The cosmic time of empire [[electronic resource] ] : modern Britain and world literature / / Adam Barrows |
Autore | Barrows Adam |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.80933 |
Collana | Flash points |
Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Modernism (Literature) - English-speaking countries Time in literature Time - Political aspects Time - Systems and standards |
Soggetto non controllato |
1884
adventure novels backward arrow bram stoker cosmopolitan clock empire geopolitics globe greenwich h rider haggard high modernism human temporality imperialism india indian literature james joyce joseph conrad literary criticism modern literature modernism modernist modernity nature of time negri politics prime meridian rudyard kipling science semiotics theory south asian novels standard time temporality time victorian culture victorian literature virginia woolf world standard time |
ISBN |
1-283-27744-1
9786613277442 0-520-94815-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Standard Time, Greenwich, and the Cosmopolitan Clock -- Chapter 2. "Turning From the Shadows That Follow Us" -- Chapter 3. At the Limits of Imperial Time; or, Dracula Must Die! -- Chapter 4. "The Shortcomings of Timetables" -- Chapter 5. "A Few Hours Wrong" -- Conclusion. A Postmodern Politics of Time? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785411203321 |
Barrows Adam | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Homer the theologian : Neoplatonist allegorical reading and the growth of the epic tradition / / Robert Lamberton |
Autore | Lamberton Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1986 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 363 pages) : 1 illustration |
Disciplina | 883/.01 |
Collana | The transformation of the classical heritage |
Soggetto topico |
Religion in literature
Allegory Neoplatonism Epic poetry - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
achilles
allegory ancient philosophy bards calchas classicism classics dante divine inspiration divinity epic poetry epic tradition epic form genre gods and goddesses greco roman studies greek hero homer homeric poems iliad invocation literary criticism literary theory literature myth mythology nonfiction odyssey oral tradition platonic tradition platonism poetic form prophecy religion religious experience revelation semiotics theory supernatural theoclymenus tiresias trojan war |
ISBN |
9786612355486
0-520-06607-3 0-520-90920-8 1-282-35548-1 0-585-16426-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- I. THE DIVINE HOMER AND THE BACKGROUND OF NEOPLATONIC ALLEGORY -- II. MIDDLE PLATONISM AND THE INTERACTION OF INTERPRETIVE TRADITIONS -- III. PLOTINIAN NEOPLATONISM -- IV. THE INTERACTION OF ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION AND DELIBERATE ALLEGORY -- V. PROCLUS -- VI. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE NEOPLATONISTS' HOMER TO THE LATIN MIDDLE AGES -- AFTERWORD. PRECONCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING: THE ALLEGORISTS IN MODERN PERSPECTIVE -- APPENDIX I -- APPENDIX II -- APPENDIX III -- APPENDIX IV -- WORKS CITED -- ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PASSAGES CITED -- INDEX OF GREEK TERMS -- GENERAL INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786211703321 |
Lamberton Robert | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1986 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Homer the theologian : Neoplatonist allegorical reading and the growth of the epic tradition / / Robert Lamberton |
Autore | Lamberton Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1986 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 363 pages) : 1 illustration |
Disciplina | 883/.01 |
Collana | The transformation of the classical heritage |
Soggetto topico |
Religion in literature
Allegory Neoplatonism Epic poetry - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
achilles
allegory ancient philosophy bards calchas classicism classics dante divine inspiration divinity epic poetry epic tradition epic form genre gods and goddesses greco roman studies greek hero homer homeric poems iliad invocation literary criticism literary theory literature myth mythology nonfiction odyssey oral tradition platonic tradition platonism poetic form prophecy religion religious experience revelation semiotics theory supernatural theoclymenus tiresias trojan war |
ISBN |
9786612355486
0-520-06607-3 0-520-90920-8 1-282-35548-1 0-585-16426-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- I. THE DIVINE HOMER AND THE BACKGROUND OF NEOPLATONIC ALLEGORY -- II. MIDDLE PLATONISM AND THE INTERACTION OF INTERPRETIVE TRADITIONS -- III. PLOTINIAN NEOPLATONISM -- IV. THE INTERACTION OF ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION AND DELIBERATE ALLEGORY -- V. PROCLUS -- VI. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE NEOPLATONISTS' HOMER TO THE LATIN MIDDLE AGES -- AFTERWORD. PRECONCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING: THE ALLEGORISTS IN MODERN PERSPECTIVE -- APPENDIX I -- APPENDIX II -- APPENDIX III -- APPENDIX IV -- WORKS CITED -- ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PASSAGES CITED -- INDEX OF GREEK TERMS -- GENERAL INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822779403321 |
Lamberton Robert | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1986 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A reference grammar of Wappo / / Sandra A. Thompson, Joseph Sung-Yul Park, Charles N. Li |
Autore | Thompson Sandra A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 172 pages) |
Disciplina | 497/.5 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ParkJoseph Sung-Yul
LiCharles N. <1940-> |
Collana |
University of California publications in linguistics
UC Publications in Linguistics |
Soggetto topico | Wappo dialect - Grammar |
Soggetto non controllato |
associative phrases
bay area complex sentences conjunctions dead language dialect directional prefixes foreign language grammar indigenous culture indigenous language indigenous people language isolate language laura fish somersal linguistics morphosyntax nonfiction noun phrase reference russian river valley semiotics theory sentential complements temporal clauses typology verb classes verb paradigms verb phrase wappo word order |
ISBN |
1-282-23390-4
9786613811646 0-520-91610-7 |
Classificazione | EE 4547 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBTEVIATIONS -- 1. PHONEMIC INVENTORY AND TRANSCRIPTION -- 2. WORD ORDER -- 3. THE NOUN PHRASE -- 4. THE VERB PHRASE -- 5. SIMPLE CLAUSE TYPES -- 6. COMPLEX SENTENCES -- APPENDIX: ADDITIONAL VERB PARADIGMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790325903321 |
Thompson Sandra A | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A reference grammar of Wappo / / Sandra A. Thompson, Joseph Sung-Yul Park, Charles N. Li |
Autore | Thompson Sandra A |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 172 pages) |
Disciplina | 497/.5 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ParkJoseph Sung-Yul
LiCharles N. <1940-> |
Collana |
University of California publications in linguistics
UC Publications in Linguistics |
Soggetto topico | Wappo dialect - Grammar |
Soggetto non controllato |
associative phrases
bay area complex sentences conjunctions dead language dialect directional prefixes foreign language grammar indigenous culture indigenous language indigenous people language isolate language laura fish somersal linguistics morphosyntax nonfiction noun phrase reference russian river valley semiotics theory sentential complements temporal clauses typology verb classes verb paradigms verb phrase wappo word order |
ISBN |
1-282-23390-4
9786613811646 0-520-91610-7 |
Classificazione | EE 4547 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBTEVIATIONS -- 1. PHONEMIC INVENTORY AND TRANSCRIPTION -- 2. WORD ORDER -- 3. THE NOUN PHRASE -- 4. THE VERB PHRASE -- 5. SIMPLE CLAUSE TYPES -- 6. COMPLEX SENTENCES -- APPENDIX: ADDITIONAL VERB PARADIGMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822645703321 |
Thompson Sandra A | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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