Sentences with phrase «in classical literature»

Although Gilbert and Gubar concentrate their analysis on representations of madwomen and monster - women found in classical literature (much of which pre-dates the emergence of popular film), we submit that literature is a foundational antecedent to popular culture writ large, and thus provides fertile ground for exploring the origins of female madwomen and monsters and how they function as a narrative strategy in popular films about women lawyers.

The work, from Bacon's later period, refers to one of the most violent and bloody dramas in Classical literature.

I haven't found anything in Classical literature that might explain it, but I am far from an expert.

Throughout the 1990s, Akomfrah's subject matter expanded beyond the social fractures of contemporary British society to focus on a wider historical context, from the persistent legacy of colonialism to the roots of the contemporary in classical literature.

From Google Books comes a nice selection of public domain ebooks mostly in the classical literature genre, but you can also search Google Books or using the main Google search engine to find all manner of public domain ebooks.

He continued his study of Greek and Latin literature, as well as medieval philosophy, scripture, and theology, at Fordham University, where he completed both a B.A. in classical literature and philosophy, and a pontifical degree in philosophy.

Fiammetta Giorgi holds a degree in classical literature.

In the classical literature the requirement of love is based on still another idea, which Seneca clearly expresses in the brief words: «Man is for man something holy.»

Not exact matches

• «Lady Sarashina,» As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams: Actually the work of an anonymous eleventh - century Japanese noblewoman, this is one of the most delicate specimens of classical Japanese literature (which already surpasses almost all other literatures in delicacy).

Nevertheless, it was also the «sole medium of intellectual life» and could become again, incidentally to the process and quite unintentionally, a way of access to the heritage of pre-Christian Roman culture and classical Latin literature (Erich Auerbach, Literary Language and Its Public in Late Latin Antiquity and in the Middle Ages [Pantheon.

Crucifixion was a familiar mode of execution, and references to a condemned criminal carrying his cross are found in both classical and rabbinic literature.

In discussions with Greeks, Christian thinkers presented the new faith not only by reference to the Scriptures but also by appeal to classical literature and general conceptions, «common ideas» that they shared with other educated men and women.

Project Gutenberg also offers «Legends of the Jews» by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, which is a compilation of a vast amount of aggadah, i.e., exegetical texts in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, from the Mishnah, the two Talmuds and Midrash.

Only with the rise of the research university in Germany early in the nineteenth century and in America toward the end of that century was the focus on the classical Western languages and literatures gradually replaced by departmental specialization and the abandonment of required courses in favor of electives.

From «Legends of the Jews», which is a compilation of a vast amount of aggadah, i.e., exegetical texts in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, from the Mishnah, the two Talmuds and Midrash compiled by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg (1873 — 1953), who was a Talmudist and leading figure in the Conservative Movement of Judaism of the twentieth century who taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS) in New York City for half a century until his death in 1953:

It constitutes a radical challenge to classical and humanistic axioms with regard to beauty and art, not in the form of an apologetic diatribe but rather of a masterly study in comparative literature.

Take, again, the greatest of the so - called «penitential Psalms», the fifty - first — the classical expression, in all literature, of a soul burdened with a sense of sin.

A basic High School education in math, science, aracheology, history and classical literature ought to have cured you of the mental delusion that is religion, but apparently not.

He knew that «until recently nearly all writers have been soaked in classical and renaissance literature,» with the result that they have tended to ignore philosophy and science.

His philological approach to language, encouraged by Erasmus and the whole neo-classical movement, together with his long training in rhetoric and his love of classical literature, all contributed to his success.

Classical scholars of the day thought they saw in the literature of Greece and Rome puzzling suggestions of this sort of descent.

Every classical literature possesses such power of continuing its life and of developing new meanings in the minds of those who study not only it but the realities with which it deals.

This dimension of God's being, however, though hinted at in tentative probings in the Old Testament literature, 2 was indignantly suppressed in classical theism by Greek ideals of perfection, which dictated absolute impassability to God.

According to Sabine Wilms, a historian specializing in classical Chinese gynecological literature, placenta was never consumed to speed postpartum recovery.

But major scholars who have spent a good part of their life investigating classical Chinese texts argue that in Chinese medical literature, there is no evidence of women consuming their own placenta after delivery.

In this respect, «we have come up with a new algorithm that improves the algorithm that exists in the literature in terms of time: the classical Greedy method,» explained David NúñeIn this respect, «we have come up with a new algorithm that improves the algorithm that exists in the literature in terms of time: the classical Greedy method,» explained David Núñein the literature in terms of time: the classical Greedy method,» explained David Núñein terms of time: the classical Greedy method,» explained David Núñez.

Lau's reunion with Wong Kar Wai eight years on stars Tony Leung Chiu - wai and Faye Wong in a deconstruction of Ashes of Time that celebrates and satirizes Chinese classical literature, Hong Kong film, and anything else that'll fit inside Lau's zeitgeist blender.

Thinking abstractly is useful in understanding the richness of literature, both classical and modern.

On the other end is Stella Schola Junior High in Redmond, which builds its sixth - to eighth - grade curriculum around classical literature and historical themes.

Students analyze classical literature and develop a love of math, science and technology, using strong foundational skills to explore new concepts and ideas in the upper grades.

Enjoying our 6th year of operation, our students are partaking in a rigorous classical education that includes world & American history and geography, grammar and composition, poetry, French and Latin, art, music, physical education, penmanship, spelling, science, mathematics, and classical literature.

Todd earned a B.A. in Greek, Classical Literature, and History from Ball State University.

The Odyssey and the Iliad have stood the test of time to become two of the most celebrated works of classical literature — and Homer never picked up a stylus in his life!

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I also have personal interests in classical music, history, literature, psychology, philosophy, science, and genealogy.

All of a sudden, everywhere you go, all these people in the prime of their Hipness Uncertainty Syndrome years are fondling cigars, puffing earnestly away on cigars, and — worst of all — droning away endlessly about cigars, as though cigars are an intellectual topic comparable to classical literature, as opposed to transient wads of spit - drenched tobacco.

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With experience of undertaking modules in a diverse range of subjects, she has acquired exceptional knowledge of contemporary and classical theories which include philosophy, history, cultural studies, film and literature.

This subject has been used in many wonderful books that are considered classical literature.

In this way the contact between literature and the sciences grows progressively closer as the classical and theological patterns of human nature lose their validity for the reading public and the writer.

When a big publisher aimed to introduce a legendary series of books in eBook format to fans, Thai readers thrillingly anticipated in the eBook launch of a classical literature, Phet Phra Uma, written by a well - respected author, Panomtien, despite the limited presence of eBook catalog in the bookstores.

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He received his BA in classical languages and literature from the University of Chicago in 1987.

Like Laocoon's multiple and often contradictory stories from classical literature, the present work speaks to death, character assassination, and a general loss in trust.

Influenced by the Aesthetic and Decadent writers of the 19th century, in particular Oscar Wilde and Joris - Karl Huysman, Bas's works weave together stories of adolescent adventures and the paranormal with classical poetry, religious stories, mythology and literature.

Each piece has a rich romantic flair, reflective of the artist's interest in the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods in art and literature.

Rampolla, schooled in the ways of the old masters, had an extraordinary classical knowledge of the arts and literature.

The work of composer, pianist, and director Ulrike Haage (b. 1957 in Kassel, Germany; based in Berlin) combines jazz, avant - garde, classical music and literature.

Unlike these others, he left America early in his career to live and work in Italy, where he has drawn inspiration from European literature, classical culture and the Italian landscape.

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