| #1502395 in Books | Cambridge University Press | 1996-11-13 | 1996-10-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.80 x.39 x5.08l,.42 | File type: PDF | 146 pages | |||"...[a] rich volume..." New York Sun
"...this stimulating book.... ...led me to think in fresh ways about the peculiar dynamic of Roman literature...." Lee T. Pearcy, Bryn Mawr Classical
"...this stimulating book....led me to thin
What did the city of Rome mean to ancient Romans? Roman writers, Cicero, Virgil, Juvenal and others, described their city in many different ways: they marveled at its beauty, they despaired of its dirt, they explored its history, they lamented its absence. Their writings have played a vital part in determining responses to the city both in their own time and in later centuries. This book explores a wide range of descriptions of the city from later periods as well as from...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Writing Rome: Textual Approaches to the City (Roman Literature and its Contexts) | Catharine Edwards. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
