Classical literature : a concise history / Richard Rutherford.
Classical literature : a concise history / Richard Rutherford.
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Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, c2005.
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N880.09/13
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 350 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Epic -- 2. Drama -- 3. Rhetoric -- 4. History, biography, fiction -- 5. Erotic literature -- 6. Literature and power -- 7. Aspects of wit -- 8. Thinkers -- 9. Believers -- App. 1. Translations of four longer passages -- App. 2. Timeline -- App. 3. List of Roman emperors -- App. 4. Major Greek and...
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Publisher
Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, c2005.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
c2005.
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Summary
"This 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."--BOOK JACKET.
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Classical literature : a concise history / Richard Rutherford.
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Blackwell introductions to the classical world.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N880.09/13
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74VKP8qrm0KZ
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ISBN
0631231331 (pbk.) :
9780631231325 (alk. paper)
0631231323 (alk. paper)
9780631231332 (alk. paper)
0631231331 (alk. paper)
9780631231325 (cased) :
0631231323 (cased) :
9780631231332 (pbk.) :
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880.09
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991019717249702626
