Latin Literature

L. ANNAEI SENECAE De clementia libri duo, Prolegomeni, testo critico e commento a cura di E. MALASPINA, «Culture antiche. Studi e testi» XIII, Edizioni dell’Orso, Alessandria 2001, 480 pp.; 2005 riveduta e corretta, 488 pp., ISBN 88-7694-500-8

by Ermanno Malaspina

Recensioni: Antonella BORGO, «BSL» XXXI, 2001, 601-603 | Rosalba DIMUNDO, «Aufidus» XV, 45 2001, 100-101 | Michael... more Recensioni: Antonella BORGO, «BSL» XXXI, 2001, 601-603 | Rosalba DIMUNDO, «Aufidus» XV, 45 2001, 100-101 | Michael WINTERBOTTOM, «BMCR» 01.08.08 | B. CLAROT, «LEC» LXX, 2002, 201 | Francesco CORSARO, «Orpheus» XXIII, 2002, 287-290 | Flaviana FICCA, «Vichiana» IV, 2002, 89-94 | Luigi MUNZI, «RFIC» CXXX, 2002, 254-256 | Bruno ROCHETTE, «AC» LXXI, 2002, 338-339 | François-Régis CHAUMARTIN, «Latomus» LXII, 2003, 685-688 | David KONSTAN, «CR» LIII, 2003, 367-369 | Serena FERRANDO, «Maia» LV, 2003, 224-225 | J.-Y. MALEUVRE, «RBPh» LXXXI, 2003, 211 | Salvatore MONDA, «Res publica litterarum» XXVI, 2003, 193-198 | Harry HINE, «Gnomon» LXXIX, 2007, 657-658.

Cronologia Ciceroniana in CD-Rom, in N. MARINONE, Cronologia Ciceroniana, «Collana di studi ciceroniani» VI, seconda edizione aggiornata e corretta con nuova versione interattiva in CD-Rom a cura di E. MALASPINA, Centro di Studi Ciceroniani – Pàtron Editore, Roma Bologna 2004. (CD-Rom) Nuova versione on line con integrazioni ed aggiornamenti dal titolo Ephemerides Tullianae nel sito della Société internationale des Amis de Cicéron

by Ermanno Malaspina

Recensioni: Fidel A. SÁNCHEZ, «Revista de Estudios Latinos» IV 2004, 292-293 | Roberto CRISTOFOLI, «GIF» LVI, 2004,... more Recensioni: Fidel A. SÁNCHEZ, «Revista de Estudios Latinos» IV 2004, 292-293 | Roberto CRISTOFOLI, «GIF» LVI, 2004, 307-312 | Walter ENGLERT, «BMCR» 05.09.11 | Paul Marius MARTIN, «REL» LXXXIII, 2005, 318-320 | Aires A. NASCIMENTO, «Euphrosyne» XXXIII, 2005, 557-559 | Chiara RENDA, «Vichiana» VII, 2005, 420-421 | Bruno ROCHETTE, «LEC» LXXIII, 2005, 82-83 | Olli SALOMIES, «Arctos» XXXIX, 2005, 228-230 | Dario MANTOVANI, «Athenaeum» XCIV, 2006, 378 | John T. RAMSEY, «CPh» CI, 2006, 424-429 | Catherine STEEL, «CR» LVI, 2006, 246 | Lucienne DESCHAMPS, «REA» CVIII, 2006, 777-778 | F. VAN HAEPEREN, «RBPh» LXXXV, 2007, 184 | Lucia PASETTI, «Lexis» XXV, 2007, 457-458 | Daniel KNECHT, «AC» LIX, 2008, 427-428 | Philippe MOREAU, «Latomus» LXVII, 2008, 245.

Cicerone – il letterato, il politico, l’uomo. Somnium Scipionis e antologia delle opere, «Progetto Chorus – Gli Autori», Antologia monografica per il triennio, Petrini, Torino 2005, X + 182 pp., ISBN 88-494-1084-0.

by Ermanno Malaspina

Recensioni: Silvia CONDORELLI, «BSL» XXXV, 2005, 662-663. Recensioni: Silvia CONDORELLI, «BSL» XXXV, 2005, 662-663.

LUCIO ANNEO SENECA, La clemenza, in Opere, vol. V (La clemenza – Apocolocintosi – Epigrammi – Frammenti), a cura di L. DE BIASI, A. M. FERRERO, E. MALASPINA, D. VOTTERO, «Classici Latini UTET», Torino 2009, pp. 7-299, ISBN 978-88-02-08217-2.

by Ermanno Malaspina

Recensioni: Carmen CODOÑER, «BMCR» 11.07.40. Recensioni: Carmen CODOÑER, «BMCR» 11.07.40.

A. BALBO, L. GIORDANO, M. GUERRA, M. GUGLIELMO, E. MALASPINA, S. ROTA, R. STROCCHIO, B. VILLA, Bibliografia senecana del XX secolo, ideata e diretta da I. LANA, a cura di E. MALASPINA, Pàtron Editore, Bologna 2005, XXXII + 878 pp., ISBN 88-555-2831-9.

by Ermanno Malaspina

Recensioni: Antonella BORGO, «BSL» XXXVI, 2006, 291 | William M. CALDER IIII, «CW» C, 2006, 175-176 | Francesco... more Recensioni: Antonella BORGO, «BSL» XXXVI, 2006, 291 | William M. CALDER IIII, «CW» C, 2006, 175-176 | Francesco CORSARO, «Orpheus» XXVII, 2006, 215-217 | R. Scott SMITH, «CR» LVII, 2007, 417-420.

Septimana Latina, Part 2

by Robert Maier

SEPTIMANA LATINA by R.Maier, M.Hofmann, K.Sallmann, S.Mahr, S.Trageser, D.Rauscher, Th.Gölzhäuser, Lindauer Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN: 978-3874884365

This is a dialog based method to learn spoken Latin. Part 2 contains exercises, grammar and vocabularies. This is a dialog based method to learn spoken Latin. Part 2 contains exercises, grammar and vocabularies.

Septimana Latina, Part 1

by Robert Maier

SEPTIMANA LATINA by R.Maier, M.Hofmann, K.Sallmann, S.Mahr, S.Trageser, D.Rauscher, Th.Gölzhäuser, Lindauer Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN: 978-3874884358

This is a dialog based method to learn spoken Latin. Part 1 consists of texts and images. This is a dialog based method to learn spoken Latin. Part 1 consists of texts and images.

WORD PROPHET:A HISTORY OF POETRY AND POLITICS

by Sharron Gu

I completed this book several years ago, but couldn't find any publisher who could or would understand it. At the time, poetry (or literature in general) was perceived as political slaves serving given social institutions. My argument could not stand for the scrutiny of historical materialism.... It was not until several years ago that scholars began to see the important role that language, especially creative expression has played in the formation and transformation of the society and its organizations. Thank God, I actually can witness this work under the sun light before I pass on.

This historic revision illustrates that social change and political transformation begin with the words of poetry.... more This historic revision illustrates that social change and political transformation begin with the words of poetry. These words create original and distinctive visions that challenge the established value system of society. Social and political change is not only initiated by the minds of the literati, (poets, philosophers, preachers and writers) but more importantly from the minds and hearts of those who listen, recite, read, and debate about the status of society on a daily basis. The venue for the latter discourse is the homes, businesses, restaurants, streets, and any other place where people gather in the pursuit of their regular activities.  A prophetic vision cannot manifest itself into the reality of a social movement until it is clarified, re-imagined, and shared by the majority, and its ideas are accepted by the society as its own. Although it requires poetic creativity to envisage, interpret, and promote new vision, the ratification process of the masses, with their constant interpretation, reinterpretation, and re-imagination, is the true vehicle through which political change evolves. Poetry becomes a forever-new inspiration for historic revision and social transformation.

In short, this book explores the history of social change in terms of the evolution of language that transforms the collective consciousness. It focuses on the episodes where poetry inspires and enlightens social reformers with novel ideas.

Music, Arts, and History of Languages of the World

by Sharron Gu

This book has been rejected many times by some of the best university presses because it could not pass the censorship of the "authorities" in the field. The editors of those presses have been very kind to me and tried their best to put it through the system but they couldn't do anything when the authorities believed that this piece of work would "trash" (their words not mine) the entire scholarship. In fact I don't have a goal as ambitious as they thought. I simply want to challenge a few assumptions in which world languages have been studied and understood for decades.

This is the volume of theory for my multi-volume work World Languages: A Multimedia Approach that summarizes the findings of my research on global languages and cultures during the past thirty years. It includes a volume that describes my original theory of language development in diverse cultural environment, which is written for professors, researchers, and graduate students. It presents my non-linguistic (as academic discipline) and interdisciplinary theory of language. There are several volumes of the history of specific languages (language groups) for undergraduate students. They are introductory and comprehensive histories of Chinese, Germanic, Semitic, Romance, and African languages that constructed according to my theory. Two volumes of this have been scheduled to publish during the next moths and several others are currently read by academic publishers in America and Europe.

This work is a formal and interdisciplinary history of literary languages, and it considers mainly ancient Semitic,... more This work is a formal and interdisciplinary history of literary languages, and it considers mainly ancient Semitic, Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, English, German, and Italian. Spanish and French are occasionally mentioned to support the argument. It is a revision of the origins and dynamic of linguistic development by comparing ancient and modern languages. It illustrates that all literary languages evolved in the same pattern and within the context of its immediate cultural environment. This environment is a repertoire of inherited and imported expressions, such as oral languages (including regional dialects), music, visual images, performing gestures, and foreign languages. The similarity of various languages lies less in their shared grammatical features, phonetic characteristics or borrowed vocabularies, and more in the way in which each is inspired, motivated and transformed by interaction with diverse cultural media. As the primary dynamic of linguistic evolution, this historic interaction and mutual enrichment determines the initial form, the historic tendency, the formal maturity and transformation of the literary language.

Gendered Dynamics in Latin Love Poetry

by Martha Malamud

Edited by Ronnie Ancona and Ellen Greene.  Series Editor, Martha Malamud

In recent decades, Latin love poetry has become a significant site for feminist and other literary critics studying... more In recent decades, Latin love poetry has become a significant site for feminist and other literary critics studying conceptions of gender and sexuality in ancient Roman culture.

This new volume, the first to focus specifically on gender dynamics in Latin love poetry, moves beyond the polarized critical positions that argue that this poetry either confirms traditional gender roles or subverts them. Rather, the essays in the collection explore the ways in which Latin erotic texts can have both effects, shifting power back and forth between male and female. If there is one conclusion that emerges, it is that the dynamics of gender in Latin amatory poetry do not map in any single way onto the cultural and historical norms of Roman society. In fact, as several essays show, there is a dialectical relationship between this poetry and Roman cultural practices

El restablecimiento de la causalidad épica en Valerio Flaco. Problemas poslucaneos de una epopeya posvirgiliana.

by Antonio Río Torres-Murciano

Saarbrücken, Editorial Académica Española-LAP, 2011.
ISBN 978-3-8454-8321-4

This is the first Spanish monography on Valerius Flaccus. Its aim is to elucidate the way in which the Flavian poet... more This is the first Spanish monography on Valerius Flaccus. Its aim is to elucidate the way in which the Flavian poet ‘restores’ epic causality, as far as the story of the Argonauts incorporates a double motivation, in accordance with the epic tradition; for, unlike Lucan’s Pharsalia, and like Homer’s and Vergil’s epics, the Argonautica seeks to be an account of the deeds of men and gods, a double-edged narrative, and yet Valerius is fully aware of the troubles that render difficult his task. After a general introduction, chapter 1 focuses upon the proem, where Valerius overlooks the problem of narrative motivation. Chapters 2 and 3 examine human motivation, specifically Pelias’ tyrannic will in opposition to Jason’s heroic expectation. Chapter 4 considers the first appearance of the gods (namely, Juno and Pallas), while chapter 5 turns to the human dimension of the hero’s ambiguous attitude towards the epic deed. Chapters 6 and 7 deal both with the problem of divine motivation, seen from the unequal and separated perspectives of men and gods. Chapter 8 explores the relation between Valerius’ epic and the tragic tradition about Medea.


Del interés despertado por la épica flavia entre los estudiosos de la literatura romana durante los últimos años ha nacido esta primera monografía española sobre Valerio Flaco, versión aumentada de un trabajo que obtuvo de la Sociedad Española de Estudios Clásicos el Premio a la Mejor Tesis Doctoral de Filología Latina correspondiente al año 2006. En ella se indaga el modo en que la obra de Valerio tematiza las dificultades que plantea el restablecimiento de la causalidad divina heredada de Homero por Virgilio después de que esta haya sido suprimida por Lucano. Desde el momento en que canta la conquista de los mares como una gesta de los hombres regida por los dioses, Flaco restaura la doble motivación narrativa propia del género épico, pero el designio de Júpiter que debe subsumir las hazañas humanas se ve relegado a medida que la epopeya de Jasón se aproxima a la tragedia de Medea. El problema de la causalidad épica excede así el ámbito de la coherencia intratextual para abarcar el conflicto intertextual que subyace a un poema consciente de su retardo con respecto a la poderosa tradición literaria de la que es deudor.

Valerio Flaco: Argonáuticas. Introducción, traducción y notas.

by Antonio Río Torres-Murciano

Madrid, RBA-Gredos, 2011.
ISBN 978-84-249-2188-0

A full Spanish translation of Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica, entrusted by the publishing house RBA-Gredos in January... more A full Spanish translation of Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica, entrusted by the publishing house RBA-Gredos in January 2008. Although, according to the norms of the "Biblioteca Clásica Gredos", this is a translation with introduction and notes, it has also entailed a lot of work in order to fix the Latin text, even though the Teubner edition by W.-W. Ehlers (Stuttgart, 1980) has been taken as a basis; thus, the introduction includes a broad table of discrepancies. This third Spanish translation of the Roman Argonautica (after the one by J. de León Bendicho y Qüilty –Madrid, Viuda de Aguado, 1868– and the one by Santiago López Moreda –Madrid, Akal, 1996–) is intended to contribute to getting educated, non-specialised readers acquainted with Flavian epic.

Esta traducción de las Argonáuticas romanas es la tercera en lengua española, tras la de Javier de León Bendicho y Qüilty (Madrid, Viuda de Aguado, 1868) y la de Santiago López Moreda (Madrid, Akal, 1996). Se basa en el texto latino establecido por W.-W. Ehlers (Stuttgart, Teubner,1980), aun cuando la fecunda labor crítica de que ha sido objeto el poema de Valerio Flaco en los últimos tiempos ha llevado al traductor a disentir del último editor teubneriano en no pocos pasajes, consignados en una nutrida tabla de discrepancias. De acuerdo con las normas de la Biblioteca Clásica Gredos, la introducción y las notas a pie de página están principalmente encaminadas a poner la obra del épico flavio al alcance del lector culto no especialista.

Istoria Romana. Incisa all'acquaforte da Bartolomeo Pinelli romano. L'anno 1818, e 1819.

by Daniele Federico Maras

Edited by Giovanni Colonna, with the collaboration of Daniele F. Maras
Rome, L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2006

DFM is responsible of the selection and translation of Latin and Greek historical literary sources DFM is responsible of the selection and translation of Latin and Greek historical literary sources

Giovenale, Satire. A cura di Biagio Santorelli, Milano: Mondadori (Classici Greci e Latini 167), 2011

by Biagio Santorelli

Nuova Edizione / Testo latino a fronte

Nella Roma dell’inizio del II secolo, nell’Urbe che ha ormai consolidato la propria posizione di potenza egemone,... more Nella Roma dell’inizio del II secolo, nell’Urbe che ha ormai consolidato la propria posizione di potenza egemone, nella grande capitale dimentica delle sue gloriose origini – dove si aggirano individui di ogni etnia, lingua, religione e costume –, un uomo vede il mondo cambiare. Con un’inquietudine che sconfina nello sdegno osserva e dipinge in versi sferzanti la disgregazione, lo svuotamento di tutto ciò che ritiene indispensabile per il vivere civile: le istituzioni romane, il senso di amicitia, il patronato artistico, la famiglia. Ovunque imperversano invece vizio e sregolatezza. Quel poeta, Giovenale, ci offre così un ritratto della società del suo tempo, a volte più vibrante di indignazione, altre più saggiamente riflessivo, altre ancora stemperato nei toni di una bonaria ironia. Ma soprattutto ci regala un’immagine dell’animo umano, con i desideri e le ambizioni che guidano il suo agire nel mondo, le ansie, le brame, il tormento del vivere quotidiano.

Italo Lana, Lucio Anneo Seneca. Ristampa anastatica dell`edizione del 1955, a cura di Lana E. - aggiornamenti di Balbo A. e Malaspina E. - prefazione di Garbarino G. Indici on line di Borgna A.

by Alice Borgna

Lactantiu, Despre moartea persecutorilor [Lactantius, De mortibus persecutorum]

by Dragos Mirsanu

Bilingual edition; translation into Romanian by Cristian Bejan
Introduction, chronology, notes and appendices by Dragos Mirsanu [in Romanian]

Traditia crestina Series 11, Polirom, Iasi, Romania, 2011

Een korte tijd van glorie. Geschiedenis van het huis te Breckelenkamp en zijn bewoners

by Isabelle Buhre

Auteurs: Matthijs Wanrooij en Henk Kamp
Bijdrage Isabelle Buhre: vertaling en interpretatie van de gedichten van Adriaan Wilhelm Bentinck (1616-1678)

Een korte tijd van glorie beschrijft de turbulente geschiedenis van het Huis te Breckelenkamp in die merkwaardige... more Een korte tijd van glorie beschrijft de turbulente geschiedenis van het Huis te Breckelenkamp in die merkwaardige buurschap Breklenkamp in het noordoostelijke puntje van Twente. Een Huis op enkele honderden meters van de grens die eeuwenlang niet als zodanig gevoeld werd, maar die uiteindelijk steeds weer het lot van de bewoners zou bepalen. Het boek gaat in op hun geschiedenis en op de opkomst en neergang van de elkaar opvolgende families. Uitvoerig wordt stilgestaan bij de oorlogen en andere historische gebeurtenissen die ze meemaakten.

Het boek is te bestellen via http://www.breckelenkamp.nl/home/boek

Geographischer Raum Und Lebensform Der Germanen

by Roland Schuhmann

... Doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Philosophischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität... more ... Doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Philosophischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena von Roland Schuhmann, MA geboren am 06.10.1972 in Leuven (Belgien) Page 2. Gutachter: 1. Prof. ... Page 6. Page 7. ROLAND SCHUHMANN i ...

The Sites of Rome: Time, Space, Memory

by Diana Spencer

Co-edited with David H. J. Larmour. Oxford: OUP. 2007

Rome was a building site for much of its history, a city continually reshaped and reconstituted in line with political... more Rome was a building site for much of its history, a city continually reshaped and reconstituted in line with political and cultural change. In later times, the conjunction of ruins and rebuilding lent the cityscape a particularly fascinating character, much exploited by artists and writers. This layering and changing of vistas also finds expression in the literary tradition, from classical times right up to the twenty-first century. This collection of essays offers glimpses, sideways glances and unexpected angles that open up Rome in its widest possible sense, and explores how the visible components of Rome - the hills, the Tiber, the temples, the Forums, the Colosseum, the statues and monuments - operate as, or become, the sites/sights of Rome.The analyses are informed by contemporary critical thinking and draw on ancient historical narrative, Roman poetry, Renaissance literature and cartography, art of the Grand Tour era, Russian and Soviet interpretations, and twentieth-century cinema.

El Historiador y otros cuentos campiranos

by Héctor Villarreal

[The Historian and Other Rural Stories]
Selected in the X Call for national and foreign writers for publishing at the Mexiquense of Culture Institute.

Publisher: Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, colecc. Piedra de fundación
Ed. 1a, Toluca (Mexico)
Publishing date: 2010
Number of pages: 78 pp.
ISBN 678-607-490-040-8

Where it seems that nothing happens, everything is quiet, everything remains the same, the characters in The Historian... more Where it seems that nothing happens, everything is quiet, everything remains the same, the characters in The Historian and Other Rural Stories let us see that life is always reinventing itself. The fate of each is the result of the dispute between the fatality, the will and the luck. One mark their way, but when the reality is resisting the plans comply with their pretentious perfection, then appears improvisation as an action for survival: "She approached a person with paralysis begging lying on the floor, almost between the feet of the guests. Nobody turned to look. She bent down as if to place a coin in a cup front of him. 'God bless you,' she said and took the money without the poor could avoid it. It was the product of a full day of begging. "

The stories Hector Villarreal tells, are set in Old Mexico, perhaps past mid-century, in a scenario that continues to this day, the small towns, very small and isolated, where the days and years go by between gossip, superstition, credulity and the strict rules and moral rather than legal, to which their inhabitants live tied. Where the poor don't have for eating and the rich don't have in what to spend their money, no dialogue between them that could not have elsewhere. In a completely natural human condition are showing equally candid and brutal that make feels dismay and to smile.