literary and philosophical dialogues in Greek from the Roman empire to the end of Byzantium and beyond. Arranged in chronological order, 16 case studies combining theoretical approaches and in-depth analysis introduce a wide array of such dialogues, including consideration of the neighbouring Syr
Автор: Carson Bay Название: Biblical Heroes and Classical Culture in Christian Late Antiquity: The Historiography, Exemplarity, and Anti-Judaism of Pseudo-Hegesippus ISBN: 1009268562 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781009268561 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 99270.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The first English-language monograph on a significant yet often-neglected Latin Christian history from late antiquity (4th century CE), this book introduces a little-known text and shows how Classical culture and Bible heroes helped Christians conceptualize Jewish history in late antiquity.
Автор: Irene Berti, Katharina Bolle, Fanny Opdenhoff, Fabian Stroth Название: Writing Matters: Presenting and Perceiving Monumental Inscriptions in Antiquity and the Middle Ages ISBN: 3110529157 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110529159 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Цена: 111510.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Im Mittelpunkt des Sammelbandes steht die Frage nach der Bedeutung, die der schriftlichen Fixierung offentlicher Botschaften wie privater Mitteilungen im offentlichen Raum der Antike, Spatantike und Mittelalter zukam. Inschriften befanden sich - damals wie heute - auf Mauern und Wanden von Hausern und Tempeln, in Innenraumen von Kirchen, auf der Agora oder dem Forum, auf oder an offentlich aufgestellten Bildwerken wie Statuen, Reliefs, Gemalden und Mosaiken. Die Gegenwart beschrifteter Objekte pragte und gestaltete den offentlichen Raum, und selbst wenn die Inschriften nicht – oder nur partiell – gelesen wurden, so luden sie den Betrachter durch ihre oft extrem auffallige Prasenz doch zur Wahrnehmung und Interaktion ein. Durch den Versuch, die Artefakte in ihrem originaren sozialen wie raumlichen Umfeld zu rekontextualisieren, eroffnen sich neue Deutungsperspektiven: Neben Beobachtungen zur konkreten Gestaltung des einzelnen Schriftzeugnisses gewinnen Fragen nach der raumlichen Beziehung zu benachbarten Monumenten, der Platzierung im offentlichen Raum und der sich damit wandelnden Rezeptionsbedingungen an Bedeutung.
Название: Travel, pilgrimage and social interaction from antiquity to the middle ages ISBN: 0367137569 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367137564 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 148010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Mobility and travel have always been key characteristics of human societies. Travels shaped religions and societies and were a way for people to understand themselves, this world, and the transcendent. This book analyses travelling in its social context in ancient and medieval societies.
Автор: Murnaghan Sheila Название: Disguise and Recognition in the Odyssey ISBN: 0739129538 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780739129531 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 86130.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book is a comprehensive study of the Odyssey`s plot, which shows how the motifs of disguise and recognition are used to articulate the central values of Homeric society. The story of Odysseus` homecoming is discussed in relation to family dynamics, heroic competition, the social institutions of marriage and hospitality, gender relations, and the enduring power of song.
Автор: Glowinski, Michal Название: Myths in disguise ISBN: 3631674309 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783631674307 Издательство: Peter Lang Рейтинг: Цена: 63410.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
This book presents a collection of essays discussing a history of the five myths of Dionysus, Narcissus, Prometheus, Marcolf, and Labyrinth in twentieth-century literature. The author traces their transformations against the wider backdrop of Polish and European literature. The book is an excellent, thought-provoking lesson in understanding the signs of contemporary culture and a fascinating journey through its complex trails.
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