Sublime cosmos in Graeco-Roman literature and its reception intersections of myth, science and history : essays in honour of Thomas D. Worthen

"The essays collected in this volume examine manifestations of our sublime cosmos in ancient literature and its reception. Individual themes include religious mystery; calendrical and cyclical thinking as ordering principles of human experience; divine birth and the manifold nature of divinity...

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Weitere Verfasser: Worthen, Thomas De Voe (GefeierteR), Christenson, David M. (HerausgeberIn), White, Cynthia (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York ; London ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2024
Schriftenreihe:Bloomsbury classical studies monographs
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Zusammenfassung:"The essays collected in this volume examine manifestations of our sublime cosmos in ancient literature and its reception. Individual themes include religious mystery; calendrical and cyclical thinking as ordering principles of human experience; divine birth and the manifold nature of divinity (both awesome and terrifying); contemplation of the sky and meteorological (ir)regularity; fears associated with overpowering natural and anthropogenic events; and the aspirations and limitations of human expression. In texts ranging from Homer to Keats, the volume's chapters apply diverse critical methods and approaches that engage with sublimity in various aesthetic, agential and metaphysical aspects"--
Beschreibung:xi, 232 Seiten
Porträt (Thomas D. Worthen)
24 cm
ISBN:9781350344679
978-1-350-34467-9
9781350344716
978-1-350-34471-6