Anagnorisis scenes and themes of recognition and revelation in western literature / by Piero Boitani.
| Author/creator | Boitani, Piero |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2021] |
| Description | xii, 459 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Riconoscere รจ un dio. English |
| Series | Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft, 0929-6999 ; volume 204 |
| Abstract | "Anagnorisis has been called 'one of the great works of comparative literary criticism of our time' is a book that spans the millennia, the adventures of Ulysses in Homer and God's mysterious appearance to Abraham in Genesis, down not only to Joyce's Ulysses and Thomas Mann's Joseph and his Brothers, but also to Borges's 'The Immortal' and Derek Walcott Omeros. 'Anagnorisis' means 'recognition'. Aristotle defined it simply as 'the passage from ignorance to knowledge'. But the knowledge one gains in anagnorisis is neither scientific nor abstract - it is living knowledge in the flesh, as Euripides' Helen understood when, seeing her husband again after many years, she exclaimed: 'to recognize those we love is a god"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020056587 |
| ISBN | 9789004453661 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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