Even though the fantastic (in its most inclusive definition) has been a part of our culture for as long as it exists, it has not been a prominent feature of European academic interest.
Beyond the Fifth Century brings together 13 scholars from various disciplines (Classics, Ancient History, Mediaeval Studies) to explore interactions with Greek tragedy from the 4th century BCE up to the Middle Ages.
This authoritative new edition of the ancient scholia to Sophocles' Trachiniae is designed to replace the corresponding part of the Teubner text published in 1888.
This authoritative new edition of the ancient scholia to Sophocles' Electra is designed to replace the corresponding part of the Teubner text published in 1888.
Aristoteles hatte die Erregung von Furcht und Mitleid streng begrenzt auf die kathartische Wirkung der Tragödie bezogen: Weder ein Zuviel noch ein Zuwenig an Leid, an Ethos oder an Nähe ist erlaubt, wenn sich die gewünschte Wirkung einstellen soll.
Stories do not actually exist in the (fictional or factual) world but are constituted, structured and endowed with meaning through the process of mediation, i.
Lange erwartet: Der dritte Band von Günther Rühles großer TheatergeschichteDer dritte Band von Günther Rühles »Theater in Deutschland« ist kein historischer Rückblick, sondern die lebendige Schilderung eines Zeitgenossen.
This volume, which takes its title from an international conference held at the University of Cambridge in November 2006, aims to shed new light on Schnitzler's oeuvre and his period by focusing on his as yet largely unpublished literary remains, his 'hidden manuscripts'.
The position Frances Burney (1752-1840) holds as a novelist, journalist, and letterwriter is now undisputed, thanks to reevaluations of the canon in recent years.
