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Reading epic: an introduction to the ancient narratives
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ISBN: 0415042283 Year: 1992 Publisher: London Routledge

Reading epic : an introduction to the ancient narratives
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ISBN: 0415042275 0415555078 0203285433 0203169123 113495218X 128006742X 1134952171 9780415042277 9780203169124 9780415042284 0415042283 0415042283 Year: 1992 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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Readers new to ancient epic are hampered in two ways: they do not know the ancient languages, and they are unfamiliar with the ancient world. This survey addresses the needs of these readers by offering guidance through the major classical writers of epic: it begins with Homer and concludes with an overview of the development of late ancient epic and of the interface between the epic and the novel.

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Ancient history in literature --- Ancient rhetoric --- Antieke retoriek --- Geschiedenis van de oudheid in de literatuur --- Histoire de l'antiquite dans la litterature --- History [Ancient ] in literature --- Mythologie [Klassieke ] in de literatuur --- Mythologie classique dans la littérature --- Mythology [Classical ] in literature --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Narration (Rhétorique) --- Narrative writing --- Retoriek [Antieke ] --- Retoriek van de Oudheid --- Rhetoric [Ancient ] --- Rhétorique ancienne --- Rhétorique de l'Antiquité --- Verhaal (Retoriek) --- Epic poetry, Classical --- Literature and history --- Mythology, Classical, in literature --- Rhetoric, Ancient --- History, Ancient, in literature --- History and criticism --- Theory, etc --- -Epic poetry, Classical --- -History, Ancient, in literature --- -Literature and history --- -Mythology, Classical, in literature --- Classical languages --- Greek language --- Greek rhetoric --- Latin language --- Latin rhetoric --- Narrative (Rhetoric) --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric) --- History and literature --- History and poetry --- Poetry and history --- History --- Classical epic poetry --- Classical poetry --- -Theory, etc --- History and criticism&delete& --- Rhetoric, Ancient. --- Epic poetry [Classical ] --- Theory, etc. --- Greece --- Rome --- History, Ancient, in literature. --- Mythology, Classical, in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Epic poetry, Classical - History and criticism --- Literature and history - Rome --- Epic poetry, Classical - History and criticism - Theory, etc --- Literature and history - Greece


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Boredom : a lively history
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ISBN: 1283215039 9786613215031 0300172168 9780300172164 9781283215039 0978300141108 0300141106 9780300141108 6613215031 Year: 2011 Publisher: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press,

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In the first book to argue for the benefits of boredom, Peter Toohey dispels the myth that it's simply a childish emotion or an existential malaise like Jean-Paul Sartre's nausea. He shows how boredom is, in fact, one of our most common and constructive emotions and is an essential part of the human experience.This informative and entertaining investigation of boredom-what it is and what it isn't, its uses and its dangers-spans more than 3,000 years of history and takes readers through fascinating neurological and psychological theories of emotion, as well as recent scientific investigations, to illustrate its role in our lives. There are Australian aboriginals and bored Romans, Jeffrey Archer and caged cockatoos, Camus and the early Christians, Dürer and Degas. Toohey also explores the important role that boredom plays in popular and highbrow culture and how over the centuries it has proven to be a stimulus for art and literature.Toohey shows that boredom is a universal emotion experienced by humans throughout history and he explains its place, and value, in today's world. Boredom: A Lively History is vital reading for anyone interested in what goes on when supposedly nothing happens.


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Jealousy
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ISBN: 0300190484 9780300190489 9780300189681 0300189680 Year: 2014 Publisher: New Haven, [Connecticut] ; London, [England] : Yale University Press,

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Compete, acquire, succeed, enjoy: the pressures of living in today’s materialistic world seem predicated upon jealousy—the feelings of rivalry and resentment for possession of whatever the other has. But while our newspapers abound with stories of the sometimes droll, sometimes deadly consequences of sexual jealousy, Peter Toohey argues in this charmingly provocative book that jealousy is much more than the destructive emotion it is commonly assumed to be. It helps as much as it harms. Examining the meaning, history, and value of jealousy, Toohey places the emotion at the core of modern culture, creativity, and civilization—not merely the sexual relationship. His eclectic approach weaves together psychology, art and literature, neuroscience, anthropology, and a host of other disciplines to offer fresh and intriguing contemporary perspectives on violence, the family, the workplace, animal behavior, and psychopathology. Ranging from the streets of London to Pacific islands, and from the classical world to today, this is an elegant, smart, and beautifully illustrated defense of a not-always-deadly sin.


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Boredom : a lively history.
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ISBN: 9780300141108 Year: 2011 Publisher: New Haven Yale university press

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Philosophy --- Psychology --- Literature


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Hold on : the life, science, and art of waiting
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ISBN: 9780190083618 Year: 2020 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Oxford University Press

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Sex and difference in ancient Greece and Rome
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ISBN: 074861320X 0748613196 9780748613205 Year: 2003 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,

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Sex role --- Sex --- Women --- History. --- History

Inventing ancient culture : historicism, periodization and the ancient world
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ISBN: 0415099595 0415099609 9780203754078 0203754077 9781134682225 1134682220 9781134682362 1134682360 9781134682294 1134682298 9780415099592 9780415099608 Year: 1996 Publisher: London ; New York, NY : Routledge,

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Verveling : een boeiende geschiedenis
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ISBN: 9789045021331 Year: 2012 Publisher: Amsterdam Antwerpen Atlas Contact

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