Anagnorisis: Scenes and Themes of Recognition and Revelation in Western Literature
Author:   Piero Boitani
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   204
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9789004453661


Pages:   460
Publication Date:   25 March 2021
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Author:   Piero Boitani
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   204
Weight:   0.913kg
ISBN:  

9789004453661


ISBN 10:   9004453660
Pages:   460
Publication Date:   25 March 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Preface Acknowledgments Note on Texts, Translations, Bibliography, and Style Introduction 1 Cinderella and the Greeks 2 Aristotle and the Philosophy of Anagnorisis 3 Re-Cognition, Reading, and Reconnaissance 1 Odysseus, Ulysses, Nobody  The Universe of Recognition 2 Reason  Electra and Hamlet 3 Towards Nothingness  Oedipus and Lear 4 Recognizing God 5 To Recognize Is a God Helen, Magdalen, Hermione, Marina – Menuchim 6 A Spark of Love  Medieval Recognitions 7 I know the Signs of the Ancient Flame  Dante’s Recognitions 8 Are You Here?  Brunetto, Dante, and Eliot 9 Through Time and Space  Intertextual Recognition 10 To Conclude and Re-Cognize  The Pain and Joy of Compassion  Index

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Piero Boitani, PhD Cambridge (1975). Emeritus Comparative Literature at Rome ‘Sapienza’ University. Editor of the ‘Greek and Latin Writers’ series of Fondazione Valla. Balzan Prize for Comparative Literature, 2016. He has published many volumes in English, the most recent of which is A New Sublime: Ten Timeless Lessons on the Classics (2020).

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