Sublime Cosmos in Graeco-Roman Literature and Its Reception: Intersections of Myth, Science and History

Author:   Professor David Christenson ,  Cynthia White
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Pages:   248
Publication Date:   04 April 2024
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Author:   Professor David Christenson ,  Cynthia White
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:  

9781350344679


ISBN 10:   1350344672
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   04 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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"Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction, David Christenson (University of Arizona, USA) Part I – Sublime Epic 1. Homer’s Odyssey and the Mystery of Time, Norman Austin (University of Arizona, USA) 2. Helen, Paris, and the Philosophical Eros: Love, Strife, and Sublime Contact from Homer to Plato, Boris Shoshitaishvili (University of Southern California, USA) 3. The Hard-Break at Hesiod, Theogony 200, Frank Romer (East Carolina University, USA) 4. Visions and Memories of Lucretius in Seneca’s Naturales Quaestiones, Christopher Trinacty (Oberlin College and Conservatory, USA) 5. Vergil’s Bougonia Rite: Its Nature, Sources, and Possible Link to the Indo-European Myth of Creation, Michael Teske† (University of Arizona, USA) Part II – Celestial Drama 6. An Early Morning Person? Aristophanes and His Star-Studded Comic Prologues, Gonda van Steen (King's College London, UK) 7. Frighteningly Funny Gods: Comic and Cosmic Space in Plautus, David Christenson (University of Arizona, USA) Part III – History, Historiography, and the Cosmos 8. Day Suddenly Became Night: Eclipses and the Sublime in Greek Historiography, Philip Waddell (University of Arizona, USA) 9. The Cosmic Barrier: The Isthmus of Corinth in Imperial Latin Poetry, David Wright (University of Houston, USA) Part IV – Reception 10. Reading the Classics in Plague-Ridden England, 1629-1722, Thomas Willard (University of Arizona, USA) 11. '""Solution Sweet"" and Keats's Poetic Ideal: Erotic and Nuptial Imagery in The Eve of St. Agnes' , Cynthia White (University of Arizona, USA) Notes Bibliography Index"

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This is an excellent study of the idea of the sublime cosmos in ancient Greco-Roman thought: wide ranging, informative, up to date, methodologically diverse and dealing with interesting intersections of myth, history and science. -- Andrew Gregory, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University College London, UK


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David Christenson is Professor of Classics at the University of Arizona, USA. He is the author of eight books, including Plautus: Casina (Bloomsbury, 2019). Cynthia White is Professor of Classics at the University of Arizona, USA, and is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, Italy.

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