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Pain Narratives in Greco-Roman Writings

Jacqueline Clarke

This volume is the first to undertake a large-scale, longue durée study of pain in antiquity across multiple contexts, cultures and genres, providing a close analysis of the articulation of pain experiences, both mental and physical.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Brill
  • Publish Date: Jul 6th, 2023
  • Pages: 328
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.21in - 6.10in - 0.75in - 1.39lb
  • EAN: 9789004549487
  • Categories: Ancient - GeneralCivilization

About the Author

Clarke, Jacqueline: - Jacqueline Clarke, Ph.D. (1999), University of Adelaide, is Senior Lecturer in Classics at that university. She has published a monograph and many articles on Roman poetry, including 'Female Pain in Prudentius' Peristephanon' Classical Quarterly 71 (2021) 386-401.
Daniel King, D.Phil. (2011), Oxford University, is Senior Leventis Lecturer in the Impact of Greek Culture at Exeter University. He has published widely on the body in antiquity, including Pain Experience in Imperial Greek Literature (OUP, 2018).
Han Baltussen, Ph.D. (1993), Utrecht University, is W.W. Hughes Professor of Classics at the University of Adelaide (South Australia). He has published many articles, translations and books on the ancient philosophical traditions, including The Peripatetics. Aristotle's Heirs (Routledge, 2016).
Contributors are: Han Baltussen, Daniel King, Sarah Lawrence, Jean-Christophe Courtil, Georgia Petridou, Orly Lewis, Wei Cheng, Jacqueline Clarke, Fiona McMeekin, Gillian Clark, Jonathan Zecher.