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Women Writing Latin
This book is part of a 3-volume anthology of women's writing in Latin from antiquity to the early modern era. Each volume provides texts, contexts, and translations of a wide variety of works produced by women, including dramatic, poetic, and devotional writing. Volume Two covers women's writing in Latin in the Middle Ages.
Women and the Ideology of Political Exclusion
Women and the Ideology of Political Exclusion explores the origin and evolution of the political ideology that has kept women away from centers of political power – from the birth of democracy in ancient Athens to the modern era. In this period of 2500 years, two parallel tracks advanced: while male authority tried to construct an ideology that justified women’s incompatibility with the political organization of the state, women attempted to resist their exclusion and thwart arguments about their inferiority. Although the issue of women’s status has been studied in detail in specific eras, this interdisciplinary collection extends the boundaries of the discussion. Drawing on a wide ran...
The Seeds of Things
The title of this book translates one of the many ways in which Lucretius names the basic matter from which the world is made in De rerum natura. In Lucretius, and in the strain of thought followed in this study, matter is always in motion, always differing from itself and yet always also made of the same stuff. From the pious Lucy Hutchinson’s all but complete translation of the Roman epic poem to Margaret Cavendish’s repudiation of atomism (but not of its fundamental problematic of sameness and difference), a central concern of this book is how a thoroughgoing materialism can be read alongside other strains in the thought of the early modern period, particularly Christianity. A chapter...
A Cultural History of Democracy in Antiquity
This volume surveys democracy broadly as a cultural phenomenon operating in different ways across a very wide range of ancient societies throughout Antiquity. It examines the experiences of those living in democratic communities and considers how ancient practices of democracy differ from our own. The origins of democracy can be traced in a general way to the earliest civilizations, beginning with the early urban societies of the Middle East, and can be seen in cities and communities across the Mediterranean world and Asia. In classical Athens, male citizens enjoyed full participation in the political life of the city and a flourishing democratic culture, as explored in detail in this volume...
›Amicus Lucretius‹
Many scholars have studied the dialogue between the Epicurean tradition and Pierre Gassendi. However, no one so far has ever attempted to conduct a full analysis of the latter’s specific reception of Lucretius. The book attempts to show that Gassendi was the first to discuss almost the whole De rerum natura, as part of an ambitious project. He sought to provide a Christianized version of Lucretius’ theory or to develop an atomistic worldview “freed” from the many dangerous errors that were often imputed to atomism (impiety, debauchery, and irrationality). In particular, Gassendi developed a dialectical strategy that led him to recover a providential atomism, an Epicurean psychology t...
Horazrezeption in der Renaissance
Die Untersuchung widmet sich dem Vergleich von Kommentierungsstrategien in der Renaissance am Beispiel der bisher wenig beachteten Horazkommentare des Cristoforo Landino von 1482 und des Denis Lambin von 1561, die in ihrem Verhältnis zum kommentierten Autor stark kontrastieren. Im ersten Teil liegt der Fokus auf den autorisierenden Paratexten beider Editionen. Landino zeigt sich als Kommentator, der sich als Teil der Dichtungstradition versteht. Lambin hingegen stellt seine Selbststilisierung in den Vordergrund. Im zweiten Teil werden diejenigen Passagen vergleichend analysiert, die die Kommentatoren aufgrund ihres intellektuellen Umfelds vor sprachliche und inhaltliche Herausforderungen st...
Experiencing Hildegard
With a Foreword by Sister Joan Chittister, OSB. Experiencing Hildegard is a synthesis of Hildegard of Bingen's spirituality with insights from Jungian depth psychology, particularly regarding the unconscious and the reality of the soul. In this revised and expanded edition, Clendenen brings the scholarship up to date and addresses the changes wrought by Hildegard being named a Doctor of the Church.
Hélène Cixous
This is a collection of personal essays dealing with the writings of French novelist, Helene Cixous, from 1990 to the present day. The author, Metka Zupancic, examines Cixous's literary output through the mythical, symbolical, and alchemical figures of a New Eurydice and the feminine versions of Hermes and Orpheus. In addition, Cixous's commitment to literature and aesthetics are closely studied and elaborated. This is a highly technical study suitable only for students and scholars of French feminist literature.
