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Title:

CLASSICAL LITERATURE
A CONCISE HISTORY

By:

Richard Rutherford

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0631231331

ISBN 13:

9780631231332

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Publisher:

JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

16 January, 1991

Series:

Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World

Pages:

368

Description:

* A accessible one--volume survey of the literature of Greece and Rome. * Covers the period between Homer around 700 BC and Augustine around AD 410. * Highlights what is important historically and of continuing interest and value in classical literature.

Synopsis:

This accessible one--volume survey of the literature of Greece and Rome covers the period between Homer around 700 BC and Augustine around AD 410. * Highlights what is important historically and of continuing interest and value in classical literature. * An introduction by the editor presents essential information in a concise, accessible way. * Each chapter focuses on a particular genre or area of literature. * This structure allows readers to see continuities between different periods and to move easily between the Greek and Roman worlds. * Includes extensive quotations in English. * A timeline and an index of authors help to make the material as accessible as possible.

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