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Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY
WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his
writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography,
fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow
writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final
grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and
modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and
colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody
complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had
assembled this set, it would still be hailed today as one of the
great achievements of the book world. Highlights from Volume 14
include: . the discourses of Epictetus . the letters of Erasmus .
the verse of Euripides . the orations of Edward Everett . excerpts
from the religious biographies of Frederick William Farrar .
selections from Henry Fielding's Tom Jones . the verse of Firdausi,
10th-century national poet of Persia . the writings of Gustave
Flaubert . and much, much more.
Plato’s Timaeus is unique in Greek Antiquity for presenting the
creation of the world as the work of a divine demiurge. The maker
bestows order on sensible things and imitates the world of the
intellect by using the Forms as models. While the creation-myth of
the Timaeus seems unparalleled, this book argues that it is not the
first of Plato’s dialogues to use artistic language to articulate
the relationship of the objects of the material world to the world
of the intellect. The book adopts an interpretative angle that is
sensitive to the visual and art-historical developments of
Classical Athens to argue that sculpture, revolutionized by the
advent of the lost-wax technique for the production of bronze
statues, lies at the heart of Plato’s conception of the relation
of the human soul and body to the Forms. It shows that, despite the
severe criticism of mimēsis in the Republic, Plato’s use of
artistic language rests on a positive model of mimēsis. Plato was
in fact engaged in a constructive dialogue with material culture
and he found in the technical processes and the cultural semantics
of sculpture and of the art of weaving a valuable way to
conceptualise and communicate complex ideas about humans’
relation to the Forms.
Find out what happened when King Midas was granted his wish, how
Icarus flew too close to the sun, and relive the adventures of
Jason and the Argonauts in these stories of love, betrayal,
infatuation and punishment. Part of the Macmillan Collector's
Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics
with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books
make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Greek myths have
been part of Western culture since they were first set down by the
ancients and, as there is no one definitive account, the stories
have been ripe for reinterpretation through the centuries.
Classicist and writer Jean Menzies has brought together fifteen
retellings of famous myths from the likes of Andrew and Jean Lang,
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Emilie Kip Baker, each chosen for its
clarity and vivacity. The result? An enlightening and lively volume
of stories and a treat for all fans of Greek mythology.
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Tao Te Ching
(Hardcover)
Lao Tzu; Translated by David Hinton
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Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is the source of Zen Buddhism, and is
probably the most broadly influential spiritual text in human
history. Complete & Unabridged. Part of the Macmillan
Collector's Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound,
pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers.
These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book
lover. This edition is translated and introduced by David Hinton.
Fluent in ancient Chinese and an acclaimed poet, he skilfully
reveals how remarkably current and even innovative this text is
after 2500 years. According to legend, Lao Tzu left China at the
age of eighty, saddened that men would not follow the path to
natural goodness. At the border with Tibet, a guard asked him to
record his teachings and the Tao Te Ching is what he wrote down
before leaving. Lao Tzu's spirituality describes the Cosmos as a
harmonious and generative organism, and it shows how the human is
an integral part of that cosmos.
Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, gegrundet 1849, ist die weltweit
alteste, traditionsreichste und umfangreichste Editionsreihe
griechischer und lateinischer Literatur von der Antike bis zur
Neuzeit. Pro Jahr erscheinen 4-5 neue Editionen. Samtliche Ausgaben
werden durch eine lateinische oder englische Praefatio erganzt. Die
wissenschaftliche Betreuung der Reihe obliegt einem Team
anerkannter Philologen: Gian Biagio Conte (Scuola Normale Superiore
di Pisa) Marcus Deufert (Universitat Leipzig) James Diggle
(University of Cambridge) Donald J. Mastronarde (University of
California, Berkeley) Franco Montanari (Universita di Genova)
Heinz-Gunther Nesselrath (Georg-August-Universitat Goettingen)
Oliver Primavesi (Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat Munchen) Michael
D. Reeve (University of Cambridge) Richard J. Tarrant (Harvard
University) Vergriffene Titel werden als Print-on-Demand-Nachdrucke
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Studies on the Text of Suetonius' De uita Caesarum is a companion
volume to the critical edition of Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars
in the Oxford Classical Texts series, edited by Robert Kaster. It
provides detailed insight into the research and textual analysis
behind the edition. Part I presents the first comprehensive and
accurate account of the medieval manuscript tradition (ninth to
thirteenth centuries) on which the Oxford Classical Text is based,
and Part II analyses hundreds of passages where a variety of
textual problems are encountered, often offering new solutions.
Four appendices provide additional support to the arguments of Part
I, while a fifth lists all the places (just over 300) where the new
text differs from the edition by Maximilian Ihm that has been the
standard since 1907.
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The Histories
(Paperback)
Herodotus; Translated by Tom Holland; Introduction by Paul Cartledge; Notes by Paul Cartledge
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Tom Holland's 'stirring new translation' (Telegraph) of Herodotus'
Histories, one of the great books in Western history - now in
paperback The Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half
of the 5th century BC, is generally regarded as the first work of
history and the first great masterpiece of non-fiction writing.
Joined here are the sheer drama of Herodotus' narrative of the
Persian invasions of Greece, and the endless curiosity - turning
now to cannabis, now to the Pyramids - which make his book the
source of so much of our knowledge of the ancient world. This
absorbing new translation, by one of Britain's most admired young
historians, allows all the drama and mysteriousness of this great
book to be fully appreciated by modern readers. TOM HOLLAND is the
author of Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic,
which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and was shortlisted
for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Persian Fire, his history of the
Graeco-Persian wars, won the Anglo-Hellenic League's Runciman Award
in 2006. His most recent book, In the Shadow of the Sword,
describes the collapse of Roman and Persian power in the Near East,
and the emergence of Islam. He has adapted Homer, Herodotus,
Thucydides and Virgil for the BBC, and is the presenter of BBC
Radio 4's Making History. In 2007, he was the winner of the
Classical Association Prize awarded to 'the individual who has done
most to promote the study of the language, literature and
civilisation of Ancient Greece and Rome'. He served two years as
the Chair of the Society of Authors 2009-11. PAUL CARTLEDGE is the
inaugural A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the
University of Cambridge. His numerous books include Sparta and
Lakonia: A Regional History 1300-362 BC; The Greeks: A Portrait of
Self and Others; Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World;
Ancient Greece. A Very Short Introduction; and After Thermopylae:
The Oath of Plataea and the End of the Graeco-Persian Wars. He is
an Honorary Citizen of Sparta, Greece and holds the Gold Cross of
the Order of Honour conferred by the President of the Hellenic
Republic. 'Unquestionably the best English translation of Herodotus
to have appeared in the last half-century, and there have been
quite a few . . . fast, funny, opinionated, clear and erudite . . .
I am in awe of Tom Holland's achievement' Edith Hall, TLS 'A labour
of love . . . full of rattling good yarns . . . the minister for
education should present each of his cabinet colleagues with a copy
of Holland's admirable translation' Economist 'Tom Holland has been
captivated by Herodotus since he was a child. His pleasure shines
through his relaxed, idiomatic, expansive and often dramatic
translation ... He, like Herodotus, is a storyteller par
excellence' Peter Jones, New Statesman
Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, gegrundet 1849, ist die weltweit
alteste, traditionsreichste und umfangreichste Editionsreihe
griechischer und lateinischer Literatur von der Antike bis zur
Neuzeit. Pro Jahr erscheinen 4-5 neue Editionen. Samtliche Ausgaben
werden durch eine lateinische oder englische Praefatio erganzt. Die
wissenschaftliche Betreuung der Reihe obliegt einem Team
anerkannter Philologen: Gian Biagio Conte (Scuola Normale Superiore
di Pisa) Marcus Deufert (Universitat Leipzig) James Diggle
(University of Cambridge) Donald J. Mastronarde (University of
California, Berkeley) Franco Montanari (Universita di Genova)
Heinz-Gunther Nesselrath (Georg-August-Universitat Goettingen)
Oliver Primavesi (Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat Munchen) Michael
D. Reeve (University of Cambridge) Richard J. Tarrant (Harvard
University) Vergriffene Titel werden als Print-on-Demand-Nachdrucke
wieder verfugbar gemacht. Zudem werden alle Neuerscheinungen der
Bibliotheca Teubneriana parallel zur gedruckten Ausgabe auch als
eBook angeboten. Die alteren Bande werden sukzessive ebenfalls als
eBook bereitgestellt. Falls Sie einen vergriffenen Titel bestellen
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Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi
Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, the Complete Works of Lucius
Annaeus Seneca offers authoritative, modern English translations of
the writings of the Stoic philosopher and playwright (4 BCE 65 CE).
The two volumes of The Complete Tragedies presents all of his
dramas, expertly rendered by preeminent scholars and translators.
The first volume contains Medea, The Phoenician Women, Phaedra, The
Trojan Women, and Octavia, the last of which was written in
emulation of Senecan tragedies and serves as a unique example of
political tragedy. This second volume includes Oedipus, Hercules
Mad, Hercules on Oeta, Thyestes, and Agamemnon. High standards of
accuracy, clarity, and style are maintained throughout the
translations, which render Seneca into verse with as close a
correspondence, line for line, to the original as possible, and
with special attention paid to meter and overall flow. In addition,
each tragedy is prefaced by an original translator's introduction
offering reflections on the work's context and meaning. Notes are
provided for the reader unfamiliar with the culture and history of
classical antiquity. Accordingly, The Complete Tragedies will be of
use to a general audience and professionals alike, from the
Latinless student to scholars and instructors of comparative
literature, classics, philosophy, drama, and more.
A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the
acclaimed novel The Mere Wife. A man seeks to prove himself as a
hero. A monster seeks silence in his territory. A warrior seeks to
avenge her murdered son. A dragon ends it all. This radical new
verse translation of Beowulf by Maria Dahvana Headley brings to
light elements that have never before been translated into English.
The familiar elements of the epic poem are seen with a novelist's
eye toward gender, genre, and history it has always been a tale of
entitlement and encroachment, powerful men seeking to become more
powerful, and one woman seeking justice for her child, but this
version brings new context to an old story. While crafting her
contemporary adaptation of Beowulf, Headley unearthed significant
shifts lost over centuries, transforming the binary narrative of
monsters and heroes into a thrilling tale in which the two
categories often entwine.
Aristophanes (ca. 446 BCE-ca. 386 BCE) was a comic playwright of
ancient Athens. This collection includes Lysistrata, The
Archanians, The Birds, and The Clouds.
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The Iliad and the Odyssey
(Paperback)
Homer; Translated by George Chapman; Introduction by Jan Parker; Series edited by Tom Griffith
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Translated by George Chapman, with Introductions by Jan Parker.
Hector bidding farewell to his wife and baby son, Odysseus bound to
the mast listening to the Sirens, Penelope at the loom, Achilles
dragging Hector's body round the walls of Troy - scenes from Homer
have been reportrayed in every generation. The questions about
mortality and identity that Homer's heroes ask, the bonds of love,
respect and fellowship that motivate them, have gripped audiences
for three millennia. Chapman's Iliad and Odyssey are great English
epic poems, but they are also two of the liveliest and readable
translations of Homer. Chapman's freshness makes the everyday world
of nature and the craftsman as vivid as the battlefield and Mount
Olympus. His poetry is driven by the excitement of the Renaissance
discovery of classical civilisation as at once vital and distant,
and is enriched by the perspectives of humanist thought.
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The Enchiridion
(Hardcover)
Epictetus; Translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Edited by Tony Darnell
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"Murderous Mothers is both an homage to and a critical reflection
on the multiple Medea figures that populate late twentieth-century
German literature. Claire Scott artfully demonstrates how feminist
politics and women's issues - from abstract questions about the
power of women's bodies and voices, to concrete matters like
abortion and sexual violence - speak through this ancient myth,
transforming it into something vital and urgent. Scott's own voice
is crystal clear throughout, which allows the layers of productive
critique to shine through. With its sophisticated literary
analyses, its deep engagement with feminist and postcolonial
theory, and its lucid and accessible style, Murderous Mothers will
interest and provoke a range of readers and critics." (Kata Gellen,
Duke University) "Murderous Mothers explores the ambiguities of
literary Medea adaptations in beautifully written, engaging prose.
For anyone interested in the aesthetics and politics of
contemporary literature, this book offers brilliant examples of how
literary adaptations of classical myths can contribute to
contemporary political discourses on motherhood, reproductive
rights, gender, and rage." (Maria Stehle, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville) This book explores German-language Medea adaptations
from the late twentieth century and their relationship to feminist
theory and politics. Close readings of novels and plays by Ursula
Haas, Christa Wolf, Dagmar Nick, Dea Loher, and Elfriede Jelinek
reveal the promise and the pitfalls of using gendered depictions of
violence to process inequity and oppression. The figure of Medea
has been called many things: a witch, a barbarian, a monster, a
goddess, a feminist heroine, a healer, and, finally, a murderous
mother. This book considers Medea in all her complexity, thereby
reframing our understanding of identity as it relates to feminism
and to mythological storytelling. This book project was the Joint
Winner of the 2020 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition for German
Studies in America.
Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, gegrundet 1849, ist die weltweit
alteste, traditionsreichste und umfangreichste Editionsreihe
griechischer und lateinischer Literatur von der Antike bis zur
Neuzeit. Pro Jahr erscheinen 4-5 neue Editionen. Samtliche Ausgaben
werden durch eine lateinische oder englische Praefatio erganzt. Die
wissenschaftliche Betreuung der Reihe obliegt einem Team
anerkannter Philologen: Gian Biagio Conte (Scuola Normale Superiore
di Pisa) Marcus Deufert (Universitat Leipzig) James Diggle
(University of Cambridge) Donald J. Mastronarde (University of
California, Berkeley) Franco Montanari (Universita di Genova)
Heinz-Gunther Nesselrath (Georg-August-Universitat Goettingen) Dirk
Obbink (University of Oxford) Oliver Primavesi (Ludwig-Maximilians
Universitat Munchen) Michael D. Reeve (University of Cambridge)
Richard J. Tarrant (Harvard University) Vergriffene Titel werden
als Print-on-Demand-Nachdrucke wieder verfugbar gemacht. Zudem
werden alle Neuerscheinungen der Bibliotheca Teubneriana parallel
zur gedruckten Ausgabe auch als eBook angeboten. Die alteren Bande
werden sukzessive ebenfalls als eBook bereitgestellt. Falls Sie
einen vergriffenen Titel bestellen moechten, der noch nicht als
Print-on-Demand angeboten wird, schreiben Sie uns an:
Kerstin.Haensch@degruyter.com Samtliche in der Bibliotheca
Teubneriana erschienenen Editionen lateinischer Texte sind in der
Datenbank BTL Online elektronisch verfugbar.
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