Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 234 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Introduction / Dominic Montserrat -- pt. 1. Perfect bodies, imperfect bodies: Disabling bodies / Nicholas Vlahogiannis. The dynamics of beauty in classical Greece / Richard Hawley -- pt. 2. Bodies and signs in Latin literature: Exuvias effigiemque : Dido, Aeneas and the body as sign / Angus Bowie. Bodies in flux : Ovid's Metamorphoses / Penelope Murray -- pt. 3. Modifying the early Christian body: Bodies and blood : Late Antique debate on martyrdom, virginity and resurrection / Gillian Clark. Reading the disjointed body in Coptic : from physical modification to textual fragmentation / Terry Wilfong -- pt. 4. The ancient body's trajectory through time: The irresistible body and the seduction of archaeology / Lynn Meskell. Unidentified human remains : mummies and the erotics of biography / Dominic Montserrat. Nacktleben / Jane Stevenson |
Summary |
This beautifully illustrated book is the first to place at its centre the emotional and experiential aspect of the body in antiquity |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and indexes |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Human body in literature.
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Human body -- History -- Social aspects
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Literature, Ancient -- History and criticism
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Human body in literature
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Human body -- Social aspects
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Literature, Ancient
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Montserrat, Dominic, 1964-
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ISBN |
0585452970 |
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9780585452975 |
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0203436679 |
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9780203436677 |
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9780415135849 |
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0415135842 |
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9786610109760 |
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6610109761 |
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1280109769 |
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9781280109768 |
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1134778864 |
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9781134778867 |
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1134778856 |
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9781134778850 |
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