Maurice Blanchot/ George Quasha (EDT)/ Paul Auster (TRN)/ Robert Lamberton (TRN)/ Lydia Davis (TRN)/ George Quasha/ Lydia Davis/ Paul Auster/ Robert Lamberton
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Proclus's Commentary on Plato's Republic contains in its fifth and sixth essays the only systematic analysis of the workings of the allegorical text to reach us from polytheist antiquity. In the conte
Hesiod (fl. c. 800 BC), was (along with Homer) one of the earliest Greek poets. His works include "Theogony" (on the origins of the gods and the universe) and "Works and Days" (on the rituals of daily
Written around the year 100, Plutarch's Lives have shaped perceptions of the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks and Romans for nearly two thousand years. This engaging and stimulating book introduc
Here is the first survey of the surviving evidence for the growth, development, and influence of the Neoplatonist allegorical reading of the Iliad and Odyssey. Professor Lamberton argues that this tra
Using evidence from the Athenian Agora, the authors show how objects discovered during excavations provide a vivid picture of women’s lives. The book is structured according to the social roles women
The Station Hill Blanchot Reader is the only collection in English of Maurice Blanchot's mature fiction - the unique genre he called recits (tellings, narratives) - as well as a selection of literary