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London: Routledge, 1993. Hardcover. Good Condition. Dust jacket is fully intact. Clean and unmarked contents. Otherwise, sound and serviceable.Publisher's note: Roman epic lays firm claim to being western civilization's prime literary form. Roman epic draws together fourteen critically and methodologically distinct essays, focusing on particular epicists, their reaction to, influence on and rewriting of each other. The book examines the formation and transformation of Roman epic from its beginnings in the third century BCE Saturnian poets Livius and Naevius to the Renaissance Latin epics of Petrarch and Vida xii, 336 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Epic poetry, Latin; Rome (Empire); Literature; ISBN: 0415042305. ISBN/EAN: 9780415042307. Add. Inventory No: 231101HAD2-4118. . 9780415042307
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- Title Roman Epic
- Author Anthony J. Boyle
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, Independence, Kentucky, U. S. A.
- Date 1993
- ISBN 9780415042307 / 0415042305
- Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
- Dimensions 9.49 x 6.48 x 1.26 in (24.10 x 16.46 x 3.20 cm)
- Ages 18 to 18 years
- Grade levels 13 - 13
- Reading level 1490
- Library of Congress subjects Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism, Rome - In literature
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92025458
- Dewey Decimal Code 873.009
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London ; New York : Routledge, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xii, 336 pages. Subject: Epic poetry, Latin History and criticism. Epic poetry Roman influences. Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) History and criticism.
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Routledge. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0415042305 . Very minor shelfwear to book. Small chips to top of spine. DJ has creasing and 1 tear (repaired with clear tape) along upper edge. ; 2 x 10 x 8 Inches; 340 pages; Roman epic lays firm claim to being Western civilization's prime literary form. Roman Epic draws together 14 critically and methodologically distinct essays, focusing on particular epicists, their reaction to, influence on, and rewriting of each other. The book examines the formation and transformation of Roman epic from its beginnings in the third century B. C. Saturnian poets Livius and Naevius to the Renaissance Latin epic of Petrarch and Vida. What results is the revelation of Roman epic not only as Rome's highest poetic genre but as a self-consciously intertextual, primarily political form. The Roman epicist's creative exploitation of his predecessors is not restricted to stylistic similarities and generic codes, but often encompasses…
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