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02993aam a2200421 i 4500 001 3EA69C38072811ED93C2E7E557ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220719010102 008 210419t20222022enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021018016 020 $a 0367722585 020 $a 9780367722586 020 $a 0367722542 020 $a 9780367722548 035 $a (OCoLC)1251738484 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IaU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PA3015.S45 $b T47 2022 082 00 $a 880.09 $2 23 100 1 $a Thein, Karel, $d 1961- $e author. 245 10 $a Ecphrastic shields in Graeco-Roman literature : $b the world's forge / $c Karel Thein. 264 1 $a Abingdon, Oxon ; $b Routledge, $c 2022. 300 $a vi, 402 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a Image, text, and culture in classical antiquity 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-394) and index. 520 $a "This volume takes a fresh look at ekphrasis as a textual practice closely connected to our embodied imagination and its verbal dimension; it offers the first detailed study of a large family of ancient ecphrastic shields, often studied separately, but never as an ensemble with its own development. The main objective consists of establishing a theoretical and historical framework that is applied to a series of famous ecphrastic shields starting with the Homeric shield of Achilles. The latter is reinterpreted as a paradigmatic "thing" whose echoing down the centuries is reinforced by the fundamental connection between ekphrasis and artefacts as its primary objects. The book demonstrates that although the ancient sources do not limit ekphrasis to artificial creations, the latter are most efficient in bringing out the intimate affinity between artefacts and vivid mental images as two kind of entities that lack a natural scale and are rightly understood as ontologically unstable. Ecphrastic Shields in Graeco-Roman Literature: The World's Forge should be read by those interested in ancient culture, art and philosophy, but also by those fascinated by the broader issue of imagination and by the interplay between the natural and the artificial"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Shields in literature. 650 0 $a Ekphrasis. 650 0 $a Classical literature $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a Classical literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00863509 650 7 $a Ekphrasis. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00904124 650 7 $a Shields in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01115921 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Thein, Karel, 1961- $t Ecphrastic shields in Graeco-Roman literature $d Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. $z 9781003154051 $w (DLC) 2021018017 830 0 $a Image, text and culture in classical antiquity. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117022209.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3EA69C38072811ED93C2E7E557ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search