Companion to Latin Literature
Harrison
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Description for Companion to Latin Literature
Hardcover. Presents an account of Latin literature from its beginnings in the third century BC through to the end of the second century AD. Editor(s): Harrison, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 472 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 35. Weight in Grams: 886.
A Companion to Latin Literature gives an authoritative account of Latin literature from its beginnings in the third century BC through to the end of the second century AD.
- Provides expert overview of the main periods of Latin literary history, major genres, and key themes
- Covers all the major Latin works of prose and poetry, from Ennius to Augustine, including Lucretius, Cicero, Catullus, Livy, Vergil, Seneca, and Apuleius
- Includes invaluable reference material – dictionary entries on authors, chronological chart of political and literary history, and an annotated bibliography
- Serves as both a discursive literary history and a general reference book
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631235293
SKU
V9780631235293
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Harrison
Stephen Harrison is Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures at Oxford University and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His recent publications include Apuleius: A Latin Sophist (2000), Apuleius: Rhetorical Works (ed. 2001) and Texts, Ideas and the Classics (ed. 2001).
Reviews for Companion to Latin Literature
"Not least among the advantages of this format is that it challenges scholars typically working in a climate of intensive specialization to synthesize and distill their knowledge to a greater extent than is normally encouraged." (Phoenix, 2009) "Essay after essay conveys the excitement of research into the ancient world, showing that nothing is settled, that ... Read more