1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910814183103321

Autore

Norton Elizabeth

Titolo

Aspects of ecphrastic technique in Ovid's Metamorphoses / / by Elizabeth Norton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-6547-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Disciplina

873.01

Soggetti

Fables, Latin - History and criticism

Ekphrasis

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE - RHETORICAL BACKGROUND; CHAPTER TWO - SOME NOTES ON THEORY ; CHAPTER THREE - EARLY ECPHRASIS; CHAPTER FOUR - HELLENISTIC AND BEYOND; CHAPTER FIVE - OVID''S ECPHRASES; CHAPTER SIX - EPISODES OF GREAT ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

By first examining the origins of ecphrasis as a rhetorical trope, as well as its association with simile, the author provides an historical context on which to base a discussion of Ovid's own use of the device. Consideration is given to recent theoretical approaches to the subject, as well as to a selection of ancient texts that may have influenced Ovid's work. After this, a more in-depth examination of relevant passages within the Metamorphoses is undertaken. The author concludes by consid...



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910510603003321

Titolo

Conceptual Modeling – ER 2011 : 30th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Brussels, Belgium, October 31 - November 3, 2011. Proceedings / / edited by Manfred Jeusfeld, Lois Delcambre, Tok Wang Ling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2011

ISBN

3-642-24606-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 530 p. 177 illus., 96 illus. in color.)

Collana

Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI, , 2946-1642 ; ; 6998

Altri autori (Persone)

JeusfeldManfred A

DelcambreLois M. L

LingTok Wang

Disciplina

005.1

Soggetti

Software engineering

Computer science

Compilers (Computer programs)

Computer programming

Artificial intelligence

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Human-computer interaction

Software Engineering

Computer Science Logic and Foundations of Programming

Compilers and Interpreters

Programming Techniques

Artificial Intelligence

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2011, held in Brussels, Belgium, in October/November 2011. The 25 revised full



papers presented together with 14 short papers and three keynotes were carefully reviewed and selected from 157 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on modeling goals and compliance; human and socio-technical factors; ontologies; data model theory; model development and maintainability; user interfaces and software classification; evolution, propagation and refinement; UML and requirements modeling; views, queries and search; requirements and business intelligence; MDA and ontology-based modeling; process modeling; panels.