Lyra Graeca

Lyra Graeca
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Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages : 518
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ISBN-10 : 9781434491305
ISBN-13 : 1434491307
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Lyra Graeca by : J. M. Edmonds

Being the remains of all the Greek lyric poets from Eumelus to Timothes excepting Pindar, edited and translated by J.M. Edmonds. Originally published in 1922.

Feeling Our Feelings

Feeling Our Feelings
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Publisher : Paul Dry Books
Total Pages : 558
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ISBN-10 : 9781589880467
ISBN-13 : 1589880463
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Feeling Our Feelings by : Eva Brann

Eva Brann considers what the great philosophers on the passions and feelings have thought and written about them. She examines the relevant work of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Adam Smith, Hume, Kierkegaard, and Heidegger, and also includes a chapter on contemporary studies on the brain. This book provides a comprehensive look at this pervasive and elusive topic.

Figures in a Renaissance Context

Figures in a Renaissance Context
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Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 0472101196
ISBN-13 : 9780472101191
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Figures in a Renaissance Context by : C. A. Patrides

Essays on many of the most important literary figures of the 16th and 17th centuries

Apollo's Lyre

Apollo's Lyre
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 832
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ISBN-10 : 0803230796
ISBN-13 : 9780803230798
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Apollo's Lyre by : Thomas J. Mathiesen

Ancient Greek music and music theory has fascinated scholars for centuries not only because of its intrinsic interest as a part of ancient Greek culture but also because the Greeks? grand concept of music has continued to stimulate musical imaginations to the present day. Unlike earlier treatments of the subject, Apollo?s Lyre is aimedøprincipally at the reader interested in the musical typologies, the musical instruments, and especially the historical development of music theory and its transmission through the Middle Ages. The basic method and scope of the study are set out in a preliminary chapter, followed by two chapters concentrating on the role of music in Greek society, musical typology, organology, and performance practice. The next chapters are devoted to the music theory itself, as it developed in three stages: in the treatises of Aristoxenus and the Sectio canonis; during the period of revival in the second century C.E.; and in late antiquity. Each theorist and treatise is considered separately but always within the context of the emerging traditions. The theory provides a remarkably complete and coherent system for explaining and analyzing musical phenomena, and a great deal of its conceptual framework, as well as much of its terminology, was borrowed and adapted by medieval Latin, Byzantine, and Arabic music theorists, a legacy reviewed in the final chapter. Transcriptions and analyses of some of the more complete pieces of Greek music preserved on papyrus or stone, or in manuscript, are integrated with a consideration of the musicopoetic types themselves. The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography for the field, updating and expanding the author?s earlier Bibliography of Sources for the Study of Ancient Greek Music.

Some Greek Poems of Love and Beauty

Some Greek Poems of Love and Beauty
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 79
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ISBN-10 : 9781107554290
ISBN-13 : 1107554292
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Some Greek Poems of Love and Beauty by : J. M. Edmonds

Originally published in 1937, this book presents some of the most captivating Greek poetry from antiquity on the subjects of love and beauty.

Some Greek Poems of Love and Wine

Some Greek Poems of Love and Wine
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 81
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ISBN-10 : 9781107554313
ISBN-13 : 1107554314
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Some Greek Poems of Love and Wine by : J. M. Edmonds

Originally published in 1939, this book presents some of the most captivating Greek poetry from antiquity on the subjects of love and wine.

Victorian Women Poets

Victorian Women Poets
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 395
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ISBN-10 : 9781317862949
ISBN-13 : 1317862945
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Victorian Women Poets by : Virginia Blain

There has been a huge revival of interest in Victorian women's poetry in the last ten years, and it has led to a major reconfiguration of the English poetic landscape of the nineteenth century. This title offers a key selection of poems by 13 Victorian women poets from Christina Rosetti and Felicia Hemans to the witty, iconoclastic May Kendall. The book starts with a substantial general Introduction which places the work of the poets into a context both historical (that of the poems' production) and modern (that of their past and present reception). Each poet's work is introduced by an expansive headnote which tells the story of her life and writing career. The poems all have full explanatory notes to help readers unfamiliar with the period. A Bibliography lists general sources as well as useful further readings. Written in an engaging and accessible manner, the extensive annotations throughout Victorian Women Poets ensure that this fascinating poetry is enjoyable for undergraduate and non-specialist readers.