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Open AccessPublished: 9 August 2024

Nature-Culture Binary versus Ancient Folklore of Bihar (An Eastern Indian State)

Tosha Mallika, Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi

Classical Literature · 6-14 · 10.55121/cl.v2i1.109

The research article utilizes the ancient folklore of Bihar to build an enhanced perspective on the relationship between culture and nature. Different legends, folk-beliefs, and folk practices have played an immense role in the generation of this analysis. The folklore of the Angika region as shown in the map is the primary sour

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Open AccessPublished: 9 August 2024

Towards a Cultural Sociology of the Uses of Classical Literature: Deploying Literary Representations of Rome and the Romans in England between the 15th and 18th Centuries

David Inglis, Christopher Thorpe

Classical Literature · 49-65 · 10.55121/cl.v1i1.115

Studies of receptions of ancient Greek and Roman literature analyze how so-called ‘classical’ texts are variously taken up and deployed by persons existing at later points in history. So far, the nature of such reception has not been conceptualized in an explicitly sociological manner. This paper proposes one way to do that, dra

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Open AccessPublished: 9 August 2024

On Transliterating the Book of Odes

Geoffrey Sampson

Classical Literature · 24-29 · 10.55121/cl.v1i1.106

The Chinese Book of Odes (詩經), a poetry anthology that is possibly the earliest literary monument in any still-living language, used phonetic effects such as rhyme, metre, and alliteration to achieve its poetic artistry. However, these effects have been largely obliterated by changes in the sounds of Chinese over almost three mi

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