Changing bodies, changing meanings : studies on the human body in antiquity /
Changing bodies, changing meanings : studies on the human body in antiquity /
edited by Dominic Montserrat.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 234 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and indexes.
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.
This beautifully illustrated book is the first to place at its centre the emotional and experiential aspect of the body in antiquity.
English.
0585452970 (electronic bk.) 9780585452975 (electronic bk.) 0203436679 (electronic bk.) 9780203436677 (electronic bk.) 9780415135849 (hardcover) 0415135842 (hardcover) 9786610109760 6610109761 1280109769 9781280109768 1134778864 9781134778867 1134778856 9781134778850
10.4324/9780203436677 doi
MYILIB_CUp
GB9772459 bnb GB97-72459
Human body in literature.
Human body--History--Social aspects.
Literature, Ancient--History and criticism.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Corps humain--Histoire--Aspect social.
Littérature ancienne--Histoire et critique.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
Human body in literature.
Human body--Social aspects.
Literature, Ancient.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PN56.B62 / C48 1998eb
809/.9336
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and indexes.
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.
This beautifully illustrated book is the first to place at its centre the emotional and experiential aspect of the body in antiquity.
English.
0585452970 (electronic bk.) 9780585452975 (electronic bk.) 0203436679 (electronic bk.) 9780203436677 (electronic bk.) 9780415135849 (hardcover) 0415135842 (hardcover) 9786610109760 6610109761 1280109769 9781280109768 1134778864 9781134778867 1134778856 9781134778850
10.4324/9780203436677 doi
MYILIB_CUp
GB9772459 bnb GB97-72459
Human body in literature.
Human body--History--Social aspects.
Literature, Ancient--History and criticism.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Corps humain--Histoire--Aspect social.
Littérature ancienne--Histoire et critique.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
Human body in literature.
Human body--Social aspects.
Literature, Ancient.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PN56.B62 / C48 1998eb
809/.9336