Ancient Supplication
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Ancient Supplication
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Author : Fred Naiden
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-07-20
Ancient Supplication written by Fred Naiden and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-20 with Religion categories.
This is the first book-length treatment of supplication, an important social practice in ancient Mediterranean civilizations. Despite the importance of supplication, it has received little attention, and no previous study has explored so many aspects of the practice. Naiden investigates the varied gestures made by the supplicants, the types of requests they make, the arguments used in defense of their requests, and the role of the supplicandus, who evaluates and decides whether to fulfill the requests. Varied and abundant sources invite comparison between the societies of Greece and Rome and also among literary genres. Additionally, Naiden formulates an analysis of the ritual in its legal and political contexts. In constructing this rich and thorough study, Naiden considered over 800 acts of supplication from Greek, Hebrew, and Roman literature, art, and scientific sources. 30 illustrations and a map of the relevant locations accompany the text.
The Poetics Of Supplication
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Author : Kevin Crotty
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1994
The Poetics Of Supplication written by Kevin Crotty and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this penetrating and compelling reinterpretation of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Kevin Crotty explores the connection between the "poetic" nature of supplication on the one hand, and, on the other, the importance of supplication in the structure and poetics of the two epics. The supplicant's attempt to rouse pity by calling to mind a vivid sense of grief, he says, is important for an understanding of the poems, which invite their audience to contemplate scenes of past grieving. A poetics of supplication, Crotty asserts, leads irresistibly to a poetics of the Homeric epic.
Petitions And Petitioning In Europe And North America From The Late Medieval Period To The Present
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Author : Richard Huzzey
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2024-06-20
Petitions And Petitioning In Europe And North America From The Late Medieval Period To The Present written by Richard Huzzey and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-20 with History categories.
The first study of petitioning from the late medieval period to the era of e-petitions, Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America explains why these practices have been central to the exercise and contestation of power across North America and Europe.
Greek Religion Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide
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Author : Oxford University Press
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2010-05-01
Greek Religion Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide written by Oxford University Press and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of the ancient world find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated. A reader will discover, for instance, the most reliable introductions and overviews to the topic, and the most important publications on various areas of scholarly interest within this topic. In classics, as in other disciplines, researchers at all levels are drowning in potentially useful scholarly information, and this guide has been created as a tool for cutting through that material to find the exact source you need. This ebook is just one of many articles from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Classics, a continuously updated and growing online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through the scholarship and other materials relevant to the study of classics. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.aboutobo.com.
Renaissance Suppliants
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Author : Leah Whittington
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-06-02
Renaissance Suppliants written by Leah Whittington and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
Renaissance Suppliants studies supplication as a social and literary event in the long European Renaissance. It argues that scenes of supplication are defining episodes in a literary tradition stretching back to Greco-Roman antiquity, taking us to the heart of fundamental questions of politics and religion, ethics and identity, sexuality and family. As a perennial mode of asymmetrical communication in moments of helplessness and extreme need, supplication speaks to ways that people live together despite grave inequalities. It is a strategy that societies use to regulate and perpetuate themselves, to negotiate conflict, and to manage situations in which relationships threaten to unravel. All the writers discussed here—Vergil, Petrarch, Shakespeare, and Milton—find supplication indispensable for thinking about problems of antagonism, difference, and hierarchy, bringing the aesthetic resources of supplicatory interactions to bear on their unique literary and cultural circumstances. The opening chapters establish a conceptual framework for thinking about supplication as facilitating transitions between states of feeling and positions of relative status, beginning with Homer and classical literature. Vergil's Aeneid is paradigmatic instance in which literary and social structures of the ancient past are transformed to suit the needs of the present, and supplication becomes a figure for the act of cultural translation. Subsequent chapters take up different aspects of Renaissance supplicatory discourse, showing how postures of humiliation and abjection are appropriated and transformed in erotic poetry, drama, and epic. The book ends with Milton who invests gestures of self-abasement with unexpected dignity.
The Annotated Book Of Common Prayer
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Author : Church of England
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1867
The Annotated Book Of Common Prayer written by Church of England and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1867 with Anglican Communion categories.
The Annotated Book Of Common Prayer
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Author : John Henry Blunt
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-03-19
The Annotated Book Of Common Prayer written by John Henry Blunt and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-19 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
French Books Of Hours
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Author : Virginia Reinburg
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-02-02
French Books Of Hours written by Virginia Reinburg and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-02 with Art categories.
How was the Book of Hours created and used as a book and what did it mean to its owners?
The Annotated Book Of Common Prayer An Historical Ritual And Theological Commentary On The Devotional System Of The Church Of England Ed By J H Blunt
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Author : John Henry Blunt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1866
The Annotated Book Of Common Prayer An Historical Ritual And Theological Commentary On The Devotional System Of The Church Of England Ed By J H Blunt written by John Henry Blunt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1866 with categories.
The Voice Of The Prayer Book Lects And Annotations Popular Ed
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Author : Nevison Loraine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
The Voice Of The Prayer Book Lects And Annotations Popular Ed written by Nevison Loraine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with categories.