A cultural history of the emotions in antiquity

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A cultural history of the emotions in antiquity

edited by Douglas Cairns

(A cultural history of the emotions / general editors, Susan Broomhall, Jane W. Davidson, and Andrew Lynch, v. 1)

Bloomsbury Academic, 2019

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-214) and index

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Description

This volume provides an overview of some of the salient aspects of emotions and their role in life and thought of the Greco-Roman world, from the beginnings of Greek literature and history to the height of the Roman Empire. This is a wide remit, dealing with a wide range of sources in two ancient languages, and in the full range of contexts that are covered by the format of this series. The volume’s chapters survey the emotional worlds of the ancient Greeks and Romans from multiple perspectives – philosophical, scientific, medical, literary, musical, theatrical, religious, domestic, political, art-historical and historical. All chapters consider both Greek and Roman evidence, ranging from the Homeric poems to the Roman Imperial period and making extensive use of both elite and non-elite texts and documents, including those preserved on stone, papyrus and similar media, and in other forms of material culture. The volume is thus fully reflective of the latest research in the emerging discipline of ancient emotion history.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Series Editors' Preface Introduction: Emotion History and the Classics, Douglas Cairns (University of Edinburgh, UK) 1. Medical and Scientific Understandings, George Kazantzidis (University of Patras, Greece) 2. Religion and Spirituality, Fred S. Naiden (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) 3. Music and Dance, Eleonora Rocconi (University of Pavia, Italy) 4. Drama, David Konstan (New York University, USA) 5. The Visual Arts, Viktoria Räuchle (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany) 6. Literature, Ruth Scodel (University of Michigan, USA) and Ruth R. Caston (University of Michigan, USA) 7. In Private: The Individual and the Domestic Community, Lin Foxhall (University of Liverpool, UK) 8. In Public: Collectivities and Polities, Angelos Chaniotis (Princeton University, USA) and Catherine Steel (University of Glasgow, UK) Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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  • NCID
    BB27705198
  • ISBN
    • 9781472535801
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 222 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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