Game of Thrones - A View from the Humanities Vol. 1 (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by Springer International Publishing AG, 2023
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Hardcover. This book reflects on time, space and culture in the Game of Thrones universe. It analyses both the novels and the TV series from a multidisciplinary perspective ultimately aimed at highlighting the complexity, eclecticism and diversity that characterises Martins world. The book is divided into three thematic sections. The first section focuses on spaceboth the urban and natural environmentand the interaction between human beings and their surroundings. The second section follows different yet complementary approaches to Game of Thrones from an aesthetic and cultural perspective. The final section addresses the linguistic and translation implications of the Game of Thrones universe, as well as its didactic uses. This book is paired with a second volume that focuses on the characters that populate Martins universe, as well as on one of the ways in which they often interactviolence and warfarefrom the same multidisciplinary perspective. This book reflects on time, space and culture in the Game of Thrones universe. The second section follows different yet complementary approaches to Game of Thrones from an aesthetic and cultural perspective. The final section addresses the linguistic and translation implications of the Game of Thrones universe, as well as its didactic uses. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Game of Thrones - A View from the Humanities Vol. 1 (Hardcover)
- Author
- Fernando Lozano
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication year
- 2023
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 3031154886
- ISBN 13
- 9783031154881
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About the Author
Alfonso Álvarez-Ossorio is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Seville, Spain. Both his PhD thesis and most of his research has been devoted to the socioeconomic and cultural study of piracy during the late Roman Republic and the early Empire. He is editor of The Present of Antiquity. Reception, Recovery, Reinvention of the Ancient World in Current Popular Culture (2019).
Fernando Lozano is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Seville, Spain. His research focuses on the study of Roman religion during the Empire and, specifically, on the imperial cult, as well as Reception studies. He has authored and edited several monographs on these topics.
Rosario Moreno Soldevila is Professor of Latin Philology at the Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain. Her main lines of research include the Epigrams of Martial, the oeuvre of Pliny the Younger and amatory motifs in classical and late Latin literature. She has authored or co-authored 10 monographs, including A Prosopography to Martial’s Epigrams (2019).
Cristina Rosillo-López is Professor of Ancient History at the Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain. Her lines of research include the political history and political culture of the late Roman Republic. She has authored and edited several monographs, including Political Conversations in Late Republican Rome (2022).
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