Babylon : legend, history and the ancient city / / Michael Seymour |
Autore | Seymour Michael (Michael John) |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (585 p.) |
Disciplina | 935 |
Soggetto topico |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Iraq - Babylon (Extinct city)
Ancient history: to c 500 CE |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-7556-0923-9
0-85773-607-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- 1. A City and its ghosts -- 2. Ancient Babylon -- 3. Tyrants and wonders: The biblical and classical sources -- 4. The Eartly City : Medieval and Renaissance approaches -- 5. Discoveries and fantasies: Enlightenment and modern approaches -- 6. The German experience: Excavation and repetition -- 7. The Library of Babel: Babylon and its representation after the excavations -- 8. Culture and knowledge Postcript: The Babylon exhibitions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Legend, history and the ancient city |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511412103321 |
Seymour Michael (Michael John)
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London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Babylon : legend, history and the ancient city / / Michael Seymour |
Autore | Seymour Michael (Michael John) |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (585 p.) |
Disciplina | 935 |
Soggetto topico |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Iraq - Babylon (Extinct city)
Ancient history: to c 500 CE |
ISBN |
0-7556-0923-9
0-85773-607-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- 1. A City and its ghosts -- 2. Ancient Babylon -- 3. Tyrants and wonders: The biblical and classical sources -- 4. The Eartly City : Medieval and Renaissance approaches -- 5. Discoveries and fantasies: Enlightenment and modern approaches -- 6. The German experience: Excavation and repetition -- 7. The Library of Babel: Babylon and its representation after the excavations -- 8. Culture and knowledge Postcript: The Babylon exhibitions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Legend, history and the ancient city |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797054603321 |
Seymour Michael (Michael John)
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London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Babylon : legend, history and the ancient city / / Michael Seymour |
Autore | Seymour Michael (Michael John) |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (585 p.) |
Disciplina | 935 |
Soggetto topico |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Iraq - Babylon (Extinct city)
Ancient history: to c 500 CE |
ISBN |
0-7556-0923-9
0-85773-607-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- 1. A City and its ghosts -- 2. Ancient Babylon -- 3. Tyrants and wonders: The biblical and classical sources -- 4. The Eartly City : Medieval and Renaissance approaches -- 5. Discoveries and fantasies: Enlightenment and modern approaches -- 6. The German experience: Excavation and repetition -- 7. The Library of Babel: Babylon and its representation after the excavations -- 8. Culture and knowledge Postcript: The Babylon exhibitions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Legend, history and the ancient city |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827894903321 |
Seymour Michael (Michael John)
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London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Babylon Under Western Eyes : A Study of Allusion and Myth / / Andrew Scheil |
Autore | Scheil Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 pages) |
Disciplina | 809.9332355 |
Soggetto topico |
European literature - History and criticism
Allusions in literature Mythology in literature Popular culture in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Libros electronicos. |
ISBN |
1-4426-2513-9
1-4426-2512-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part I: Babylon as Political Metaphor. Chapter One: The Political Image of Babylon in Antiquity -- Chapter Two: Political Babylon in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages -- Chapter Three: Political Babylon from the Great Schism to the Present -- Part II: Babylon as Degenerate Archetype. Chapter Four: The Medieval Genealogy of Babylonian Degeneracy: The Cursed Race -- Chapter Five: The Post-Medieval Genealogy of Babylonian Degeneracy and the Cursed Race Archetype -- Part III: Babylon as Sublime Topos. Chapter Six: City of Ruins -- Chapter Seven: Babylon and the Coordinates of Romance -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798120403321 |
Scheil Andrew
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Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Babylon Under Western Eyes : A Study of Allusion and Myth / / Andrew Scheil |
Autore | Scheil Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 pages) |
Disciplina | 809.9332355 |
Soggetto topico |
European literature - History and criticism
Allusions in literature Mythology in literature Popular culture in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Libros electronicos. |
ISBN |
1-4426-2513-9
1-4426-2512-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part I: Babylon as Political Metaphor. Chapter One: The Political Image of Babylon in Antiquity -- Chapter Two: Political Babylon in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages -- Chapter Three: Political Babylon from the Great Schism to the Present -- Part II: Babylon as Degenerate Archetype. Chapter Four: The Medieval Genealogy of Babylonian Degeneracy: The Cursed Race -- Chapter Five: The Post-Medieval Genealogy of Babylonian Degeneracy and the Cursed Race Archetype -- Part III: Babylon as Sublime Topos. Chapter Six: City of Ruins -- Chapter Seven: Babylon and the Coordinates of Romance -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815099103321 |
Scheil Andrew
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Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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