Publisher | Oxford University Press, Usa |
ISBN 13 | 9780195395167 |
ISBN 10 | 0195395166 |
Book Description | Though the wonders of ancient Roman culture continue to attract interest across the disciplines, it is difficult to find a lively, accessible collection of the full range of the era's literature in English. The Oxford Anthology of Literature in the Roman World provides a general introduction to the literature of the Roman empire at its zenith, between the second century BC and the second century AD. Two features of this extraordinarily fertile period in literary achievement as evidenced by this anthology are immediately and repeatedly clear: how similar the Romans' view of the world was to our own and, perhaps even more obviously, how different it was. Most of the authors included in the a |
Language | English |
Author | Peter E. Knox |
Publication Date | 18-Jun-13 |
Number of Pages | 656 |
The Oxford Anthology Of Roman Literature paperback english - 18-Jun-13