Latin literature : a history

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Latin literature : a history

Gian Biagio Conte ; translated by Joseph B. Solodow ; revised by Don Fowler and Glenn W. Most

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999 c1994

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Other Title

Letteratura latina : manuale storico dalle origini alla fine dell'impero romano

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Letteratura latina

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Translation of: Letteratura latina : manuale storico dalle origini alla fine dell'impero romano. c1987

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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 a reference work, a bibliographic guide, a literary study, and a reader's handbook, Latin Literature: A History is the first work of its kind to appear in English in nearly four decades. From the first examples of written Latin through Gregory of Tours in the sixth century and the Venerable Bede in the seventh, Latin Literature offers a wide-ranging panorama of all major Latin authors. Including names, dates, edition citations, and detailed summaries, the work combines the virtues of an encyclopedia with the critical intelligence readers have come to expect from Italy's leading Latinist, Gian Biagio Conte.

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Literary History and Historiography Part 1: The Early and Middle Republics Part 2: The Late Republic Part 3: The Age of Augustus Part 4: The Early Empire Part 5: The Late Empire Appendixes Index of names

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  • NCID
    BA49347902
  • ISBN
    • 0801862531
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ita
  • Place of Publication
    Baltimore, Md
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxiii, 827p
  • Size
    26 cm
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