Walter Stephens Eds (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the hard cover edition, lacking a dust-jacket. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding bright and fresh in appearance. A sharp copy.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. x, 437 (1) pp, illus. First Edition, 2010. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.25" x 9.25". Red cloth with black lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "Human bodies have been represented and defined in various ways across different cultures and historical periods. As an object of interpretation and site of social interaction, the body has throughout history attracted more attention than perhaps any other element of human experience. The essays in this volume explore the manifestations of the body in Italian society from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries." Size: Large Octavo. Book.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780415170260.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. x, 437 pp; 40 illus. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. 'Human bodies have been represented and defined in various ways across different cultures and historical periods. As an object of interpretation and site of social interaction, the body has throughout history attracted more attention than perhaps any other element of human experience. The essays in this volume explore the manifestations of the body in Italian society from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries. Adopting a variety of interdisciplinary approaches, these fresh and thought-provoking essays offer original perspectives on corporeality as understood in the early modern literature, art, architecture, science, and politics of Italy. An impressively diverse group of contributors comment on a broad range and variety of conceptualizations of the body, creating a rich dialogue among scholars of early modern Italy' (Johns Hopkins University Press).…

Original cloth. Condition: Sehr gut. X, 297 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Minimal staining on edge, overall very good and clean. - Contents: Preface -- Kevin Brownlee and Walter Stephens: Introduction -- 1. Defining Authority -- Albert Russell Ascoli: The Vowels of Authority (Dantes Convivio IVvi.3-4) -- Donald Phillip Verene: Vicos New Critical Art and the Authority of the Noble Lie -- 2. Selves Reading, Writing Selves -- François Rigolot: Homers Virgilian Authority: Ronsards Counterfeit Epic Theory -- David F Huit: Author/Narrator/Speaker: The Voice of Authority in Chrétiens Charrete -- Nancy J. Vickers: Widowed Words: Dante, Petrarch, and the Metaphors of Mourning -- Marina Scordilis Brownlee: The Counterfeit Muse: Ovid, Boccaccio, Juan de Flores -- 3. Gender, Genre, Genealogy -- Kevin Brownlee: Structures of Authority in Christine de Pizans Ditie de Jehanne dArc -- William J. Kennedy: Petrarchan Textuality: Commentaries and Gender Revisions -- Walter Stephens: Saint Paul Among the Amazons: Gender and Authority in Gerusalemme liberata -- 4. Empowering -- James E Burke: Counterfeit and the Curse of Mediacy in the Libro de buen amor and the Conde Lucanor -- Giuseppe Mazzotta: Theologia Ludens: Angels and Devils in the Divine Comedy -- Nancy S. Struever: Machiavelli, Montaigne, and the Problem of External Address in Renaissance Ethics. ISBN 9780874514711 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 585. …

First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 437. Illustrations. Hardback: red cloth, black-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Marks to back cover of dust-jacket from shelf-wear, otherwise very good.