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2) The worlds of knowledge and the classical tradition in the early modern age: comparative approaches
Series
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Author
Series
Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy volume Volume 1
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Living in ancient Rome was one of the most intense experiences in human history. It was also superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians and poets, who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of the city that ruled the known world. Populus takes the reader on a compelling journey through the landscape of politics, crime, domestic life, faith, sex, entertainment, cuisine, disease, and inequality experienced daily by Roman people...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An in-depth and unified exploration of genius in the arts and sciences through the life and works of five seminal intellectual and cultural figures: Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Ludwig von Beethoven, and Albert Einstein. Who among us hasn't read Hamlet, listened to the Fifth Symphony, gazed at the Mona Lisa, or marveled at the three laws of physics and the Theory of Relativity and been struck with the same simple question:...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A magnificent, foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves, in resistance to the lies of racism and often in heated disagreement with each other, over the course of the country's history. Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s legendary Harvard introductory course in African American Studies, The Black Box: Writing the Race, is the story of Black self-definition in...
13) Gospel
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., explore Black spirituality through sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century.