1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910312259803321

Autore

Szokolay, Steven Vajk

Titolo

Environmental science handbook for architects and builders / S. V. Szokolay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lancaster : Construction press, 1980

ISBN

0860958132

Descrizione fisica

532 p. ; 31 cm

Locazione

DINTR

Collocazione

S/29

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00528044

Autore

Morris, Ellen Fowles

Titolo

Famine and feast in ancient Egypt / Ellen Morris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge [etc.], : Cambridge University Press, 2023

ISBN

978-10-09-07458-2

Descrizione fisica

85 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Disciplina

363.80932

Soggetti

Carestie - Egitto antico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This Element is about the creation and curation of social memory in pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egypt. Ancient, Classical, Medieval, and Ottoman sources attest to the horror that characterized catastrophic famines. Occurring infrequently and rarely reaching the canonical seven-years' length, famines appeared and disappeared like



nightmares. Communities that remain aware of potentially recurring tragedies are often advantaged in their efforts to avert or ameliorate worst-case scenarios. For this and other reasons, pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egyptians preserved intergenerational memories of hunger and suffering. This Element begins with a consideration of the trajectories typical of severe Nilotic famines and the concept of social memory. It then argues that personal reflection and literature, prophecy, and an annual festival of remembrance functioned-at different times, and with varying degrees of success-to convince the well-fed that famines had the power to unseat established order and to render a comfortably familiar world unrecognizable.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974247803321

Autore

Maguire Laurie E

Titolo

Shakespeare's names / / Laurie Maguire

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

9780191527524

0191527521

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 256 p

Collana

Oxford Shakespeare topics

Disciplina

822.3/3

Soggetti

Names, Personal, in literature

English language - Etymology - Names

Language and languages in literature

Characters and characteristics in literature

Literature and folklore

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS -- Introduction -- 1. On Names -- 2. The Patronym: Montague and Capulet -- 3. The Mythological Name: Helen -- 4. The Diminutive Name: Kate -- 5. The Place Name: Ephesus -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.



Sommario/riassunto

This unusual and fascinating book convinces readers that names matter in Shakespeare's plays - and that playing with names is a serious business. The focus is Shakespeare - in particular, case-studies of Romeo and Juliet, Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, All's Well that Ends Well, and Troilus and Cressida - but the book also shows what Shakespeare inherited and where the topicdeveloped after him.