Hope, joy, and affection in the classical world
| Weitere Verfasser: |
Caston, Ruth Rothaus.
Kaster, Robert A. |
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xii, 282 pages. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Emotions of the past
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| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
Imperium Romanum |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 2 Datensätze |
| Online Zugang: |
Available online for registered users of FID Online available (Oxford Scholarship Online) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction / Ruth R. Caston and Robert A. Kaster
- I. Hope
- Douglas Cairns, Metaphors for hope in archaic and classical Greek poetry
- Damien Nelis, Emotion in Vergil's Georgics : farming and the politics of hope
- Laurel Fulkerson, "Torn between hope and despair" : narrative foreshadowing and suspense in the Greek novel
- II. Joy and happiness
- Ruth R. Caston, The irrepressibility of joy in Roman comedy
- Michael C.J. Putnam, Horatius Felix
- Margaret Graver, Anatomies of joy : Seneca and the Gaudium tradition
- Christopher Gill, Positive emotions in stoicism : are they enough?
- III. Fellow-feeling and kindness
- Ed Sanders, Generating goodwill and friendliness in Attic forensic oratory
- David Armstrong, Utility and affection in Epicurean friendship : Philodemus on the Gods 3, On property management, and Horace, Sermones 2.6
- Gillian Clark, Caritas : Augustine on love and fellow-feeling
- Martha Nussbaum, "If you could see this heart" : Mozart's mercy.
