1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996237246403316

Autore

Verhelst Berenice <1987->

Titolo

Direct speech in Nonnus' Dionysiaca : narrative and rhetorical functions of the characters' "varied" and "many-faceted" words / / by Berenice Verhelst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

90-04-33465-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Mnemosyne supplements. Late antique literature, , 2214-5621 ; ; volume 397

Disciplina

883/.01

Soggetti

Direct discourse in literature

Rhetoric, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Introduction -- Imitation and Transformation: From Troy to India and from Medea to Morrheus -- Types of Epic Speech: The Battle Exhortation -- Speeches within Speeches -- The Rhetoric of Deception: Persuasive Strategies -- Ecphrastic Ethopoeae and the Perspective of the Text-Internal Observer -- Rhetoric of Seduction and Failure of Communication in the Beroe Episode -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

Direct Speech in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca is the first more extensive study of the use and functions of direct speech in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca (5th century AD). Its long soliloquies and scarcity of dialogues have often been pointed out as striking characteristics of Nonnus’ epic style, but nonetheless this fascinating subject received relatively little attention. Berenice Verhelst aims to reveal the poem’s constant interplay between the epic tradition and the late antique literary context with its clear rhetorical stamp. She focusses on the changed functions of direct speech and their implications for the presentation of the mythological story. Organized around six case studies, this book presents an in-depth analysis of a representative part of the vast corpus of the Dionysiaca’s 305 speeches. The digital appendix to this book ( Database of Direct Speech in Greek Epic Poetry ) can be consulted



online at www.dsgep.ugent.be .

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791349803321

Titolo

Ethnic Europe [[electronic resource] ] : mobility, identity, and conflict in a globalized world / / edited by Roland Hsu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8047-7379-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HsuRoland <1961->

Disciplina

305.80094

Soggetti

Ethnicity - Europe

Group identity - Europe

Minorities - Europe

Immigrants - Europe

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. The Ethnic Question -- Chapter Two. -- Chapter Three. -- Chapter Four. -- Chapter Five. Veiled Truths -- Chapter Six. Europe’s Internal Exiles -- Chapter Seven. The Return of Ethnicity to Europe via Islamic Migration? -- Chapter Eight. Germans and Jews in Turkey -- Chapter Nine. Experiment Mars, Turkish Migration, and the Future of Europe -- Chapter Ten. Jews in Contemporary Europe -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ethnic Europe examines the increasingly complex ethnic challenges facing the expanding European Union. Essays from eleven experts tackle such issues as labor migration, strains on welfare economies, the durability of local traditions, the effects of globalized cultures, and the role of Islamic diasporas, separatist movements, and threats of terrorism. With Europe now a destination for global immigration, European countries are increasingly alert to the difficult struggle to balance minority rights with social cohesion. In pondering these dilemmas, the contributors to this volume take us from theory, history, and broad views of diasporas, to the particularities of neighborhoods,



borderlands, and popular literature and film that have been shaped by the mixing of ethnic cultures.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911004822303321

Titolo

Blast effects on buildings / / edited by David Cormie, Geoff Mays and Peter Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Thomas Telford, , 2009

ISBN

1-281-99144-9

1-62870-503-5

9786611991449

0-7277-4044-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

CormieDavid

MaysGeoffrey

SmithP. D. <1950 March 26->

Disciplina

693/.854

Soggetti

Buildings - Blast effects

Structural dynamics

Structural design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Providing the latest practical guidance on designing buildings to optimise their resilience to blast loading, this text is focused specifically on the design of commercial buildings. It helps engineers reduce the risks posed to building occupants and businesses from terrorist and other explosions.