Although Seneca s De Ira has long been considered a standard Stoic approach to anger in dialogue form its structure more closely approximates that of an epistle. The prevalence of legal terminology as well as numerous and recurrent legal contexts suggest that Seneca us... Lees meer.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such... Lees meer.

In der Reihe Philologus. Supplemente Philologus. Supplementary Volumes werden Monographien und Sammelb nde zu allen Themen der Klassischen Philologie und ihrer Rezeption ver ffentlicht. Der Fokus liegt insbesondere auf den neuesten Ans tzen der Literatur- und Kulturw... Lees meer.

This book argues that the way the eighteenth-century epistolary novel represented consciousness had a significant influence on the later novel a view that had been largely ignored in most accounts of the development of the novel. The epistolary novel is a form whic... Lees meer.

This original and provocative 2001 study discusses the work of a number of authors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in order to argue that mainstream society was enabled to accept the non-normative sexuality of the Aesthetic Movement chiefly through parody and... Lees meer.

Mimicry of and ribaldry in American literature from its beginnings to the Lost and Found Generation. E.B. White H.G. Wells Stephen Crane Henry David Thoreau and Corey Ford are among the contributors.... Lees meer.

In Old Friends by Andrew Lang readers are treated to a collection of charming and thought-provoking essays and stories that delve into the complexities of human relationships. Lang s literary style is characterized by its eloquence and wit as he skillfully weaves to... Lees meer.

Parody often stands accused of producing derivative art deficient in taste and skill. But in the hands of writers such as Ezra Pound Wyndham Lewis T. S. Eliot James Joyce Ford Madox Ford and Virginia Woolf the mode engendered revolutionary self-reflexive critical... Lees meer.

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Robert Phiddian explores the parody in Swift s early texts especially A Tale of a Tub and throws new light both on the theory of parody and on developments in British culture in the eighteenth century. Jonathan Swift s prose has been discussed extensively as satire... Lees meer.

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PubOne.info present you this new edition. The studies in this volume originally appeared in the St. James s Gazette. Two from a friendly hand have been omitted here by the author of the rest as non sua poma. One was by Mr. RICHARD SWIVELLER to a boon companion and... Lees meer.

A look at the use of imaginary letters in Greek literature. The book challenges the notion that Ovid invented the fictional letter form in the Heroides and considers a wealth of Greek antecedents for the later European epistolary novel tradition. A comprehensive l... Lees meer.

John Galsworthy s Studies and Essays. Concerning Letters is a profound collection that delves into the intricate world of literature and the significance of letters. Galsworthy s eloquent and thought-provoking essays explore the power of written communication offeri... Lees meer.

Jonathan Swift s prose has been discussed extensively as satire but its major structural element parody has not received the attention it deserves. Focusing mainly on works before 1714 and especially on A Tale of a Tub this study explores Swift s writing primarily... Lees meer.