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The Roman Empress Ulpia Severina
Of the twelve Augustae who lived during the fifty years of the so-called “military anarchy” (235-284 A.D.), Ulpia Severina, wife of the “Illyrian” emperor Aurelian (270-275 AD), is certainly one of the most enigmatic and less known. The book focuses on Ulpia Severina, who, even though never mentioned by name in literary sources, has been studied almost exclusively from the perspective of the numerous coins issued in her name and is the subject of many interesting honorific inscriptions that had not been thoroughly examined or adequately valued until this study. This exceptional situation, represented by the sole presence of Ulpia Severina on the throne of Rome, deserves more attention than it has received. The pages of the university history textbooks dedicated to the reconstruction of a fifty-year phase of Roman-imperial history must be, if not rewritten, at least integrated in order to give the deserved space to this empress and, therefore, to the so-called “interregnum,” which lasted at least two months, between the death of Aurelian and the advent of emperor Tacitus.
Voluntary Servitude and the Erotics of Friendship
Focusing primarily on three early modern French authors, this book explores the erotics and politics of "voluntary servitude" in classical antiquity and the early modern period. These authors-Étienne de La Boétie, Michel de Montaigne, and Marie de Gournay-pursue related inquiries into voluntary servitude and self-control in marriage, friendship, pederasty and politics. Marc Schachter shows how Montaigne's intimate textual relationship with La Boétie provides him the opportunity to honor his beloved friend while transforming many of his ideas. Similarly, Marie de Gournay's editorial voluntary servitude to Montaigne provides her the occasion to authorize her own practice as a woman author a...
Expanding Diasporic Identity
This study examines the changing dynamics of the “Italian” writer and how we, as cultural critics, need to re-think our definitions of the new Italian writer. In so doing, we must also re-consider the notion of the geo-cultural zones that we characterize as “Italian.” Namely, how do we categorize that writer who, having left Italy and now living beyond its geo-cartographic boundaries, writes in Italian? Similarly, who is that other writer who, originating from another country that is both culturally and linguistically different from Italy, writes in Italian? Finally, where within these two groups do we position the writer of Italian origin who also lives in another country and, diffe...
Beyond the Margin
The editors' goal in this book is to give a critical overview of where Italian/American literary and cultural studies are today. To this end, Beyond the Margin includes three types of essays: the characteristics of Italian/American literature and culture in a general sense; specific writers; and film.
BRINDISI nel contesto della storia
Perché non "raccontare" la storia di Brindisi nel contesto della storia? E così facilitare ai lettori interessati a meglio orientarsi nella oggettivamente complessa articolata e comunque densissima e avvincente storia plurimillenaria della città? È nata così questa proposta: chiara, semplice e schematica; un testo in due colonne parallele; sulla colonna di sinistra il "contesto della storia" e su quella di destra la "storia di Brindisi". Due testi di fatto del tutto separati: ognuno dei due da poter essere letto in maniera del tutto indipendente dall'altro. L'idea è che si possa scorrere la storia di Brindisi e, nel momento in cui lo si ritenga opportuno e utile, o necessario per meglio recepire o valorizzare quella storia, si possa al contempo consultare il contesto storico in cui quella storia di Brindisi trascorse. D'altra parte, anche se incredibile, esistono solo due o tre libri sulla Storia di Brindisi, dalle origini ad oggi, e tutti sono oltremodo datati, nonché non più disponibili.
Viaggio in Cosmogonia
In questa preziosa raccolta poetica di Ode, una delle voci più suggestive della variegata costellazione francofona contemporanea, possiamo ritrovare i riflessi accecanti della luce della Creazione: « E la Notte buia si fece Giorno / E il Giorno si fece Notte stellata / ... La Luce... ».Viaggio in Cosmogonia rappresenta simbolicamente il periplo dell’umana parola in un mondo segnato dal caos primordiale: alla poesia spetta il compito di « raccogliere il Segreto / che strapperà / gli Uomini alla tragedia / e li restituirà alla Luce ».
La Marineria molese nel '900
Il volume, pagg. 528; è un saggio, formato 21x30; oltre 500 illustrazioni; si compone di sette parti: I) parte storica; II) le testimonianze dei pescatori impegnati a Levante negli anni Trenta, Quaranta e Cinquanta del '900; III) La Scuola Marittima; IV) I Cantieri Navali; V) Il Porto; VI) Le Lotte dei Marittimi Molesi negli anni Sessanta; VII) Appendice, contenente il Lessico del Mare e soprannomi in dialetto molese con traduzione italiana, iconografia e miscellanea. I contenuti dell'indagine, che si è sviluppata nell'arco di tre anni (dal novembre 2011 al marzo 2015), si intrecciano con le storie e le interviste di molti protagonisti (alcuni ultranovantenni) che hanno svolto l'attività ...
International Literary Market Place
For book publishing contacts on a global scale, International Literary Market Place 2006 is your ticket to the people, companies, and resources at the heart of publishing in more than 180 countries world-wide-from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. With the flip of a page, you'll find completely up-to-date profiles for more than 16,500 book-related concerns around the globe, including... 10,500 publishers and literary agents 1,100 major booksellers and book clubs 1,500 major libraries and library associations... and thousands of other book-related concerns-such as trade organizations, distributors, dealers, literary associations, trade publications, book trade events, and other resources conveniently organized in a country-by-country format. Plus, ILMP 2006 includes two publisher indexes-Types of Publications Index and Subject Index-that offer access to publishers via some 140 headings. Additional coverage includes information on international literary prizes, copyright conventions, a yellow pages directory, and a worldwide calendar of events through 2011.
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