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    ‘The hot-house of decadent chronicle’: Michael Field and the dance of modern verse-drama

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    This article examines Michael Field's avant-guard poetic dramas post 1895, in particular the Roman Trilogy (The World at Auction, The Race of Leaves, and Julia Domna), to suggest they should be read for their extraordinary poetic experimentation, which precedes, prefigures and is at the heart of modernism's innovations in the genre. It argues that influenced by the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, particularly The Birth of Tragedy, Michael Field turned to Latin decadence and to contemporary German philology to re-energise the genre. The essay also suggests that the Trilogy's emphasis on dance foreshadows the impact of Ballet Russes on modern aesthetics

    Philisci Consolatoria ad Ciceronem

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    Ek tōn Diōnos tou Nikaeōs Rōmaikōn historiōn, apo Pompēiou Magnou mechris Alexandrou tou Mamaias, epitomē Iōannou tou Xiphilinou

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    11th century abridgment by Joannes Xiphilinus of Cassius Dio's work on Roman emperors. First portion of title transliterated from Greek characters; title page in Latin, text in Greek

    Roman History. Books LXIV-LXXX

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    В издании публикуется первый перевод на русский язык LXIV-LXXX книг "Римской истории" Диона Кассия, в которых освещаются события 69-229 гг. — от гражданской войны после смерти Нерона до правления Александра Севера.Свидетельства о Дионе и его труде: с. 370-371. Махлаюк А.В. История "века железа и ржавчины". Кассий Дион и его "Римская история": с. 372-437. Династические схемы и карты: с. 438-442. Список сокращений: с. 443-445. Указатель: с. 446-455
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