A Guide to Hellenistic Literature

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Wiley, 7 mag 2007 - 278 pagine
This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature of the Hellenistic period.
  • A guide to the literature of the Hellenistic age, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC
  • Provides overviews of the social, political, intellectual and literary historical contexts in which Hellenistic literature was produced
  • Introduces the major writers and genres of the period
  • Provides information about style, meter and languages to aid readers with no prior knowledge of the language in understanding technical aspects of literary Greek
  • Distinctive in its coverage of current issues in Hellenistic criticism, including audience reception, the political and social background, and Hellenistic theories of literature

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A Guide to Hellenistic Literature
Kathryn Gutzwiller
Anteprima limitata - 2008
A Guide to Hellenistic Literature
Kathryn Gutzwiller
Anteprima non disponibile - 2007
A Guide to Hellenistic Literature
Kathryn Gutzwiller
Anteprima non disponibile - 2008

Informazioni sull'autore (2007)

Kathryn Gutzwiller is Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati. Her recent publications include Poetic Garlands: Hellenistic Epigrams in Context (1998) and The New Posidippus: A Hellenistic Poetry Book (edited, 2005). She is the winner of the American Philological Association’s Goodwin Award of Merit and has twice won the Gildersleeve Prize for the best article in the American Journal of Philology.

Informazioni bibliografiche

TitoloA Guide to Hellenistic Literature
Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature
AutoreKathryn Gutzwiller
Edizioneillustrata, commentata
EditoreWiley, 2007
ISBN0631233229, 9780631233220
Lunghezza278 pagine
  
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