Polish Literature for Children and Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity. A Catalogue. by Rafał Wójcik

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Kathleen Riley, Alastair J. L. Blanshard, and Iarla Manny, eds. Oscar Wilde and Classical Antiquity by Xavier Giudicelli

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Bodies in Agony: Classical Sculpture and Violence in Herman Melville's works by Ronan Ludot-Vlasak

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L’utilisation des tournures antiques et bibliques dans Salammbô by Walid Ezzine

“…The Metamorphoses contain, in fact, a model of a prayer of classical antiquity. Flaubert would have followed the same pattern that uses the “twists” and the resources of the prayer’s classical rhetoric. …”
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Delphi in Schwarz und Weiß.. Bilder der Antike in Claude Debussys Klaviermusik by Tihomir Popović

“…This essay discusses the compositional construction of images of ›classical antiquity‹ in the piano music of Claude Debussy. …”
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Ascenso y caída de las bestias: evolución de la alegoría animal en la Edad Media by Claudia Inés Raposo

“…Zoological knowledge inherited from classical antiquity was given new meaning and enriched through an exegesis that transformed beasts into examples that illustrated aspects of Christian doctrine or provided models of moral conduct. …”
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A voz ou a plenitude do texto. Performance oral, práticas de leitura e identidade literária no Ocidente medieval by Carlos F. Clamote Carreto

“…How can we explain this astonishment that modern criticism has interpreted as a clear evidence that High Middle Ages, following the models of Classical Antiquity, mainly developed the reading aloud, rather than the Early Middle Ages that had invented silent reading? …”
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De la retórica a la ficción by Leonardo Funes

“…The incorporation into the chronistic narrative of direct speech has been a historiographical resource from classic Antiquity. The conventional acceptance of textual citation words pronounced by historical characters was included in the "historiographical" pact (the public accepts the poetical or rhetorical license as an expression of the most profound dimension of historical truth).However, when Alphonsine and Post-Alphonsine chroniclers began to incorporate dialogues in direct speech, this convention was a challenge for the claim to truth made by chronicle narratives.This article aims to trace the evolution of the use of direct speech from Alphonsine historiography to the historiography of John II of Castile, in order to evaluate its impact on the historical and fictional narrative forms.…”
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The library of Troškūnai monastery by Arvydas Pacevičius

“…However, gifts and the need to maintain books for the Troškūnai gymnasium (a secondary school administered by the monks) were reasons why the library also collected scientific literature and classical antiquities. This book collection was predominantly in Latin and Polish, but towards the end of the 18th century, the share of West-European and Lithuanian languages began to increase. …”
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