Scrinium Classical Antiquity

BLUME, H.-D., Einführung in das antike Theaterwesen. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1978. X,139,XIVp. Photographs. Sewn. 'This book contains a compact survey of the Roman theatre, but is naturally mainly devoted to the Greek theatre, on which there is a brief but useful section on dramatic, archaeological, and literary sources and a very extensive one discussing dramatic festivals at Athens, production, theatre buildings, and actors in all their important aspects. Blume's treatment throughout is always succinct and to the point, and is as a rule well documented. (...) He gives the essential facts (...) and is judicious both in drawing conclusions (...) and in abjuring them. (...) This short book can be recommended as a reliable, as well as comprehensive, treatment of its far from easy subject.' (E.W. WHITTLE in The Classical Review (New Series), 1980, p. 145). € 19.50 (Antiquarian)

BLUME, H.-D., Menanders 'Samia'. Eine Interpretation. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1974. XIII,294p. Paperback. Cover and edges pages yellowed. Some smoker's smell. Series: Impulse der Forschung, Band 15. 'This 'Habilitationsschrift' consists of a discursive running commentary, which aims to illustrate M.'s dramatic art in detail. Useful for German-speaking students, it does not shed much new light on M.' (J.C.B. LOWE in the Classical Review (New Series), 1978, p.344). € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

BLUMENSATH, H., (ed), Strukturalismus in der Literaturwissenschaft. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln, 1972. 420p. Paperback.A.o.: C. LÉVI-STRAUSS: Die Struktur der Mythen (pp.25-47); G. GENETTE: Strukturalismus und Literaturwissenschaft (pp.71-89); R. JAKOBSON: Linguistik und Poetik (pp. 118-148); J. KRISTEVA: Probleme der Textstrukturation (pp.243-263). € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

BLUNDELL, J., Menander and the Monologue. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1980. 91p. Sewn. Personal summary from WGA and part of thesis of Blundell loosely inserted. Series: Hypomnemata, Heft 59. (Rare).'Menander and the Monologue, which grew out of a thesis (Oxford B.Phil., 1974), is considerable more technical (than S.M. Goldberg's The Making of Menander's Comedy). It complements in its more limited field some recent (and outstanding) work by Bain, Mastronarde, and Taplin on the dramatic conventions of Greek drama. Blundell begins by examining the formal aspects of monolgue technique in Menander (e.g. monologues spoken by a new arrival on an occupied stage; overhearing; asides; link monologues). He then analyses in their turn each of the monologues in the three best preserved comedies (Epitrepontes, Samia, Dyskolos). Finally, he investigates two curious uses of the second person singular in the monologues (self-address; apostrophe of an absent character). Blundell has pursued his researches sensitively and sytematically, and he works out his categories with admirable logic and lucidity.(...) This little monograph provides a serviceable tool for students and specialists alike.' (W. GEOFFREY ARNOTT in Greece & Rome, 1981, p.216). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 45.00 (Antiquarian)

BLYTH, C., The Narrative of Rape in Genesis 34. Interpreting Dinah's Silence. Oxford University Press, 2010. Original blue gilt titled cloth with dust wrps. Nice copy. Like new. In this book, the author takes a journey through both biblical and contemporary cultures, contemplating the commonality and diversity of rape survivors' experiences across space and time. In particular, the book evaluates the insidious and pervasive influences of the cultural myths and misperceptions surrounding sexual violence, which have long served to deny rape survivors a voice with which to relate their narrative of suffering. The author examines whether such ‘rape myths’ are likewise given voice within the biblical text of Genesis 34, where we encounter Dinah, a voiceless literary victim of sexual violence. When these myths do appear to be represented within the narrative, consideration is then given to the ways in which they may have shaped Dinah's literary experience of sexual violation and furthermore, contributed to her narrative silence. Appealing to the witness of contemporary rape survivors whose own testimonies of their experiences have been affected by such rape myths, the author then attempts to grant Dinah a literary voice with which to share her story. This book therefore attempts to provide a deeper insight into Dinah's literary silence within the narrative, in order that contemporary readers can better comprehend its significance and complexity and grant to it a rich and new meaning. (Publisher's information). € 95.00 (Antiquarian) (MD)

BO, D., Le principali problematiche del 'Dialogus de oratoribus'. Panorama storico-critica dal 1426 al 1990. Con in appendice: restituzione critica del testo alla luce di nuova classificazione dei codici, Bibliografia e Indici dei nomi e delle cose. Olms, Hildesheim (...), 1993. 462p. Paperback. Series: Spudasmata, 51. 'In this long book B. surveys the tangled story of scholarly dealings with the 'Dialogus', appending an edition of his own, the third he has published. He has provided an admirable tool for further research (...), and the rich bibliography will be of lasting service.' (MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM in The Classical Review (new Series), 1994, p.57). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 27.50 (Antiquarian)

BOARDMAN, J., J. GRIFFIN AND O. MURRAY, (eds.), The Oxford History of the Classical World. Oxford University Press, London, 1986. X,882p. Cloth wrps. Nice copy. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

BOARDMAN, J., J. GRIFFIN and O. MURRAY, (eds.), Greece and the Hellenistic World. Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York, 1998. 9th impr. VIII,446p. ills.(B&W photographs). Paperback. Nice copy. The Oxford History of the Classical World was originally published as one volume. For this paperback edition, it appeared as two books: 'Greece and the Hellenistic World' and 'The Roman World'. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

BOARDMAN, J., J. GRIFFIN AND O. MURRAY, ed., The Oxford History of the Classical World. Guild Publishing, London, 1986. X,882p. Cloth wrps. € 22.50 (Antiquarian)

BOEKEL, C.W.van, Katharsis. Een filologische reconstructie van de psychologie van Aristoteles omtrent het gevoelsleven. Fontein, Utrecht, 1957. VIII,270p. Sewn. € 23.00 (Antiquarian)