The ancient emotion of disgust

The ancient emotion of disgust / edited by Donald Lateiner and Dimos Spatharas.

"Disgust is an essential human emotion, relatively neglected even in recent scholarship taking the "emotional turn." Fifteen essays by historians and literary scholars examine disgust in theory and practice. Topics range from medicine, drama, oratory, historiography, fiction, biograph...

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Other Authors: Lateiner, Donald (Editor), Spatharas, Dēmos G. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Series:Emotions of the past.
Subjects:
Aversion in literature.
Classical literature > History and criticism.
Aversion > History > To 500.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Summary:"Disgust is an essential human emotion, relatively neglected even in recent scholarship taking the "emotional turn." Fifteen essays by historians and literary scholars examine disgust in theory and practice. Topics range from medicine, drama, oratory, historiography, fiction, biography, to the status of witches, eunuch priests, and theatrical professionals."--
Physical Description:xiii, 320 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-300) and indexes.
ISBN:9780190604110
0190604115

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