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Homer in Print
Glenn W. Most
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Description for Homer in Print
Hardcover. Traces the print transmission and literary reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey from the fifteenth through the twentieth century. This title is suitable for students and teachers of classics, classical reception, comparative literature, and book history. Editor(s): Most, Glenn W.; Schreyer, Alice D. Num Pages: 352 pages, 65 colour plates. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
"Homer in Print" traces the print transmission and literary reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey from the fifteenth through the twentieth century. Over 175 mini-essays provide new details of each included edition's textual, intellectual, and publishing history. Three long-form essays contributed by scholars Glenn W. Most and David Wray, and collector M. C. Lang, place these editions within a wider context, exploring their role in ancient and modern philology, translation studies, and the history of printing. An extensive and strikingly illustrated testament to the power and popularity of Homer over the past five hundred years, "Homer in Print" is ... Read more
"Homer in Print" traces the print transmission and literary reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey from the fifteenth through the twentieth century. Over 175 mini-essays provide new details of each included edition's textual, intellectual, and publishing history. Three long-form essays contributed by scholars Glenn W. Most and David Wray, and collector M. C. Lang, place these editions within a wider context, exploring their role in ancient and modern philology, translation studies, and the history of printing. An extensive and strikingly illustrated testament to the power and popularity of Homer over the past five hundred years, "Homer in Print" is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780943056418
SKU
V9780943056418
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About Glenn W. Most
Glenn W. Most is professor in the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought and the College at the University of Chicago and professor of Greek philology at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Alice Schreyer is assistant university librarian for humanities, social sciences, and special collections at the University of Chicago Library.
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