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UNINA9910588799003321 |
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Autore |
Masson Pierre |
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Titolo |
André Gide, voyage et écriture / / Pierre Masson |
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Lyon, : Presses universitaires de Lyon, 2022 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (434 p.) |
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André Gide - Textes et correspondances |
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Literature (General) |
littérature française |
littérature |
littérature épistolaire |
lettre |
XXe siècle |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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C’est presque à la même époque qu’André Gide découvrit la passion du voyage et celle de l’écriture ; qu’il ait ensuite établi entre ces deux activités, des rapports féconds ne serait pas étonnant, et ne le distinguerait guère de toute une catégorie d’écrivains nomades qui proliféra avec l’essor de la colonisation et des moyens de transport. Mais il se trouve que ces rapports furent aussi d’opposition, le bonheur du voyage devenant sous sa plume l’expression d’un destin ironique ou tragique, toujours décevant, parfois cruel. S’interrogeant sur les causes de cette contradiction, cet ouvrage s’efforce de montrer l’existence d’une véritable stratégie du voyage gidien : lisible autant dans la structure des œuvres que dans leur organisation thématique ou symbolique, elle permet à son auteur de vivre et de dire ce que la société et une part de lui-même condamnaient au silence. Chargé à la fois de révéler et de dissimuler, le voyage est ainsi au cœur de l’ambiguïté gidienne. Partant des rapports historiques de Gide avec le voyage, c’est donc en fait dans une relecture de son œuvre que nous |
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sommes embarqués, voyageant à notre tour à la poursuite d’un éternel absent. |
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UNINA9910777369003321 |
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Autore |
Holt Frank Lee |
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Alexander the Great and the mystery of the elephant medallions / / Frank L. Holt |
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Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
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©2003 |
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1-282-35812-X |
9786612358128 |
0-520-93878-X |
1-59734-457-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 198 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Hellenistic culture and society ; ; 44 |
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Coins, Ancient |
Coins, Greek |
Elephants in numismatics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-189) and index. |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ONE. Man of Mystery -- TWO. A Treasure -- THREE. Picking a Fight -- FOUR. Whose Pachyderm, Whole or Halved? -- FIVE. Another Treasure -- SIX. A Closer Look -- SEVEN. A Dark and Stormy Night -- APPENDIX A. THE PUBLISHED ELEPHANT MEDALLIONS -- APPENDIX B. SOME POSSIBLE FORGERIES OF THE LARGE MEDALLION -- APPENDIX C. THE 1973 IRAQ HOARD -- INDEX |
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To all those who witnessed his extraordinary conquests, from Albania to India, Alexander the Great appeared invincible. How Alexander himself promoted this appearance-how he abetted the belief that he enjoyed divine favor and commanded even the forces of nature against his enemies-is the subject of Frank L. Holt's absorbing book. Solid |
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evidence for the "supernaturalized" Alexander lies in a rare series of medallions that depict the triumphant young king at war against the elephants, archers, and chariots of Rajah Porus of India at the Battle of the Hydaspes River. Recovered from Afghanistan and Iraq in sensational and sometimes perilous circumstances, these ancient artifacts have long animated the modern historical debate about Alexander. Holt's book, the first devoted to the mystery of these ancient medallions, takes us into the history of their discovery and interpretation, into the knowable facts of their manufacture and meaning, and, ultimately, into the king's own psyche and his frightening theology of war. The result is a valuable analysis of Alexander history and myth, a vivid account of numismatics, and a spellbinding look into the age-old mechanics of megalomania. |
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