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Imagining the Chorus in Augustan Poetry - Lauren Curtis - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Imagining the Chorus in Augustan Poetry - Lauren Curtis - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

From archaic Sparta to classical Athens the chorus was a pervasive feature of Greek social and cultural life. Until now, however, its reception in Roman literature and culture has been little appreciated. This book examines how the chorus is reimagined in a brief but crucial period in the history of Latin literature, the early Augustan period from 30 to 10 BCE. It argues that in the work of Horace, Virgil, and Propertius, the language and imagery of the chorus articulate some of their most pressing concerns surrounding social and literary belonging in a rapidly changing Roman world. By re-examining seminal Roman texts such as Horace''s Odes and Virgil''s Aeneid from this fresh perspective, the book connects the history of musical culture with Augustan poetry''s interrogation of fundamental questions surrounding the relationship between individual and community, poet and audience, performance and writing, Greek and Roman, and tradition and innovation.

DKK 344.00
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Solo Dance in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature - Sarah Olsen - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Solo Dance in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature - Sarah Olsen - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

“Ancient Greek dance” traditionally evokes images of stately choruses or lively Dionysiac revels – communal acts of performance. This is the first book to look beyond the chorus to the diverse and complex representation of solo dancers in Archaic and Classical Greek literature. It argues that dancing alone signifies transgression and vulnerability in the Greek cultural imagination, as isolation from the chorus marks the separation of the individual from a range of communal social structures. It also demonstrates that the solo dancer is a powerful figure for literary exploration and experimentation, highlighting the importance of the singular dancing body in the articulation of poetic, narrative, and generic interests across Greek literature. Taking a comparative approach and engaging with current work in dance and performance studies, this book reveals the profound literary and cultural importance of the unruly solo dancer in the ancient Greek world.

DKK 348.00
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Literature and Nature in the English Renaissance - - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Literature and Nature in the English Renaissance - - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Featuring over two hundred nature-themed texts spanning the disciplines of literature, science and history, this sourcebook offers an accessible field guide to the environment of Renaissance England, revealing a nation at a crossroads between its pastoral heritage and industrialized future. Carefully selected primary sources, each modernized and prefaced with an introduction, survey an encyclopaedic array of topographies, species, and topics: from astrology to zoology, bear-baiting to bee-keeping, coal-mining to tree-planting, fen-draining to sheep-whispering. The familiar voices of Spenser, Shakespeare, Jonson, and Marvell mingle with a diverse chorus of farmers, herbalists, shepherds, hunters, foresters, philosophers, sailors, sky-watchers, and duchesses - as well as ventriloquized beasts, trees, and rivers. Lavishly illustrated, the anthology is supported by a lucid introduction that outlines and intervenes in key debates in Renaissance ecocriticism, a reflective essay on ecocritical editing, a bibliography of further reading, and a timeline of environmental history and legislation drawing on extensive archival research.

DKK 356.00
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Taiwan and the Danger of a Sino-American War - Steve Chan - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Taiwan and the Danger of a Sino-American War - Steve Chan - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

The author presents contrarian arguments contesting mainstream US views on the danger of a Sino-American war over Taiwan''s status. They contend that these countries'' dispute about Taiwan is motivated by opposing strategic interests and security concerns rather than just, or even mainly, clashing values such as national reunification, sovereignty, democracy, and self-determination. The danger of a Sino-American confrontation has become more elevated recently due to a confluence of several concurrent developments. Despite this increased danger compared to any time since Richard Nixon visited Beijing in 1972, they conclude that war is not imminent or likely-barring extreme hardliners and radical nationalists taking over policymaking in Beijing, Taipei and/or Washington. Despite a rising chorus urging Washington to commit more firmly to Taiwan''s defense, they argue that the United States will not likely intervene directly on Taiwan''s behalf. Even more controversially, they submit that Beijing will eventually prevail in this dispute.

DKK 218.00
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