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  1. Poets and critics read Vergil
    Contributor: Spence, Sarah (Hrsg.)
    Published: 2001
    Publisher:  Yale Univ. Press, New Haven [u.a.]

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    Contributor: Spence, Sarah (Hrsg.)
    Language: English
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    Subjects: Rezeption
    Other subjects: Vergilius Maro, Publius (v70-v19)
    Scope: XX, 216 S.
  2. Texts and the self in the twelfth century
    Published: 1996
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge [u.a.]

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    ISBN: 0521572797
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    Series: Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 30
    Subjects: Literatur; Selbst <Motiv>
    Scope: XI, 167 S.
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    Literaturverz. S. 147 - 161

  3. Texts and the self in the twelfth century
    Published: 1996
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Texts and the Self in the Twelfth Century analyses key twelfth-century Latin and vernacular texts which articulate a subjective, often autobiographical, stance. The contention is that the self forged in medieval literature could not have come into... more

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    Texts and the Self in the Twelfth Century analyses key twelfth-century Latin and vernacular texts which articulate a subjective, often autobiographical, stance. The contention is that the self forged in medieval literature could not have come into existence without both the gap between Latinity and the vernacular and a shift in perspective towards a visual and spatial orientation. This results in a self which is not an agent that will act on the outside world like the Renaissance self, but, rather, one which inhabits a potential, middle ground, or 'space of agency', explained here partly in terms of object-relations theory.

     

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    ISBN: 9780511518805
    RVK Categories: HH 4003 ; EC 5126 ; IE 4600
    Series: Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 30
    Subjects: Literatur; Selbst <Motiv>
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 167 pages)
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  4. Rhetorics of reason and desire
    Vergil, Augustine, and the troubadours
    Published: 1988
    Publisher:  Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca u.a.

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 0801421292
    Subjects: Rezeption; Rhetorik; Literatur
    Other subjects: Vergilius Maro, Publius (v70-v19): Aeneis
    Scope: XVII, 159 S., Ill.
  5. Figuratively speaking
    rhetoric and culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Duckworth, London

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    ISBN: 9780715635131; 0715635131
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    RVK Categories: EC 3750 ; EC 4150
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Series: Classical Inter/Faces
    Subjects: Rhetoric; Rhetoric
    Scope: 144 S., 24 cm
  6. The return of Proserpina
    cultural poetics of Sicily from Cicero to Dante
    Published: [2023]; © 2023
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton ; Oxford

    "In this book, Sarah Spence explores the role of Sicily in the European imagination through the myth of Proserpina, who was abducted by the god of the underworld from the same Mediterranean island. Drawing on the author's training in both classics... more

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    "In this book, Sarah Spence explores the role of Sicily in the European imagination through the myth of Proserpina, who was abducted by the god of the underworld from the same Mediterranean island. Drawing on the author's training in both classics and medieval studies, the book explores how mythic narrative reflects ideas about ancient and medieval empires and engages with debates about the nature of the classical tradition as it evolved during the Middle Ages. Spence argues that the narrative structure of the Proserpina myth, the history of Sicily, and ideas about empire come to reflect, refract, and refine one another through literature, including works by Cicero, Vergil, Ovid, Claudian, and Dante. More broadly, Spence considers the way in which literature offers a space for political deliberation and imagination. While Roman poets focus on Proserpina's abduction as a means for discussing the problems of imperial expansion, for example, high medieval renderings of the myth-invoked in discussions of a new Christian empire shaped by the Crusades-instead focus on the loss of Proserpina, her eventual return, and the necessary negotiations her return involves. In this way, the tale of Proserpina and the history of Sicily trace the changing needs and understandings of empire, literature, and the complicated links between the two."

     

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780691227177; 9780691227184
    Subjects: Literatur; Rezeption; Mythos
    Other subjects: Ovidius Naso, Publius (v43-17); Dante Alighieri (1265-1321); Claudianus, Claudius (370-408); Proserpina; Cicero, Marcus Tullius (v106-v43); Vergilius Maro, Publius (v70-v19); Proserpina / (Roman deity) / In literature; Dante Alighieri / 1265-1321 / Purgatorio; Latin literature / History and criticism; Sicily (Italy) / In literature; Proserpina / (Roman deity); Purgatorio (Dante Alighieri); Latin literature; Literature; Italy / Sicily; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: xii, 215 Seiten, Illustration, Karte
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    Introduction: Negotiating Empire -- The Straits of Messina: Geography and Empire -- Drepanum and the Limits of the Aeneid -- Venus' other son: Cupid and Ovid's empire of poetry -- Claudian, Etna, and the Loss of Proserpina -- The Redemption of Proserpina -- Quando n'apparve una montagna: Purgatory and the Voyage of Ulysses -- Purgatorio, Etna, and the empire of love

  7. Figuratively speaking
    rhetoric and culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Duckworth, London

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    Language: English
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    ISBN: 0715635131; 9780715635131
    RVK Categories: EC 3750 ; EC 4150
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Series: Classical inter/faces
    Subjects: Beeldspraak; Bellettrie; Klassieke oudheid; Middeleeuwen; Retorica; Antike; Geschichte; Mittelalter; Philosophie; Rhetorik; Latin language; Rhetoric; Rhetoric; Bildersprache; Rhetorik; Kultur
    Other subjects: Montaigne, Michel de <1533-1592>: Essais
    Scope: 144 S.
  8. Poets and critics read Vergil
    Contributor: Spence, Sarah (Herausgeber)
    Published: 2001
    Publisher:  Yale Univ. Press, New Haven [u.a.]

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    Contributor: Spence, Sarah (Herausgeber)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    ISBN: 0300083769
    RVK Categories: FX 178405
    Subjects: Epic poetry, Latin; Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature
    Other subjects: Virgil; Virgil: Aeneis
    Scope: XX, 216 S. : Ill.
  9. Figuratively speaking
    rhetoric and culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Duckworth, London

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    ISBN: 9780715635131; 0715635131
    Series: Classical inter/faces
    Subjects: Rhetorik; Bildersprache; Kultur; Geschichte
    Scope: 144 S.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

  10. Rhetorics of reason and desire
    Vergil, Augustine, and the troubadours
    Published: 1988
    Publisher:  Cornell Univ. Pr., Ithaca [u.a.]

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    ISBN: 0801421292
    RVK Categories: FX 178005
    Subjects: Rhetorik; Literatur; Geschichte 70 v. Chr.-1500
    Scope: XVII, 159 S. : Ill.
  11. Texts and the self in the twelfth century
    Published: 1996
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge [u.a.]

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    ISBN: 0521572797
    Series: Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 30
    Subjects: Latein; Literatur; Ich <Motiv>; Geschichte 1200-1300; Literatur; Ich <Motiv>; Geschichte 1200-1300
    Scope: XI, 167 S.
  12. Rhetorics of reason and desire
    Vergil, Augustine, and the troubadours
    Published: 1988
    Publisher:  Cornell Univ. Pr., Ithaca u.a.

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 0801421292
    RVK Categories: FX 178105 ; FX 178405
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Subjects: Rezeption; Rhetorik; Literatur
    Other subjects: Vergilius Maro, Publius (v70-v19): Aeneis
    Scope: XVII, 159 S., Ill.
    Notes:

    Literaturangaben

  13. Texts and the self in the twelfth century
    Published: 1996
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge [u.a.]

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 0521572797
    Series: Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 30
    Subjects: Literatur; Latein; Ich <Motiv>
    Scope: XI, 167 S.
  14. Rhetorics of reason and desire
    Vergil, Augustine, and the troubadours
    Published: 1988
    Publisher:  Cornell Univ. Pr., Ithaca [u.a.]

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    ISBN: 0801421292
    RVK Categories: FX 178005
    Subjects: Literatur; Rhetorik
    Scope: XVII, 159 S., Ill.
  15. Figuratively speaking
    rhetoric and culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Duckworth, London

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    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9780715635131; 0715635131
    Series: Classical inter/faces
    Subjects: Bildersprache; Kultur; Rhetorik
    Scope: 144 S.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

  16. Poets and critics read Vergil
    Contributor: Spence, Sarah (Hrsg.)
    Published: 2001
    Publisher:  Yale Univ. Press, New Haven [u.a.]

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    ISBN: 0300083769
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    RVK Categories: FX 178405
    Subjects: Epic poetry, Latin; Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature; Rezeption
    Other subjects: Virgil; Virgil: Aeneis; Vergilius Maro, Publius (v70-v19)
    Scope: XX, 216 S., Ill.
  17. Figuratively speaking
    rhetoric and culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Duckworth, London

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin; Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 0715635131; 9780715635131
    RVK Categories: EC 3750 ; EC 4150
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Series: Classical inter/faces
    Subjects: Beeldspraak; Bellettrie; Klassieke oudheid; Middeleeuwen; Retorica; Antike; Geschichte; Mittelalter; Philosophie; Rhetorik; Latin language; Rhetoric; Rhetoric; Bildersprache; Rhetorik; Kultur
    Other subjects: Montaigne, Michel de <1533-1592>: Essais
    Scope: 144 S.
  18. Rhetorics of reason and desire
    Vergil, Augustine, and the troubadours
    Published: 1988
    Publisher:  Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca u.a.

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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 0801421292
    Subjects: Rezeption; Rhetorik; Literatur
    Other subjects: Vergilius Maro, Publius (v70-v19): Aeneis
    Scope: XVII, 159 S., Ill.
  19. The french chansons of Charles d'Orléans
    with the corresponding Middle English chansons
    Author: Charles
    Published: 1986
    Publisher:  Garland, New York [u.a.]

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    Contributor: Spence, Sarah (Hrsg.)
    Language: French; English
    Media type: Book
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    ISBN: 0824088263
    RVK Categories: IE 5164
    Series: Array ; 46
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    Chansons mittelfranz., mittelengl. u. engl. - Literaturverz.: S. xxvii - xlii

  20. The French chansons of Charles d'Orleans
    with the corresponding middle English chansons
    Author: Charles
    Published: 1986
    Publisher:  Garland, New York [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek J. C. Senckenberg, Zentralbibliothek (ZB)
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    Contributor: Spence, Sarah (Hrsg.)
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 0824088263
    RVK Categories: IE 5164
    Series: Garland library of medieval literature ; 46 : Ser. A
    Scope: XLII, 256 S., Ill.
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    Literaturverz. S. XXVII - XLII

  21. Rhetorics of reason and desire
    Vergil, Augustine, and the troubadours
    Published: 1988
    Publisher:  Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca [u.a.]

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    ISBN: 0801421292
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    Subjects: Rezeption; Rhetorik; Literatur
    Other subjects: Vergilius Maro, Publius (v70-v19): Aeneis
    Scope: XVII, 159 S., Ill.
  22. Rhetorics of Reason and Desire
    Vergil, Augustine, and the Troubadours
    Published: [1988]
    Publisher:  Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY ; Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin

    Rhetorics of Reason and Desire traces the appearance of rhetoric in key literary works from classical times to the Middle Ages, focusing on the reception and transformation of Ciceronian rhetoric in Vergil's Aeneid, Augustine's Confessions and On... more

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    Rhetorics of Reason and Desire traces the appearance of rhetoric in key literary works from classical times to the Middle Ages, focusing on the reception and transformation of Ciceronian rhetoric in Vergil's Aeneid, Augustine's Confessions and On Christian Doctrine, and the lyrics of the early troubadours.

     

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    Media type: Ebook
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    ISBN: 9781501746291
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  23. <<The>> return of Proserpina
    cultural poetics of Sicily from Cicero to Dante
    Published: [2023]; © 2023
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton ; Oxford

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    ISBN: 9780691227177; 9780691227184
    Subjects: Latin literature
    Other subjects: Proserpina (Roman deity); Dante Alighieri (1265-1321): Purgatorio
    Scope: xii, 215 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karte
  24. Texts and the self in the twelfth century
    Published: 1996
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek J. C. Senckenberg, Zentralbibliothek (ZB)
    86.199.74
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    Source: Specialised Catalogue of Comparative Literature
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 0521572797
    RVK Categories: HH 4003 ; EC 5126 ; IE 4600
    Series: Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 30
    Subjects: Literatur; Selbst <Motiv>
    Scope: XI, 167 S.
    Notes:

    Literaturverz. S. 147 - 161

  25. The return of Proserpina
    cultural poetics of Sicily from Cicero to Dante
    Published: [2023]; ©2023
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton

    "In this book, Sarah Spence explores the role of Sicily in the European imagination through the myth of Proserpina, who was abducted by the god of the underworld from the same Mediterranean island. Drawing on the author's training in both classics... more

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    "In this book, Sarah Spence explores the role of Sicily in the European imagination through the myth of Proserpina, who was abducted by the god of the underworld from the same Mediterranean island. Drawing on the author's training in both classics and medieval studies, the book explores how mythic narrative reflects ideas about ancient and medieval empires and engages with debates about the nature of the classical tradition as it evolved during the Middle Ages. Spence argues that the narrative structure of the Proserpina myth, the history of Sicily, and ideas about empire come to reflect, refract, and refine one another through literature, including works by Cicero, Vergil, Ovid, Claudian, and Dante. More broadly, Spence considers the way in which literature offers a space for political deliberation and imagination. While Roman poets focus on Proserpina's abduction as a means for discussing the problems of imperial expansion, for example, high medieval renderings of the myth-invoked in discussions of a new Christian empire shaped by the Crusades-instead focus on the loss of Proserpina, her eventual return, and the necessary negotiations her return involves. In this way, the tale of Proserpina and the history of Sicily trace the changing needs and understandings of empire, literature, and the complicated links between the two"--

     

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    ISBN: 9780691227177; 9780691227184
    Subjects: Latin literature
    Other subjects: Proserpina (Roman deity); Dante Alighieri (1265-1321): Purgatorio
    Scope: xii, 215 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karte
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Introduction: Negotiating Empire -- The Straits of Messina: Geography and Empire -- Drepanum and the Limits of the Aeneid -- Venus' other son: Cupid and Ovid's empire of poetry -- Claudian, Etna, and the Loss of Proserpina -- The Redemption of Proserpina -- Quando n'apparve una montagna: Purgatory and the Voyage of Ulysses -- Purgatorio, Etna, and the empire of love.