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After Antiquity

Greek Language, Myth, and Metaphor

By: Margaret Alexiou

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After Antiquity

Greek Language, Myth, and Metaphor

By: Margaret Alexiou

With the publication of Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, widely considered a classic in Modern Greek studies and in collateral fields, Margaret Alexiou established herself as a major intellectual innovator on the interconnections among ancient, medieval, and modern Greek cultures. In her new, eagerly awaited book, Alexiou looks at how language defines the contours of myth and metaphor. Drawing on texts from the New Testament to the present day, Alexiou shows the diversity of the Greek language and its impact at crucial stages of its history on people who were not Greek. She then stipulates the relatedness of literary and "folk" genres, and assesses the importance of rituals and metaphors of the life cycle in shaping narrative forms and systems of imagery.Alexiou places special emphasis on Byzantine literary texts of the sixth and twelfth centuries, providing her own translations where necessary; modern poetry and prose of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and narrative songs and tales in the folk tradition, which she analyzes alongside songs of the life cycle. She devotes particular attention to two genres whose significance she thinks has been much underrated: the tales (paramythia) and the songs of love and marriage.In exploring the relationship between speech and ritual, Alexiou not only takes the Greek language into account but also invokes the neurological disorder of autism, drawing on clinical studies and her own experience as the mother of autistic identical twin sons.

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Cornell University Press

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0801433010

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The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition

By: Margaret Alexiou

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The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition

By: Margaret Alexiou

The only generic and diachronic study of learned and popular lament and its socio-cultural contexts throughout Greek tradition in which a great diversity of sources are integrated to offer a comprehensive and penetrating synthesis.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742507572

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9780742507579

The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition

By: Margaret Alexiou

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After Antiquity

Greek Language, Myth, and Metaphor

By: Margaret Alexiou

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Greek Language, Myth, and Metaphor

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Letters, Literacy and Literature in Byzantium

By: Margaret Mullett

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Letters, Literacy and Literature in Byzantium

By: Margaret Mullett

These studies look at general problems of reading Byzantine literature, at literacy practices and the literary process, but also at individual texts. The past thirty years have seen a revolution in the way Byzantine literature has been viewed: no longer is it considered a decadent form of classical literature or a turgid precursor of modern Greek literature. There are still prejudices to overcome: that there was no literary public, or that Byzantium had no drama or humour, but Byzantine texts are now read as literature in the social context of literacy and book culture. One genre is treated here more fully: the letter (Derrida said that letters represent all literature). In these studies epistolography is examined from the point of view of genre, of originality, of communication and as evidence for political history. Other genres touched on include the novel, historiography, parainesis, panegyric, and hagiography. The section on literary process includes essays on genre, patronage and rhetoric, and the section on literacy practices deals with both writing and reading. The collection includes one unpublished lecture which acts as introduction, and additional notes and comments.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000941647

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Book II

By: R. G. M. Nisbet,Margaret Hubbard

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Book II

By: R. G. M. Nisbet,Margaret Hubbard

The first three books of Horace's Odes were issued together, apparently in the latter part of 23 BC. The second book, however, has a coherence of its own in terms of subject matter, tone of voice, and arrangement. In particular there is a predominance of poems concerned with philosophy, with conduct, and with friendship. This commentary provides the reader with the background knowledge of conventional forms and topics needed to appreciate fully every aspect of the poems. In particular word-play, literary parallels, and stylistic nuances are highlighted and discussed. The commentary may be used in conjunction with the Oxford Classical Text of Horace edited by E. C. Wickham.

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Oxford University Press

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0192646990

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9780192646996

Theophylact of Ochrid

Reading the Letters of a Byzantine Archbishop

By: Margaret Mullett

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Theophylact of Ochrid

Reading the Letters of a Byzantine Archbishop

By: Margaret Mullett

Few works exist on Byzantine literature as literature and still fewer studies of individual texts. This reading of the letter-collection (c.1090-c.1110) of Theophylact of Ochrid employs a variety of approaches to characterise a work which is both a literary artefact in a long Greek tradition and the only trace of a complex network of friends, colleagues, patrons and clients within Byzantine Bulgaria and also within the empire as a whole. These letters are of great importance from the point of view of local economic or ecclesiastical history, relations with the Slavs, the arrival of the First Crusade, but have not hitherto been studied as an example of Byzantine letter writing. This was a genre taken seriously by Byzantines, offering us unique insight into the mentality of the Byzantine elite, but also into what the Byzantines regarded as literature. This book is important as an attempt to raise the status of the study of Byzantine literature, and of letters within that literature. It is a first attempt to place an epistolary text in a succession of literary and historical contexts; its aim, too, is to probe the reliability of any rhetorical text for straightforward biography especially at the time of the revival fiction in Byzantium. At the heart of the book is an analysis of the personal network of Theophylact, as presented in the collection, with further methodological discussion of network analysis in medieval texts.

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Routledge

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1351879820

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9781351879828

An Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards

By: Margaret Thompson,Otto Mørkholm,Colin M. Kraay

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An Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards

By: Margaret Thompson,Otto Mørkholm,Colin M. Kraay

An inventory of 2387 hoards of Greek hoards with a cut-off point of 30 BC. The hoards are presented geographically, beginning with Greece itself and encompassing the Near East, Egypt, Italy, North Africa, Spain and Gaul.

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American Numismatic Society

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0897220684

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Europe For Dummies

By: Donald Olson,Liz Albertson,Cheryl A. Pientka,George McDonald,Darwin Porter,Danforth Prince,Neil E. Schlecht,Tania Kollias,Mark Baker,Nicky Swallow,Dardis McNamee,Margaret Childs

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Europe For Dummies

By: Donald Olson,Liz Albertson,Cheryl A. Pientka,George McDonald,Darwin Porter,Danforth Prince,Neil E. Schlecht,Tania Kollias,Mark Baker,Nicky Swallow,Dardis McNamee,Margaret Childs

For Dummies Travel guides are the ultimate user-friendly trip planners, combining the broad appeal and time-tested features of the For Dummies series with up-to-the-minute advice and information from the experts at Frommer's. Small trim size for use on-the-go Focused coverage of only the best hotels and restaurants in all price ranges The fun and easy way® to explore Europe From great museums and historic sights to fabulous food and trendsetting styles, Europe has it all. Get the lowdown on everything from passports to palaces, culture to nightlife, and cathedrals to cuisine. With mini-guides to fifteen of Europe's most popular cities and surrounding areas in eleven different countries, this book is your ticket to an exciting European adventure. Open the book and find: Down-to-earth trip-planning advice What you shouldn't miss -and what you can skip The best hotels and restaurants for every budget Lots of detailed maps

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470881496

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9780470881491

The Civilized Shopper's Guide to Rome

By: Pamela Keech,Margaret A. Brucia

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The Civilized Shopper's Guide to Rome

By: Pamela Keech,Margaret A. Brucia

Etruscan gold jewelry, religious souvenirs and designer dresses. With this small, discerning guide in hand, visitors will stroll down cobblestone back streets that only native Romans know well and discover one-of-a-kind retail spots. The guide features 12 walks, more than 100 stores, and cafes and restaurants. Each walk takes an hour or two and directs shoppers and window shoppers alike to quality jewellers, clothiers, grocers and much more.

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New York Review of Books

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1892145286

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The Castleton Massacre

Survivors’ Stories of the Killins Femicide

By: Sharon Anne Cook,Margaret Carson

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The Castleton Massacre

Survivors’ Stories of the Killins Femicide

By: Sharon Anne Cook,Margaret Carson

A former United Church minister massacres his family. What led to this act of femicide, and why were his victims forgotten? On May 2, 1963, Robert Killins, a former United Church minister, slaughtered every woman in his family but one. She (and her brother) lived to tell the story of what motivated a talented man who had been widely admired, a scholar and graduate from Queen’s University, to stalk and terrorize the women in his family for almost twenty years and then murder them. Through extensive oral histories, Cook and Carson painstakingly trace the causes of a femicide in which four women and two unborn babies were murdered over the course of one bloody evening. While they situate this murderous rampage in the literature on domestic abuse and mass murders, they also explore how the two traumatized child survivors found their way back to health and happiness. Told through vivid first-person accounts, this family memoir explores how a murderer was created.

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Dundurn

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145974988X

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9781459749887

Cardiac Development

By: Margaret L. Kirby

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Cardiac Development

By: Margaret L. Kirby

This is the only in-depth, single author survey of heart development. It will provide a more systematic, up-to-date synthesis of the subject than any other volume, spanning the range from classical anatomical studies to recent findings in molecular biology. It also covers topics that are often omitted from discussions of heart development, such as myocardial function, cardiac innervation, and conduction development and clinical correlates will be discussed throughout. The book is beautifully illustrated by Karen Waldo, an artist who has collaborated with Dr. Kirby for many years.

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Oxford University Press

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019972086X

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9780199720866

Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli

Volume 1

By: Margaret Fuller

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Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli

Volume 1

By: Margaret Fuller

Reproduction of the original: Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli by Margaret Fuller

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752361379

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Margaret Mead

The Complete Bibliography, 1925-1975

By: Margaret Mead

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Margaret Mead

The Complete Bibliography, 1925-1975

By: Margaret Mead

The book contains a full bibliography, missing only the last few years, and an introduction by Mead on her writings.

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Walter de Gruyter

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9027930260

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9789027930262

To Cherish the Life of the World

The Selected Letters of Margaret Mead

By: Margaret Mead

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To Cherish the Life of the World

The Selected Letters of Margaret Mead

By: Margaret Mead

This first collection of Margaret Mead's personal correspondence creates a vivid and intimate portrait of an American icon--with a foreword by Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson.

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0465008151

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9780465008155

Moments with Margaret

A Collection of Poems

By: Margaret A. Pierson

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Moments with Margaret

A Collection of Poems

By: Margaret A. Pierson

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171

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462804748

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9781462804740

Alias Grace

A Novel

By: Margaret Atwood

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Alias Grace

A Novel

By: Margaret Atwood

The bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments reveals the life of one of the most notorious women of the nineteenth century in this "shadowy, fascinating novel" (Time). • A Netflix original miniseries. It's 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer and his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. An up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Captivating and disturbing, Alias Grace showcases bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood at the peak of her powers.

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Anchor

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0307797953

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9780307797957

In Other Worlds

Science Fiction and the Human Imagination

By: Margaret Atwood

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In Other Worlds

Science Fiction and the Human Imagination

By: Margaret Atwood

IN OTHER WORLDS: SF AND THE HUMAN IMAGINATION is Margaret Atwood's account of her relationship with the literary form we have come to know as 'science fiction'. This relationship has been lifelong, stretching from her days as a child reader in the 1940s, through her time as a graduate student at Harvard, where she worked on the Victorian ancestors of the form, and continuing as a writer and reviewer. This book brings together her three Ellman Lectures on 2010 - 'Flying Rabbits', which begins with Atwood's early rabbit superhero creations, and goes on to speculate about masks, capes, weakling alter egos, and Things with Wings; 'Burning Bushes', which follows her into Victorian otherlands and beyond; and 'Dire Cartographies', which investigates Ustopias -Utopia/Dystopia - including her own ventures into those constructions. IN OTHER WORLDS also reprints some of Atwood's key reviews and speculations about the form, or forms - for she also elucidates the differences - as she sees them - between 'science fiction' proper, and 'speculative fiction', not to mention 'sword and sorcery/fantasy' and 'slipstream fiction'.

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Virago Press

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1844087115

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9781844087112

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