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23%OFFAlan Cameron - Callimachus and His Critics - 9780691606125 - V9780691606125
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Callimachus and His Critics

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Description for Callimachus and His Critics Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 548 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Callimachus has usually been seen as the archetypal ivory-tower poet, the epitome if not the inventor of the concept of art for art's sake, author of erudite works written to be read in book form by fellow poets and scholars. Abundant evidence, much of it assembled here for the first time, suggests a very different story: a world of civic festivals rather than books and libraries, a world in which poetry and poets played a central and public role. In the course of the argument, Cameron casts fresh light on the lives, dates, works, and interrelationships of most of the ... Read more

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
548
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691606125
SKU
V9780691606125
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