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Author : Helen Lovatt
Release : 2013-06-27
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 118/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Epic Gaze by : Helen Lovatt
Download or read book The Epic Gaze written by Helen Lovatt. This book was released on 2013-06-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-envisions epic from Homer to Nonnus through theories of the gaze.
Author : Alexandros Kampakoglou
Release : 2018-03-05
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Gaze, Vision, and Visuality in Ancient Greek Literature by : Alexandros Kampakoglou
Download or read book Gaze, Vision, and Visuality in Ancient Greek Literature written by Alexandros Kampakoglou. This book was released on 2018-03-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visual culture, performance and spectacle lay at the heart of all aspects of ancient Greek daily routine, such as court and assembly, cult and ritual, and art and culture. Seeing was considered the most secure means of obtaining knowledge, with many citing the etymological connection between ‘seeing’ and ‘knowing’ in ancient Greek as evidence for this. Seeing was also however often associated with mere appearances, false perception and deception. Gazing and visuality in the ancient Greek world have had a central place in the scholarship for some time now, enjoying an abundance of pertinent discussions and bibliography. If this book differs from the previous publications, it is in its emphasis on diverse genres: the concepts ‘gaze’, ‘vision’ and ‘visuality’ are considered across different Greek genres and media. The recipients of ancient Greek literature (both oral and written) were encouraged to perceive the narrated scenes as spectacles and to ‘follow the gaze’ of the characters in the narrative. By setting a broad time span, the evolution of visual culture in Greece is tracked, while also addressing broader topics such as theories of vision, the prominence of visuality in specific time periods, and the position of visuality in a hierarchisation of the senses.
Author : David Fredrick
Release : 2002-11-18
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 617/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Roman Gaze by : David Fredrick
Download or read book The Roman Gaze written by David Fredrick. This book was released on 2002-11-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharrock.--William C. Fitzgerald, University of California, Berkeley "American Historical Review"
Author : Patricia B. Salzman-Mitchell
Release : 2005
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 998/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Web of Fantasies by : Patricia B. Salzman-Mitchell
Download or read book A Web of Fantasies written by Patricia B. Salzman-Mitchell. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing on recent scholarship in art, film, literary theory, and gender studies, A Web of Fantasies examines the complexities, symbolism, and interactions between gaze and image in Ovid's Metamorphoses and forms a gender-sensitive perspective. It is a feminist study of Ovid's epic, which includes many stories about change, in which discussions of viewers, viewing, and imagery strive to illuminate Ovid's constructions of male and female. Patricia Salzman-Mitchell discusses the text from the perspective of three types of gazes: of characters looking, of the poet who narrates visually charged stories, and of the reader who "sees" the woven images in the text. Arguing against certain theorists who deny the possibility of any feminine vision in a male-authored poem, the author maintains that the female point of view can be released through the traditional feminine occupation of weaving, featuring the woven images of Arachne (involved in a weaving contest in which she tried to best the goddess Athena, who turned her into a spider) and Philomela (who had her tongue cut out, so had to weave a tapestry depicting her rape and mutilation)." "The book observes that while feminist models of the gaze can create productive readings of the poem, these models are too limited and reductive for such a protean and complex text as Metamorphoses. This work brings forth the pervasive importance of the act of looking in the poem which will affect future readings of Ovid's epic."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Gilgamesh
Release : 1884
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Book Synopsis Ishtar and Izdubar, the epic of Babylon; or, The Babylonian goddess of love and the hero and warrior king, restored in mod. verse by L.L.C. Hamilton by : Gilgamesh
Download or read book Ishtar and Izdubar, the epic of Babylon; or, The Babylonian goddess of love and the hero and warrior king, restored in mod. verse by L.L.C. Hamilton written by Gilgamesh. This book was released on 1884. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
