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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958764203321

Autore

Rohrbacher David <1969->

Titolo

The Play of Allusion in the Historia Augusta / / David Rohrbacher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wisconsin : , : The University of Wisconsin Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

9780299306038

0299306038

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Collana

Wisconsin studies in classics

Disciplina

877.01

Soggetti

Allusions in literature

Emperors - Rome - Biography - History and criticism

Rome History Errors, inventions, etc

Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D Sources

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.

Sommario/riassunto

By turns outlandish, humorous, and scatological, the Historia Augusta is an eccentric compilation of biographies of the Roman emperors and usurpers of the second and third centuries. Historians of late antiquity have struggled to explain the fictional date and authorship of the work and its bizarre content (did the Emperor Carinus really swim in pools of floating apples and melons? did the usurper Proculus really deflower a hundred virgins in fifteen days?). David Rohrbacher offers, instead, a literary analysis of the work, focusing on its many playful allusions. Marshaling an array of interdisciplinary research and original analysis, he contends that the Historia Augusta originated in a circle of scholarly readers with an interest in biography, and that its allusions and parodies were meant as puzzles and jokes for a knowing and appreciative audience.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299469403321

Titolo

Encyclopedia of Thermal Stresses / / edited by Richard B. Hetnarski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

94-007-2739-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (LXXXIII, 6643 p. 3269 illus., 1141 illus. in color. eReference.)

Disciplina

620.1121

Soggetti

Mechanics

Mechanics, Applied

Materials science

Thermodynamics

Heat engineering

Heat - Transmission

Mass transfer

Building materials

Aerospace engineering

Astronautics

Solid Mechanics

Classical Mechanics

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer

Structural Materials

Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

The Encyclopedia of Thermal Stresses is an important interdisciplinary reference work.  In addition to topics on thermal stresses, it contains entries on related topics, such as the theory of elasticity, heat conduction, thermodynamics, appropriate topics on applied mathematics, and topics on numerical methods. The Encyclopedia is



aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and engineers. It brings together well established knowledge and recently received results. All entries were prepared  by leading experts from all over the world, and are presented in an easily accessible format. The work is lavishly illustrated, examples and applications are given where appropriate, ideas for further development abound, and the work will challenge many students and researchers to pursue new results of their own. This work can also serve as a one-stop resource for all who need succinct, concise, reliable and up to date information in short encyclopedic entries, while the extensive references will be of interest to those who need further information. For the coming decade, this is likely to remain the most extensive and authoritative work on Thermal Stresses.