Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 450 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture |
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Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture.
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Contents |
Introduction : constructing Latin literature / Stephen Harrison -- The early republic : the beginnings to 90 BC / Sander M. Goldberg -- The late republican/triumviral period, 90-40 BC / D.S. Levene -- The Augustan period, 40BC-AD 14 / Joseph Farrell -- The early empire, AD 14-68 / Roland Mayer -- The high empire, AD 69-200 / Bruce Gibson -- Narrative epic / Philip Hardie -- Didactic epic / Monica Gale -- Roman tragedy / Elaine Fantham -- Comedy, atellane farce and mime / Costas Panayotakis -- Pastoral / Stephen Heyworth -- Love elegy / Roy Gibson -- Satire / Llewelyn Morgan -- Lyric and iambic / Stephen Harrison -- Epigram / Lindsay C. Watson -- The novel / Stephen Harrison -- Dialogues and treatises / J.G.F. Powell -- Historiography and biography / Christina Shuttleworth Kraus -- Oratory / D.H. Berry -- Epistolography / Catharine Edwards -- Decline and nostalgia / Stephen Harrison -- Art and text / Jaś Elsner -- The passions / Robert A. Kaster -- Sex and gender / A.M. Keith -- Friendship and patronage / David Konstan -- Romans and others / Yasmin Syed -- Marriage and family / Susan Treggiari -- Slavery and class / Thomas Habinek -- Centre and periphery / Alessandro Barchiesi |
Summary |
""Essay after essay conveys the excitement of research into the ancient world, showing that nothing is settled, that there are always new questions and new ideas. The essays are lively and provocative, making representative use of source material and enticing readers to enter into the debate themselves ... There is little to criticise in this volume ... This 'Companion' titillates the reader into thinking about Latin literature in excitingly new ways."" Scholia Reviews ""An invaluable source of assistance and instruction for students."" Reference Reviews ""I can warmly recommend this book, |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 406-443) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Latin literature -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Latin literature -- Themes, motives -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Authors, Latin -- Biography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Authors, Latin -- Biography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Authors, Latin
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Intellectual life
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Latin literature
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Latin literature -- Themes, motives
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Literature
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Literatur
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Literaturgattung
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Motiv
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Letterkunde.
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Latijn.
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SUBJECT |
Rome -- Intellectual life -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Rome -- In literature -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Rome (Empire)
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Latein.
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Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handboeken (vorm)
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Geschiedenis (vorm)
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Harrison, S. J
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LC no. |
2004005855 |
ISBN |
9780470996683 |
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0470996684 |
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9781405161312 |
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1405161310 |
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1405137371 |
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9781405137379 |
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0631235299 |
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9780631235293 |
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1782684735 |
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9781782684732 |
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1280198702 |
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9781280198700 |
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9786610198702 |
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6610198705 |
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0470707410 |
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9780470707418 |
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