Tears in the Graeco-Roman world /

This volume presents a wide range of contributions that analyse the cultural, sociological and communicative significance of tears and crying in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The papers cover the time from the eighth century BCE until late antiquity and take into account a broad variety of literary genres...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fögen, Thorsten
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, ©2009.
Temas:
Crying in literature.
Tears in literature.
Classical literature > History and criticism.
Crying > Social aspects > Greece.
Crying > Social aspects > Rome.
Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures.
Languages & Literatures.
Pleurs dans la littérature.
Larmes dans la littérature.
Littérature ancienne > Histoire et critique.
Pleurs > Aspect social > Grèce.
Pleurs > Aspect social > Rome.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Gay & Lesbian.
Classical literature
Crying in literature
Crying > Social aspects
Tears in literature
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This volume presents a wide range of contributions that analyse the cultural, sociological and communicative significance of tears and crying in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The papers cover the time from the eighth century BCE until late antiquity and take into account a broad variety of literary genres such as epic, tragedy, historiography, elegy, philosophical texts, epigram and the novel. The collection also contains two papers from modern socio-psychology.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 491 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110214024
3110214024
1282295926
9781282295926
9786612295928
6612295929

Ejemplares similares