Author:
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Some Greek Poems of Love and Wine
Author:
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Some Greek Poems of Love and Wine
Author: J. M. Edmonds
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107554314
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Originally published in 1939, this book presents some of the most captivating Greek poetry from antiquity on the subjects of love and wine.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107554314
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Originally published in 1939, this book presents some of the most captivating Greek poetry from antiquity on the subjects of love and wine.
Some Greek Poems of Love and Beauty
Author: J. M. Edmonds
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107554292
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Originally published in 1937, this book presents some of the most captivating Greek poetry from antiquity on the subjects of love and beauty.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107554292
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Originally published in 1937, this book presents some of the most captivating Greek poetry from antiquity on the subjects of love and beauty.
Wine and Food
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
Europe - What's in a Name
Author: Peter H. Gommers
Publisher: Leuven University Press
ISBN: 9789058671493
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Europe is a word that is almost daily on our lips. But how far do we have to go back in order to find the origins of its name? The first part of this beautifully illustrated book traces the geographical and mythological basis of Europe's name. Who came up with the idea to distinguish the world in continents with proper names? The search will bring the reader back to the early history of mankind. How did the ancient Egyptians see the world and populations around them? Where did the Hebrews get the idea to split the world in three? And what was the world-picture in ancient Greece, laid down in geographic treatises and fragments? Where did the name 'Europe' originate from? Could it be from a person, either mortal or divine? In ancient Greek literature the name 'Europa' appears quite frequently for Greek goddesses and Greek women. Strangely enough, the best known Europa myth concerns a Phoenician princess, loved by the Greek god Zeus. Many mythographs doubt the Asian descent of the Phoenician Europa. Is her real origin to be located on mainland Greece? How can the contradicting Greek myths be interpreted, and was the name universally accepted as the name for the continent? In the second part of this book, the author tells the amazing story of how the Arts have treated the Europa myths for almost three millennia. He shows the extraordinary influence of the personification of the geographic continent Europe on literature, music, sculpture, painting, tapestry and other applied arts. All this clearly demonstrates the vivid interest in Europe for the subject throughout the ages and illustrates, according to Karel van Miert in his Foreword, our common European culture.
Publisher: Leuven University Press
ISBN: 9789058671493
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Europe is a word that is almost daily on our lips. But how far do we have to go back in order to find the origins of its name? The first part of this beautifully illustrated book traces the geographical and mythological basis of Europe's name. Who came up with the idea to distinguish the world in continents with proper names? The search will bring the reader back to the early history of mankind. How did the ancient Egyptians see the world and populations around them? Where did the Hebrews get the idea to split the world in three? And what was the world-picture in ancient Greece, laid down in geographic treatises and fragments? Where did the name 'Europe' originate from? Could it be from a person, either mortal or divine? In ancient Greek literature the name 'Europa' appears quite frequently for Greek goddesses and Greek women. Strangely enough, the best known Europa myth concerns a Phoenician princess, loved by the Greek god Zeus. Many mythographs doubt the Asian descent of the Phoenician Europa. Is her real origin to be located on mainland Greece? How can the contradicting Greek myths be interpreted, and was the name universally accepted as the name for the continent? In the second part of this book, the author tells the amazing story of how the Arts have treated the Europa myths for almost three millennia. He shows the extraordinary influence of the personification of the geographic continent Europe on literature, music, sculpture, painting, tapestry and other applied arts. All this clearly demonstrates the vivid interest in Europe for the subject throughout the ages and illustrates, according to Karel van Miert in his Foreword, our common European culture.
The North! To the North!
Author: Judith Moffett
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809323227
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Judith Moffett presents substantial selections of five important nineteenth-century Swedish poets in formal translation, with en face text, critical and biographical introductory essays, and notes. Each of the poets—Esaias Tegnér, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Viktor Rydberg, Gustaf Fröding, and Erik Axel Karlfeldt—made a significant contribution to Swedish literature and was justly famous in his own time. Even today, every Swedish student knows the names of these poets. Noting that much fine Swedish literature remains untranslated, Moffett makes the work of these five important poets available to readers of English. She points out that the dearth of material translated from Swedish to English is particularly notable in poetry, especially rhyming, metrical poetry. Earlier translators have dealt with the poets represented here, but the results have lacked literary merit. Only rarely, in fact, has their work in translation read like English poetry. In preserving the rhyme and meter of the original works, Moffett has chosen a controversial path, with powerful allies on her side. Those who believe the rhyme and rhythm must be carried out in the translation include the late Joseph Brodsky and Richard Wilbur, who says a formal poem stripped of its form has been “watered down to free verse.” Moffett introduces each poet’s section with a biographical essay that sketches the poet’s critical reputation as well as his historical milieu. She identifies obscure references and provides other useful information in the notes to the poems. Several of these poets were members of the Swedish Academy. Karlfeldt was posthumously awarded the Nobel Prize. Even long after his death, Runeberg is regarded as the National Poet of Finland. Fröding in particular continues to be passionately admired by modern Swedes. Moffett, a formal poet translating formal poetry, makes this splendid body of work accessible to the larger audience it deserves.
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809323227
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Judith Moffett presents substantial selections of five important nineteenth-century Swedish poets in formal translation, with en face text, critical and biographical introductory essays, and notes. Each of the poets—Esaias Tegnér, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Viktor Rydberg, Gustaf Fröding, and Erik Axel Karlfeldt—made a significant contribution to Swedish literature and was justly famous in his own time. Even today, every Swedish student knows the names of these poets. Noting that much fine Swedish literature remains untranslated, Moffett makes the work of these five important poets available to readers of English. She points out that the dearth of material translated from Swedish to English is particularly notable in poetry, especially rhyming, metrical poetry. Earlier translators have dealt with the poets represented here, but the results have lacked literary merit. Only rarely, in fact, has their work in translation read like English poetry. In preserving the rhyme and meter of the original works, Moffett has chosen a controversial path, with powerful allies on her side. Those who believe the rhyme and rhythm must be carried out in the translation include the late Joseph Brodsky and Richard Wilbur, who says a formal poem stripped of its form has been “watered down to free verse.” Moffett introduces each poet’s section with a biographical essay that sketches the poet’s critical reputation as well as his historical milieu. She identifies obscure references and provides other useful information in the notes to the poems. Several of these poets were members of the Swedish Academy. Karlfeldt was posthumously awarded the Nobel Prize. Even long after his death, Runeberg is regarded as the National Poet of Finland. Fröding in particular continues to be passionately admired by modern Swedes. Moffett, a formal poet translating formal poetry, makes this splendid body of work accessible to the larger audience it deserves.
Poems Of Wine & Revelry
Author: Jim Colville
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317846672
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
First published in 2005. Arabic literature has a distinguished tradition of bacchanals but none are so consistently entertaining or explicit or iconoclastic as those of Abu Nuwas al_hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami (c. 756-c.815), the 'bad boy' of Abbasid poetry. In his khamriyyat, Abu Nuwas offers a glimpse of the hedonistic and dissipated world he inhabited: the world of Baghdad high society at the zenith of the Abbasid caliphate. Yet there is also a modern and up-to-date feel about his poetry that makes it ideal for presentation to an English-speaking readership, some twelve centuries after his death.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317846672
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
First published in 2005. Arabic literature has a distinguished tradition of bacchanals but none are so consistently entertaining or explicit or iconoclastic as those of Abu Nuwas al_hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami (c. 756-c.815), the 'bad boy' of Abbasid poetry. In his khamriyyat, Abu Nuwas offers a glimpse of the hedonistic and dissipated world he inhabited: the world of Baghdad high society at the zenith of the Abbasid caliphate. Yet there is also a modern and up-to-date feel about his poetry that makes it ideal for presentation to an English-speaking readership, some twelve centuries after his death.
The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age
Author: William Young Sellar
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN: 9780819601605
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This fascinating book traces the development of Roman poetry from the origin of Latin literature to the fall of the Roman Republic. It also looks at the general character of Roman poetry, as well as examining the work of specific poets. William Young Sellar is the author of Roman Poets of the Augustan Age. From 1853-1859 he was an assistant professor at the University of St. Andrew, and from 1859-1863 was Greek Professor at that university. In 1863, to the great regret of St. Andrews, Mr. Sellar went to Edinburgh to fill the Chair of Latin.
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN: 9780819601605
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This fascinating book traces the development of Roman poetry from the origin of Latin literature to the fall of the Roman Republic. It also looks at the general character of Roman poetry, as well as examining the work of specific poets. William Young Sellar is the author of Roman Poets of the Augustan Age. From 1853-1859 he was an assistant professor at the University of St. Andrew, and from 1859-1863 was Greek Professor at that university. In 1863, to the great regret of St. Andrews, Mr. Sellar went to Edinburgh to fill the Chair of Latin.
The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age
Author: William Young Sellar
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Booksellers & Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Booksellers & Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Some Greek Poems of Love and Wine Being a Further Selection from the Little Things of Greek Poetry
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description