| Literature in the Roman World Revised Edition Contributor(s): Taplin, Oliver (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0192893017 ISBN-13: 9780192893017 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2001 Annotation: In this volume, we are offered a new perspective on Roman literature, based on the conviction that our present appreciation for it should be informed and influenced by how it was originally perceived. From the beginning of the Roman Empire to the end of the classical era, this book focuses on the "receivers" of Roman literature-the readers, spectators, and audiences who first witnessed the works. Six contributors map out the lively and provocative surveys, covering the kinds of literature that have shaped Western culture--epic, lyric, tragedy, comedy, history, philosophy, elegy, satire, biography, and panegyric. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 870 |
| LCCN: 2001126090 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.36" W x 7.76" (0.74 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this volume, we are offered a new perspective on Roman literature, based on the conviction that our present appreciation for it should be informed and influenced by how it was originally perceived. From the beginning of the Roman Empire to the end of the classical era, this book focuses on the receivers of Roman literature-the readers, spectators, and audiences who first witnessed the works. Six contributors map out the lively and provocative surveys, covering the kinds of literature that have shaped Western culture--epic, lyric, tragedy, comedy, history, philosophy, elegy, satire, biography, and panegyric. |