Tears in the Graeco-Roman World |
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| Editor:
| Fö, Thorsten |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-020111-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $227.99USD $260.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume presents a wide range of contributions that analyse the cultural, sociological and communicative significance of tears and crying in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The papers cover the time from the eighth century BCE until late antiquity and take into account a broad variety of literary genres such as epic, tragedy, historiography, elegy, philosophical texts, epigram and the novel. The collection also contains two papers from modern socio-psychology.
This volume presents a wide range of contributions that analyse the cultural, sociological and communicative significance of tears and crying in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The papers cover the time from the eighth century BCE until late antiquity and take into account a broad variety of literary genres such as epic, tragedy, historiography, elegy, philosophical texts, epigram and the novel. The collection also contains two papers from modern socio-psychology.