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What's in a Name?
Joan Booth (Ed.)
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Description for What's in a Name?
Hardcover. Latin poets and prose writers of the classical period and later used - and withheld - names subtly and to important effect. This book explores themes which include 'speaking' names, often involving bilingual Latin/Greek play; the ways in which persons and objects are named in contexts of invective or endearment; and more. Editor(s): Booth, Joan; Maltby, Robert. Num Pages: 2 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; D. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 494.
Latin poets and prose writers of the classical period and later used - and withheld - names subtly and to important effect. Here, in eleven new essays, an eminent international cast explore themes which include 'speaking' names, often involving bilingual Latin/Greek play; the ways in which persons and objects are named in contexts of invective or endearment; the significant suppression or changing of names; the religious and historical significances of names; the uses of names in literary catalogues; names as devices to structure a group of shorter poems.
Latin poets and prose writers of the classical period and later used - and withheld - names subtly and to important effect. Here, in eleven new essays, an eminent international cast explore themes which include 'speaking' names, often involving bilingual Latin/Greek play; the ways in which persons and objects are named in contexts of invective or endearment; the significant suppression or changing of names; the religious and historical significances of names; the uses of names in literary catalogues; names as devices to structure a group of shorter poems.
Product Details
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
2
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
2
Place of Publication
Swansea, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905125098
SKU
V9781905125098
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99-50
About Joan Booth (Ed.)
edited by Joan Booth and Robert Maltby
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