This classic anthology traces the development of Latin literature from the early Republican works of Cicero and Catullus, to the writers of the Empire such as Lucan and Petronius, to the later writings of St Augustine.
This classic anthology traces the development of Latin literature from the early Republican works of Cicero and Catullus, to the writers of the Empire such as Lucan and Petronius, to the later writings of St Augustine.
Intertextuality is explained superbly by Stephen Hinds Allusion and Intertext: Dynamics of Appropriation in Roman ... in Intertextuality (Ann Arbor, 1999), Lowell Edmunds Intertextuality and the Reading of Roman Poetry (Baltimore, ...
Central throughout is the theme of the fundamental connections between Latin literature and issues of elite Roman culture. The versatile structure of the book makes it suitable both for individual and class use.
... fragmentary survivals . Certainly it will be difficult , in some cases very difficult , to ... the continuity that binds those texts to us , their substantial cul- tural ... ancient addressees and our own. Literary History and Historiography 3.
This highly accessible, user-friendly work provides a fresh and illuminating introduction to the most important aspects of Latin prose and poetry and the fundamental connections between Latin literature and issues of elite Roman culture
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"This authoritative history of Latin literature offers a comprehensive survey of the thousand-year period from the origins of Latin as a written language to the early Middle Ages. At once...