Günther, Hans Christian

Artists and intellectuals and the requests of power by Hans Christian Günther( )

14 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 1,669 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A much discussed question in classical studies is the comparison between the situation of poets in Augustan Rome and that of artists and intellectuals in the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century. As instructive as this question proves to be for an understanding of the relation between the freedom of art and thinking on the one hand and power on the other, it also reveals the insufficiency of our present grasp of this crucial articulation of our humanity. This volume offers a multidisciplinary and comparative approach to the problem, complementing the historical perspective with a regard on Eastern traditions. It thus explores tentative paths for future research on an issue of critical importance for the shaping of the global world."--BOOK JACKET

Die Ästhetik der augusteischen Dichtung : eine Ästhetik des Verzichts : Überlegungen zum Spätwerk des Horaz by Hans Christian Günther( )

15 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,501 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Starting from some central texts of Horace's late poetry this book tries to offer a general picture of Horace's poetry, his political poetry and his relationship with his patrons in particular. It is aimed not only at classicists, but also at students of literature and history

Brill's companion to Propertius by Hans Christian Günther( )

22 editions published between 2005 and 2011 in English and held by 1,405 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The present volume provides a comprehensive guide to one of the most difficult authors of classical antiquity. All the major aspects of Propertius' work, its themes, the poetical technique, its sources and models, as well as the history of Propertian scholarship and the vexed problems of textual criticism, are dealt with in contributions by Joan Booth, James Butrica, Francis Cairns, Elaine Fantham, Paolo Fedeli, Adrian Hollis, Peter Knox, Robert Maltby, Tobias Reinhardt and Richard Tarrant; due space is also given to the reception of the author from antiquity and the renaissance (Simona Gavinelli) up to the modern age (Bernhard Zimmermann). At the centre stands an interpretation of the four transmitted books by Gesine Manuwaldt, Hans-Peter Syndikus, John Kevin Newman and Hans-Christian Günther

The European image of God and man : a contribution to the debate on human rights by Hans Christian Günther( )

9 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 1,300 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The present volumes unites papers which explore the European image of god and man as the unquestioned basis of the concept which determines what western society defines as human rights and puts it in an intercultural context by comparative essays on chinese, islamic and buddhist thinking. The volume covers issues which range from classical antiquity until contemporary philosophy and science

Die Übersetzungen der Elementatio Theologica des Proklos und ihre Bedeutung für den Proklostext by Hans Christian Günther( )

10 editions published in 2007 in German and English and held by 1,237 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The present book presents for the first time a detailed study of selected passages of the most important Georgian translation of a text of Greek philosophy: the translation of Proklos' Elementatio Theologica by the most eminent philosopher of the Georgian middle ages, Ioane Petrizi, who not only translated Proklos' text, but also provided it with an extensive commentary. The book discusses the paragraphs which are also extant in an Arabic translation of the early 9th century. The main scope of the book is to establish the relevance of the Georgian and Arabic translations for the history of the constitution of the text, but it provides also important insights in Petrizi's method of translation and the philosophical significance of his commentary

Paths to dialogue : interactions between eastern and western cultures by Hans Christian Günther( )

6 editions published in 2016 in English and held by 1,137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Brill's companion to Horace by Hans Christian Günther( )

18 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in English and held by 1,013 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This volume centres on a detailed analysis of the whole corpus of Horace's work. It is preceeded by an account of Horace's life and work and followed by two appendices on the transmission of the text and style and metre

Political poetry across the centuries by Internationales Seminar Deutsch-Italienischer Studien( )

11 editions published in 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 977 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The volume dedicates itself to the rather neglected field of political poetry and offers a broad perspective across the centuries from Plato until the post-war period. The first part describes the social function of poetry in Plato, his reception in Heidegger and in Ezra Pound's poetry. A contribution on Milton complements this with a great poet's reflection on central political questions. The second part, pre 20th century, is rounded off by two rulers from the edges of Europe or Asia who left their mark both on history and on the literary history of their country: the Georgian king Teimuraz I and the Persian ruler Shah Ismail. This theme is continued in the last contribution dedicated to an outstanding combination of political and poetic talent from recent history, Mao Zedong. Two other contributions refer to the epoch of WWI, Europe's big cultural caesura, and they dedicate themselves to two eminently influential figures, Stefan George and Vladimir Mayakowsky."--

Ethnic and religious cohabitation and conflict by Hans Christian Günther( )

6 editions published in 2017 in English and held by 964 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Iphigeneia at Aulis by Euripides( )

27 editions published between 1988 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 918 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Euripides, Iphigenia Aulidensis (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana)