ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
William Allan's Very Short Introduction provides a concise and lively guide to the major authors, genres, and periods of classical literature.
G.W. Bowersock, The New York Review of Books “There is scarcely anything on which he does not offer an original aperçu, sometimes illuminating, sometimes simply provocative, but always worth reading.
An Introduction Neil Croally, Roy Hyde ... 24.249–50); but even Laertes' abject state does not fool his son and cannot conceal his princely qualities, 'but to look at you, there is nothing servile in your looks or build' (Od. 24.252–3).
... classics were still read, learned, acted and, since the Hellenistic period, exhaustively written about, analysed and annotated. The Romans, however, were equally consciously setting about creating a classical literature of their own ...
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.
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.
Classical Literature
Jenkyns's view of ancient literature is Olympian." -- G.W. Bowersock, The New York Review of Books
Classical Literature: Taking a Look at Classical Literature Through Language. Upper