Classical Literature: A Concise History (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World)
Classical Literature: A Concise History (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World)
by: Richard Rutherford
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year: 2005 pages: 368 bookmarked: yes paginated: yes vector: yes cover: yes
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. It highlights what is important historically and what is of continuing interest and value in the literature of classical antiquity. The author’s introduction sets out essential preliminary material concerning the history of the ancient world, the nature of literary genres and the transmission of texts. Each subsequent chapter is concerned with a particular genre or aspect of literature, and traces the development of that genre over time. This structure allows the reader to see continuities between different periods and to move easily between the Greek and Roman worlds. Extensive quotations in English, a timeline and an index of authors help to make the material as accessible as possible.
Contents
1 - Epic
2 - Drama
3 - Rhetoric
4 - History, Biography and Fiction
5 - Erotic Literature
6 - Literature and Power
7 - Aspects of Wit
8 - Thinkers
9 - Believers
Appendix 1 - Translations of Four Longer Passages
1 Homer, Iliad 24.471–551
2 Plato, Republic, Book 7, 514a–518b
3 Propertius, Book 2, Poem 15
4 Tacitus, Annals 4.34 –5 (AD 25).
Appendix 2 - Timeline
Appendix 3 - List of Roman Emperors
Appendix 4 - Major Greek and Roman Gods
Notes
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Epic
Chapter 2 Drama
Chapter 3 Rhetoric
Chapter 4 History, Biography and Fiction
Chapter 5 Erotic Literature
Chapter 6 Literature and Power
Chapter 7 Aspects of Wit
Chapter 8 Thinkers
Chapter 9 Believers
Appendix 1: Translations of Four Longer Passages
Further Reading
General Works of Reference
Other Histories of Classical Literature
Some ‘Classics’ of the Classics
Translations
Further Reading Relevant to Particular Chapters
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