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A Prosopography to Martial's Epigrams is the first dictionary of
all the characters and personal names found in the work of Marcus
Valerius Martialis, containing nearly 1,000 comprehensive entries.
Each of them compiles and analyses all the relevant information
regarding the characters themselves, as well as the literary
implications of their presence in Martial's poems. Unlike other
works of this kind, the book encompasses not only real people,
whose positive existence is beyond doubt, but also fictional
characters invented by the poet or inherited from the cultural and
literary tradition. Its entries provide the passages of the
epigrams where the respective characters appear; the general
category to which they belong; the full name (in the case of
historical characters); onomastic information, especially about
frequency, meaning, and etymology; other literary or epigraphical
sources; a prosopographical sketch; a discussion of relevant
manuscript variants; and a bibliography. Much attention is paid to
the literary portrayal of each character and the poetic usages of
their names. This reference work is a much needed tool and is
intended as a stimulus for further research.
This book focuses on the characters that populate the Game of
Thrones universe and on one of the most salient features of their
interaction: violence and warfare. It analyses these questions from
a multidisciplinary perspective that is chiefly based on Classical
Studies. The book is divided into two sections. The first section
explores Martin's characters as the mainstay of both the novels and
the TV series, since the author has peopled his universe with
three-dimensional intriguing characters that resonate with the
reader/audience. The second section is devoted to violence and
warfare, both pervasive in the Game of Thrones universe. In
particular, the TV series' depiction of violence is explicit, going
beyond the limits that have seldom been traversed in primetime
television i.e. the execution of Ned Stark, the "Red Wedding" and
"Battle of the Bastards". In the Game of Thrones universe, violence
is not only restricted to warfare but is an everyday occurrence, a
result of the social and gender inequalities characterising the
world created by Martin.
This book reflects on time, space and culture in the Game of
Thrones universe. It analyses both the novels and the TV series
from a multidisciplinary perspective ultimately aimed at
highlighting the complexity, eclecticism and diversity that
characterises Martinâs world. The book is divided into three
thematic sections. The first section focuses on spaceâboth the
urban and natural environmentâand the interaction between human
beings and their surroundings. The second section follows different
yet complementary approaches to Game of Thrones from an aesthetic
and cultural perspective. The final section addresses the
linguistic and translation implications of the Game of Thrones
universe, as well as its didactic uses. This book is paired with a
second volume that focuses on the characters that populate
Martinâs universe, as well as on one of the ways in which they
often interactâviolence and warfareâfrom the same
multidisciplinary perspective.
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