Author: John Wight Duff
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
"In this masterly survey, Professor Duff shows how Roman literature developed from its early beginnings into the polished rhetoric of Cicero and the mature poetry of Virgil."--Back cover
A Literary History of Rome
Author: John Wight Duff
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
"In this masterly survey, Professor Duff shows how Roman literature developed from its early beginnings into the polished rhetoric of Cicero and the mature poetry of Virgil."--Back cover
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
"In this masterly survey, Professor Duff shows how Roman literature developed from its early beginnings into the polished rhetoric of Cicero and the mature poetry of Virgil."--Back cover
A History of Roman Literature (2 vols.)
Author: M. von Albrecht
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004329900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1864
Book Description
Michael von Albrecht's A History of Roman Literature, originally published in German, can rightly be seen as the long awaited counterpart to Albin Lesky's Geschichte der Griechischen Literatur. In what will probably be the last survey made by a single scholar the whole of Latin literature from Livius Andronicus up to Boethius comes to the fore. 'Literature' is taken here in its broad, antique sense, and therefore also includes e.g. rhetoric, philosophy and history. Special attention has been given to the influence of Latin literature on subsequent centuries down to our own days. Extensive indices give access to this monument of learning. The introductions in Von Albrecht's texts, together with the large bibliographies make further study both more fruitful and easy.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004329900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1864
Book Description
Michael von Albrecht's A History of Roman Literature, originally published in German, can rightly be seen as the long awaited counterpart to Albin Lesky's Geschichte der Griechischen Literatur. In what will probably be the last survey made by a single scholar the whole of Latin literature from Livius Andronicus up to Boethius comes to the fore. 'Literature' is taken here in its broad, antique sense, and therefore also includes e.g. rhetoric, philosophy and history. Special attention has been given to the influence of Latin literature on subsequent centuries down to our own days. Extensive indices give access to this monument of learning. The introductions in Von Albrecht's texts, together with the large bibliographies make further study both more fruitful and easy.
A History of Roman Literature
Author: Charles Thomas Cruttwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
The Early History of Rome
Author: Livy
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780140441048
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
With stylistic brilliance and historical imagination, the first five books of Livy's monumental history of Rome record events from the foundation of Rome through the history of the seven kings, the establishment of the Republic and its internal struggles, up to Rome's recovery after the fierce Gallic invasion of the fourth century bc. Livy vividly depicts the great characters, legends, and tales, including the story of Romulus and Remus. Reprinting Robert Ogilvie's lucid 1971 introduction, this highly regarded edition now boasts a new preface, examining the text in light of recent Livy scholarship, informative maps, bibliography, and an index. Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt with an introduction by Robert Ogilvie.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780140441048
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
With stylistic brilliance and historical imagination, the first five books of Livy's monumental history of Rome record events from the foundation of Rome through the history of the seven kings, the establishment of the Republic and its internal struggles, up to Rome's recovery after the fierce Gallic invasion of the fourth century bc. Livy vividly depicts the great characters, legends, and tales, including the story of Romulus and Remus. Reprinting Robert Ogilvie's lucid 1971 introduction, this highly regarded edition now boasts a new preface, examining the text in light of recent Livy scholarship, informative maps, bibliography, and an index. Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt with an introduction by Robert Ogilvie.
The Roman Book
Author: Rex Winsbury
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0715638297
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
What was a Roman book? How did it differ from modern books? How were Roman books composed, published and distributed during the high period of Roman literature that encompassed, among others, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Martial, Pliny and Tacitus? What was the ‘scribal art’ of the time? What was the role of bookshops and libraries? The publishing of Roman books has often been misrepresented by false analogies with contemporary publishing. This wide-ranging study re-examines, by appeal to what Roman authors themselves tell us, both the raw material and the aesthetic criteria of the Roman book, and shows how slavery was the ‘enabling infrastructure’ of literature. Roman publishing is placed firmly in the context of a society where the spoken still ranked above the written, helping to explain how some books and authors became politically dangerous and how the Roman book could be both an elite cultural icon and a contributor to Rome’s popular culture through the mass medium of the theatre.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0715638297
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
What was a Roman book? How did it differ from modern books? How were Roman books composed, published and distributed during the high period of Roman literature that encompassed, among others, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Martial, Pliny and Tacitus? What was the ‘scribal art’ of the time? What was the role of bookshops and libraries? The publishing of Roman books has often been misrepresented by false analogies with contemporary publishing. This wide-ranging study re-examines, by appeal to what Roman authors themselves tell us, both the raw material and the aesthetic criteria of the Roman book, and shows how slavery was the ‘enabling infrastructure’ of literature. Roman publishing is placed firmly in the context of a society where the spoken still ranked above the written, helping to explain how some books and authors became politically dangerous and how the Roman book could be both an elite cultural icon and a contributor to Rome’s popular culture through the mass medium of the theatre.
Ancient Rome
Author: Christopher S. Mackay
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521809184
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Sample Text
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521809184
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Sample Text
A Literary History of Rome in the Silver Age
Author: John Wight Duff
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
"This second volume if a standard introduction to Roman Literature provides authoritative assessments of all the important writers from the close of the Golden Age till the decline which set in after the death of Hadrian"--Back cover.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
"This second volume if a standard introduction to Roman Literature provides authoritative assessments of all the important writers from the close of the Golden Age till the decline which set in after the death of Hadrian"--Back cover.
A Literary History of Rome from the Origins to the Close of the Golden Age
Author: John Wight Duff
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
The History of Rome
Roman Literary Culture
Author: Elaine Fantham
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142140835X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
This edition includes a new preface and an updated bibliography.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142140835X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
This edition includes a new preface and an updated bibliography.