Latin Literature: A History - Rilegato

Conte, Gian Biagio; Fowler, Don; Most, Glenn W.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0801846382 ISBN 13: 9780801846380

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1994

Riassunto

A great book that bears no comparison to the fragmented and frequently impoverished alphabetical references so commonly (and increasingly) seen. This authoritative history of Latin literature a revised translation of the original Italian-language edition of 1987 offers a comprehensive survey of the thousand-year period from the origins of Latin as a written language to the early Middle Ages (i.e., through the Venerable Bede in the seventh century), providing a wide-ranging panorama of all major Latin authors. Including names, dates, edition citations, and detailed summaries, the work combines the concision and ease of use of a standard reference with the critical intelligence of Conte, Italy's leading Latinist. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Recensione:

"Conte gives the sort of biographical and historical information that might be expected in a book of this type, but with a more sophisticated awareness of the fragility of much of it than one finds in many other text books. He also gives an unfailingly intelligent and interesting account of the works themselves... His mastery of the vast range of literature that he covers is remarkable." -- Jasper Griffin, New York Review of Books

"It will quickly become not only the preferred textbook but the standard resource for mainstream evaluations of the major surviving Latin authors through the early Middle Ages... Conte covers this era by discussing the principle writers in Latin with a remarkably concise thoroughness." -- Reader's Review

"Conte has achieved a monumental feat most scholars would shrink from attempting... [With] its relish for forgotten or underrated authors and its tight focus on cultural significance, his history shows the restlessness many late 20th-century Latinists feel with the state of their subject." -- Emily Gowers, London Review of Books

Descrizione del libro:

The authoriatative history of Latin literature.

"His mastery of the vast range of literature that he covers is remarkable." - NY Review of Books

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• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0801846382
• ISBN 13: 9780801846380
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 827