1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453604403321

Titolo

The world of the Aramaeans . II [[electronic resource] /] / edited by P.M. Michèle Daviau, John W. Wevers and Michael Weigl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c2001

ISBN

1-281-84174-9

9786611841744

0-567-10166-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 325

Altri autori (Persone)

WeversJohn William

DaviauP. M. Michèle

WeiglMichael <1963->

DionPaul-Eugène <1934->

Disciplina

939.43

939/.4

Soggetti

Arameans - History

Electronic books.

Middle East History To 622

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Paul-Eugène Dion: An Appreciation; Phoenicians and Aramaeans: The Literary and Epigraphic Evidence; Aramaica Haburensia V: Limu-Datierungen in aramäischen Urkunden des 7. Jh. v. Chr.; The bytdwd-Inscription and Israelite Historiography: Taking Stock after Half a Decade of Research; Quelques observations sur le bytdwd de la stèle araméenne de Tel Dan; Tell Afis and the Lu'ash in the Aramaean Period; Tell Ta'yinat and the Kingdom of Unqi; A New Weight from Hamath and Trade Relations with the South in the Ninth-Eighth Centuries BCE

Toward a New Paradigmatic Understanding of Long-Distance Trade in the Ancient Near East: From the Middle Bronze II to Early Iron II-A SketchFamily Religion: Evidence for the Paraphernalia of the Domestic Cult; Les plus anciens témoignages sur le dieu Eshmoun: Une mise au point; Un nouvel autel à encens de Palmyre; Iron Age Settlement in Edom: A Revised Framework; Aramaic Funerary Practices in Egypt;



Bibliography of Paul-Eugène Dion; Index of Modern Authors; Index of Subjects; Index of Personal and Tribal Names; Index of Geographical Names

Sommario/riassunto

The World of the Aramaeans is a three-volume collection of definitive essays about the Aramaeans and the biblical world of which they were a part. Areas of interest include the language, epigraphy and history of the Aramaeans of Syria as well of their neighbours, the Israelites, Phoenicians, Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites. The second volume, devoted to history and archaeology, includes contributions by Brian Peckham, Wolfgang Röllig, Carl S. Ehrlich, Guy Couturier, Stafania Mazzoni, Timothy P. Harrison, Michael Heltzer, John S. Holladay Jr., Michéle Daviau, Paolo Xella, Emile Pusch, Piotr Bi

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779014403321

Autore

Matthews Graham

Titolo

Ethics and desire in the wake of postmodernism : contemporary satire / Graham Matthews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Continuum, 2012

ISBN

1-4725-4241-X

1-280-57933-1

9786613609106

1-4411-3439-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Continuum literary studies

Disciplina

809.3/9357

Soggetti

Fiction - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Satire

Ethics in literature

Desire in literature

Postmodernism (Literature)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

You do an awfully good impression of yourself: fear and uncertainty in Bret Easton Ellis' Lunar Park -- Nihilism and the sublime in Chuck



Palahniuk's Fight Club -- Revolution and the multitude in J.G. Ballard's Millennium People -- Evil is to morality as magnolia is to paint: ethics and aesthetics in Will Self's Dorian: an imitation -- Sex tourism and the politics of enjoyment in Michel Houellebecq's Platform -- Feminism, satire and critique in the work of Tama Janowitz

Introduction -- 1. "You Do an Awfully Good -- Impression of Yourself" - Fear and Uncertainty in Bret Easton Ellis' Lunar Park -- 2. Nihilism and the Sublime in Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club -- 3. Violence and -- the Multitude in J.G. Ballard's Millennium People -- 4. "Evil is to Morality as -- Magnolia is to Paint" Ethics and Aesthetics in Will Self's Dorian: An Imitation -- 5. Sex Tourism and the Politics of Enjoyment in Michel Houellebecq's Platform -- 6. Feminism, Satire and Critique in the Work of Tama Janowitz -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

What is the significance of writing in the wake of postmodernism? The previous decade has seen a growing interest in criticism of postmodern ethics and aesthetics from theorists and writers. This book begins to answer what art form or critical methodology might take its place.  Exploring the work of six contemporary novelists - Bret Easton Ellis, J.G. Ballard, Will Self, Michel Houellebecq, Tama Janowitz and Chuck Palahniuk - Ethics and Desire in the Wake of Postmodernism delivers a series of interventions into six key areas of contemporary debate: fear, nihilism, revolution, ethics, enjoyment and feminism. The book goes on to develop an innovative critical methodology which reinvigorates the ability of art and literature to engage in ideological critique. Rather than valorising separatism, plurality or indeterminacy, this approach delivers a critical framework which enacts a radical de-centering of the fundamental coordinates of contemporary society.