1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996203497103316

Autore

Gray Vivienne

Titolo

Xenophon's mirror of princes : reading the reflections

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-172495-5

0-19-956381-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (405 p.)

Disciplina

938/.007202

Soggetti

Leadership in literature - History and criticism

Greek literature

Languages & Literatures

Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures

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.

Nota di contenuto

Mirror of princes or flaws in the glass? : general remarks -- Explicit authorial evaluations in historical writing -- Xenophon's adaptations of his literary predecessors : Homer, Herodotus, and others -- Xenophon's patterned narratives of leadership -- Readings of Cyropaedia -- The dynamics of friendship -- Xenophon's Socratic and other ironies.

Sommario/riassunto

This title is a study of images of leadership in Xenophon's narrative works. Gray argues that Xenophon employs techniques such as the creation of patterned narratives, as well as allusions to Homer and Herodotus.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957877603321

Autore

Alexander Ronelle

Titolo

Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a grammar : with sociolinguistic commentary / / Ronelle Alexander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006

ISBN

9786612269899

9781282269897

1282269895

9780299211936

0299211932

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 464 pages) : illustrations, maps

Classificazione

FOR000000FOR024000HIS032000

Disciplina

491.8/2

Soggetti

Bosnian language - Grammar, Comparative - Croatian

Bosnian language - Grammar, Comparative - Serbian

Croatian language - Grammar, Comparative - Bosnian

Croatian language - Grammar, Comparative - Serbian

Serbian language - Grammar, Comparative - Bosnian

Serbian language - Grammar, Comparative - Croatian

Sociolinguistics - Former Yugoslav republics

Former Yugoslav republics Languages Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- GRAMMAR -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- CHAPTER 8 -- CHAPTER 9 -- CHAPTER 10 -- CHAPTER 11 -- CHAPTER 12 -- CHAPTER 13 -- CHAPTER 14 -- CHAPTER 15 -- CHAPTER 16 -- CHAPTER 17 -- CHAPTER 18 -- CHAPTER 19 -- CHAPTER 20 -- SOCIOLINGUISTIC COMMENTARY -- CHAPTER 21 -- CHAPTER 22 -- CHAPTER 23 -- CHAPTER 24 -- CHAPTER 25 -- CHAPTER 26 -- INDEX to Grammar -- INDEX to Sociolinguistic commentary -- INDEX of words (BCS) -- INDEX of words (English).

Sommario/riassunto

Analyzes and clarifies the complex, dynamic language situation in the



former Yugoslavia. Addressing the issues connected with the splintering of Serbo-Croatian into component languages, this book provides teachers and learners with practical solutions and presents the differences among the languages and the communicative core that they share.