Richard Rutherford

Classical Literature

A Concise History

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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 bet… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-470-77526-4
EAN: 9780470775264
Produktnummer: 13807780
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 368 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 1'796 KB

Über den Autor

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).