{"title":"Series: Classical Continuum","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eClassical Continuum\u003c\/strong\u003e series presents a diverse selection of works that span a broad spectrum of interests, from the intricacies of \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e to the practical insights of \u003cem\u003eFinance \u0026amp; Investment\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Entrepreneurship\u003c\/em\u003e. Readers can explore thoughtful reflections, engaging stories, and expert guidance that enrich understanding across both the intellectual and imaginative realms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles ranging from historical narratives and travel adventures to children's tales and computing expertise, this collection offers something for every curious mind. 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As in any parenthetical statement, the ancient source can be said to be a part of and apart from modern revisions and reworkings, recontextualisations and reorientations, belonging to a present discourse by maintaining its status beyond it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough this rhetorical figure, \u003cem\u003eWithout Within: Parenthetic Interferences in Reception History\u003c\/em\u003e broaches fresh questions and offers new lines of inquiry in the ever-growing and disparate field of Reception Studies, a field that itself continues to occupy an intriguingly ambivalent position within Classical Studies overall: simultaneously inside and outside, profane and sacred, an included exclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Quintilian defines it, a \u003cem\u003eparenthesis\u003c\/em\u003e is a figure of thought (\u003cem\u003efigura sententiae\u003c\/em\u003e) that occurs \"when some thought in the middle interrupts [\u003cem\u003eintervenit\u003c\/em\u003e] the continuation of a discourse\" (Inst. orat. 9, 3.23). 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The thorough examination of the script used in the citations, coupled with its juxtaposition to the epigraphic and calligraphic literary scripts found on contemporary papyri, reveals a remarkable correspondence and offers a key to understanding this type of pottery, shedding light on the people behind its production and use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on both archaeological and epigraphic evidence, and guided by Athenaeus' testimony regarding Dionysius Thrax and his silver Νεστορίς, this interdisciplinary approach provides a novel interpretation of the literary sources cited on these grammatika vases and a reliable \u003cem\u003eterminus post quem\u003c\/em\u003e for dating excavation efforts in Macedonia and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47306897129708,"sku":"9780674303300","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1534883482428.jpg?v=1771066005"},{"product_id":"through-the-looking-glass-by-aisha-dad-9780674303317","title":"Through the Looking Glass","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnarkali, an Orientalised persona assigned to the harem of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, is also the lover of Akbar's son, Salim, the future Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Her body and narrative occupy the liminal and contentious space between Akbar and Salim, especially as construed under the male gaze of seventeenth-century European travellers. But while both Akbar and Salim are historically attested personalities, Anarkali is not. And yet, her narrative is pervasive in South Asia, appearing in everything from architecture to film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUp to this point, studies of the enigma of Anarkali have centred on uncovering her historicity. But in the tragic performance of the poetics of the body, Anarkali embodies the ultimate conflation of the female body with narrative construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInformed by oral poetics, performance theory, and memory studies, \u003cem\u003eThrough the Looking Glass\u003c\/em\u003e approaches Anarkali not as a historical enigma but rather as a \u003cem\u003eqissa\u003c\/em\u003e, an oral narrative. 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