{"product_id":"ecphrastic-shields-in-graeco-roman-literature","title":"Ecphrastic Shields in Graeco-Roman Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etakes a fresh look at \u003ci\u003eekphrasis\u003c\/i\u003e as a textual practice closely connected to our embodied imagination and its verbal dimension; it offers the first detailed study of a large family of ancient ecphrastic shields, often studied separately, but never as an ensemble with its own development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe main objective consists of establishing a theoretical and historical framework that is applied to a series of famous ecphrastic shields starting with the Homeric shield of Achilles. The latter is reinterpreted as a paradigmatic \"thing\" whose echoing down the centuries is reinforced by the fundamental connection between \u003ci\u003eekphrasis\u003c\/i\u003e and artefacts as its primary objects. The book demonstrates that although the ancient sources do not limit \u003ci\u003eekphrasis\u003c\/i\u003e to artificial creations, the latter are most efficient in bringing out the intimate affinity between artefacts and vivid mental images as two kind of entities that lack a natural scale and are rightly understood as ontologically unstable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEcphrastic Shields in Graeco-Roman Literature: The World’s Forge should be read by those interested in ancient culture, art and philosophy, but also by those fascinated by the broader issue of imagination and by the interplay between the natural and the artificial.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232393974104,"sku":"9780367722548","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367722548_999c831a-10f0-4dca-84bb-f82d15c916b1.jpg?v=1777190460","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ecphrastic-shields-in-graeco-roman-literature","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}