Classical Literature: A Concise History (Wiley Introductions to the Classical World) - Softcover

Rutherford, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631231331 ISBN 13: 9780631231332

Verlag: WB, 1991

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This accessible one-volume survey of the literature of Greece and Rome covers the period between Homer around 700 BC and Augustine around AD 410.

• Highlights what is important historically and of continuing interest and value in classical literature.
• An introduction by the editor presents essential information in a concise, accessible way.
• Each chapter focuses on a particular genre or area of literature.
• This structure allows readers to see continuities between different periods and to move easily between the Greek and Roman worlds.
• Includes extensive quotations in English.
• A timeline and an index of authors help to make the material as accessible as possible.

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Richard Rutherford is Tutor in Greek and Latin Literature at Christ Church, Oxford, and a University Lecturer at Oxford. His previous publications include The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: A Study (1989), The Art of Plato (1995) and Homer (1996).

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This accessible one-volume survey of the literature of Greece and Rome covers the period between Homer, around 700 bc, and Augustine, around ad 410. It highlights what is important historically and what is of continuing interest and value in the literature of classical antiquity.

The author’s introduction sets out essential preliminary material concerning the history of the ancient world, the nature of literary genres and the transmission of texts. Each subsequent chapter is concerned with a particular genre or aspect of literature, and traces the development of that genre over time. This structure allows the reader to see continuities between different periods and to move easily between the Greek and Roman worlds. Extensive quotations in English, a timeline and an index of authors help to make the material as accessible as possible.

The author’s introduction sets out essential preliminary material concerning the history of the ancient world, the nature of literary genres and the transmission of texts. Each subsequent chapter is concerned with a particular genre or aspect of literature, and traces the development of that genre over time. This structure allows the reader to see continuities between different periods and to move easily between the Greek and Roman worlds. Extensive quotations in English, a timeline and an index of authors help to make the material as accessible as possible.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: WB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0631231331
• ISBN 13: 9780631231332
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 370
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