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UNISA996209971503316 |
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Autore |
Downie Janet |
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Titolo |
At the limits of art : a literary study of Aelius Aristides' Hieroi logoi |
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New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-934564-3 |
0-19-992487-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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History |
Western World |
Religion |
Civilization |
Humanities |
Culture |
Anthropology, Cultural |
Anthropology |
Social Sciences |
Greek World |
Religion and Medicine |
History of Medicine |
History, Ancient |
Roman World |
Languages & Literatures |
Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: an author in search of a character -- Hieroi logoi: the god in the text -- Dream description and dream hermeneutics -- Salvum lotum! a rhetor's improvised baths -- A prose hymn for Asclepius? -- "Immunity" and a literary afterlife. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'At the Limits of Art' investigates the literary aspirations of Aelius Aristides' puzzling dream-memoir of illness and divine healing, the |
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