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The present status of the Homeric question [PDF]

, 1923
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston ...
Given, Frances Winifred
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Oedipus of many pains: Strategies of contest in Homeric poetry [PDF]

, 2008
In this paper we analyse Oedipus’ appearance during Odysseus’ tale in book 11 of Homer’s Odyssey in order to outline and test a methodology for appreciating the poetic and thematic implications of moments when ‘extraneous’ narratives or traditions appear
Barker, Elton T. E., Christensen, Joel P.   +1 more
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‘I'm Dead!’: Action, Homicide and Denied Catharsis in Early Modern Spanish Drama

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In early modern Spanish drama, the expression ‘¡Muerto soy!’ (‘I'm dead!’) is commonly used to indicate a literal death or to figuratively express a character's extreme fear or passion. Recent studies, even one collection published under the title of ‘¡Muerto soy!’, have paid scant attention to the phrase in context, a serious omission when ...
Ted Bergman
wiley   +1 more source

“Large” and “Small” poetic forms in new lyric-epic relationship (based on the poetry by M. Stepanova)

RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism, 2015
The article presents an analysis of the problems associated with the genre renewal of modern poetry, notes the importance of the concepts of “big” and “small” form to determine the boundaries of lyrical and lyric-epic genres.
U Y Verina
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Mental health dividends of creative pursuits. [PDF]

Indian J Psychiatry, 2023
Kumar V.
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Sir Walter Scott's The Antiquary and the Ossian controversy [PDF]

, 2017
A study of the influence of the controversy about Macpherson's Ossian poems on Scott's novel The ...
Leask, Nigel
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From the national context to its margins : when the world used literature to respond to the Great War [PDF]

, 2017
By shedding light on some original responses to the Great War that are today hardly known, and by asking the same questions of many works written in contexts which were radically different, this STTCL special issue advocates for a genuinely comparative ...
Bianchi, Nicolas, Garfitt, Toby
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The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the cloud‐gazing scenes in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet through the lens of early modern artistic theory and material practices, particularly the art of limning. Building upon existing philosophical and poetic interpretations of Shakespearean clouds as metaphors for ephemerality and memory, the essay argues that the ...
Anne‐Valérie Dulac
wiley   +1 more source

A guerra sem guerra: a revisitação da epopeia por Pessoa e Sophia [PDF]

Pessoa Plural
This article examines the transformation of the classical theme of the epic in the works of Fernando Pessoa and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, in dialogue with certain observations made by Cleonice Berardinelli regarding Os Lusíadas by Luís de Camões ...
Silva, Sofia Sousa
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Female and male attractiveness as depicted in the Vanaparvan of the Mahābhārata [PDF]

, 2015
This paper deals with the bodily attractiveness of heroines and heroes, as described in one of the two most important epics of India. The basis for this analysis is the love stories and episodes included in the main plot of the Vanaparvan, the third book
Milewska, Iwona
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