Uncharted waters [[electronic resource] ] : intellectual life in the Edo period : essays in honour of W.J. Boot / / edited by Anna Beerens and Mark Teeuwen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462379403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012
• ISBN: 1-280-49606-1; 9786613591296; 90-04-22901-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Collana: Brill's Japanese studies library ; ; v. 38
• Altri autori (Persone): BeerensAnna <1957->; TeeuwenMark; BootW. J
• Disciplina: 952/.025
• Soggetti: History; Electronic books.; Japan Intellectual life 1600-1868; Japan History Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Aspects of intellectual life in Edo Japan / Anna Beerens and Mark Teeuwen -- Entertainment and education: An antiquarian society in Edo, 1824–25 / Margarita Winkel -- The prince who collected scholars: The network of Myōhō-in no miya Shinnin Hōshinnō (1768–1805) / Anna Beerens -- “Not perfectly good”: Some Edo responses to Confucius’s characterization of Kings Wen and Wu / Kate Wildman Nakai -- Confucianism versus feudalism: The Shōheizaka academy and late Tokugawa reform / Kiri Paramore -- Minding the gaps: An early Edo history of Sino-Japanese poetry / Ivo Smits -- The Way of Heaven in 1816: Ideology or rhetoric? / Mark Teeuwen -- The history and miraculous efficacy of the Black Amida: Its significance for Zōjōji and its role in the diffusion of Tokugawa myths / Marc Buijnsters -- Insincere blessings? Court-Bakufu relations and the creation of engi scrolls in honour of Tokugawa Ieyasu / Lee Bruschke-Johnson -- What’s in a name? Padre João Rodriguez’s discussion of ; naming practices in his Short grammar of the Japanese language / Jeroen Lamers -- The Dūfu Haruma: An explosive dictionary / Rudolf Effert -- The Kurisaki school of sword wound surgery: From Sengoku to Genroku; Nagasaki to Edo (via Manila) / Thomas Harper -- List of publications by Prof. Dr. Willem Jan Boot / Steven Hagers -- List of contributors -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the Edo period, Japan had its first experience of what one might call “intellectual life” in a pregnant sense of the word: a scene that combined serious intellectual pursuits, from poetry writing to the interpretation of the Confucian classics, with intense social interaction. Edo-period Japan was crisscrossed by networks of poets, scholars, artists and collectors who exchanged information, discussed each other’s work, cooperated in collaborative projects, and gossiped about each other. Intellectual life in Edo Japan was a seething cauldron of social interaction and competition, sometimes harmoniously productive, sometimes destructively vicious, but never stagnant. This volume, compiled in honour of Prof. W.J. Boot, offers eleven essays that explore the intellectual scene of Edo-period Japan from a variety of perspectives.

The Cambridge companion to Homer / / edited by Robert Fowler [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996216693303316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-107-48113-9; 1-107-48573-8; 0-511-99893-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 419 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Cambridge companions to literature
• Disciplina: 883/.01
• Soggetti: Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism; Mythology, Greek, in literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. The poems and their narrator. The Iliad : an unpredictable classic / Donald Lateiner ; The Odyssey and its explorations / Michael Silk ; The story-teller and his audience / Ruth Scodel -- pt. 2. The characters. The Gods in the Homeric epics / Emily Kearns ; Manhood and heroism / Michael Clarke ; Gender and Homeric epic / Nancy Felson and Laura Slatkin -- pt. 3. The poet's craft. Formulas, metre and type-scenes / Matthew Clark ; Similes and other likenesses / Richard Buxton ; The speeches / Jasper Griffin -- pt. 4. Text and context. Epic as genre / John Miles Foley ; The epic tradition in Greece / Ken Dowden ; Homer's society / Robin Osborne ; The Homeric question / Robert Fowler -- pt. 5. Homeric receptions. Homer and Greek literature / Richard Hunter ; Roman Homer / Joseph Farrell ; Homer and English epic / Penelope Wilson ; Homer and the Romantics / Timothy Webb ; Homer and Ulysses / Vanda Zajko ; Homer : the history of an idea / James I. Porter ; "Shards and suckers" : contemporary receptions of Homer / Lorna Hardwick ; Homer in English translation / George Steiner.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Cambridge Companion to Homer is a guide to the essential aspects of Homeric criticism and scholarship, including the reception of the poems in ancient and modern times. Written by an international team ; of scholars, it is intended to be the first port of call for students at all levels, with introductions to important subjects and suggestions for further exploration. Alongside traditional topics like the Homeric Question, the divine apparatus of the poems, the formulae, the characters and the archaeological background, there are detailed discussions of similes, speeches, the poet as story-teller and the genre of epic both within Greece and worldwide. The reception chapters include assessments of ancient Greek and Roman readings as well as selected modern interpretations from the eighteenth century to the present day. Chapters on Homer in English translation and 'Homer' in the history of ideas round out the collection.