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001			932387077
003			OCoLC
005			20190729110449.0
008			151216r20162015nyu b 001 0 eng d
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020			_a0465097979 _q(hardcover)
020			_z9780465097982 _q(e-book)
020			_z9780141977355 _q(UK)
035			_a.b79873200
035			_a(OCoLC)932387077
040			_aYDXCP _beng _erda _cYDXCP _dBTCTA _dBDX _dGK8 _dMR0 _dOCLCO _dGVA _dABG _dOCLCF _dOCLCO _dZLM _dOCLCO _dDGU _dOSU _dUtOrBLW
050	1	4	_aPA3001 _b.J45 2016
100	1		_aJenkyns, Richard,
245	1	0	_aClassical literature : _ban epic journey from Homer to Virgil and beyond / _cRichard Jenkyns
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bBasic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, _c[2016]
300			_axi, 270 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"First published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by the Penguin Book Group"--Title-page verso
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and index
505	0		_aHomer -- Archaic Greece -- The rise of tragedy and history -- The later fifth century -- The fourth century -- The Hellenistic Age -- The Roman Republic -- Virgil -- The Augustan Age -- After the Augustans -- Two novels
520			_a"The writings of the Greeks and Romans form the bedrock of Western culture. Inventing the molds for histories, tragedies, and philosophies, while pioneering radical new forms of epic and poetry, the Greeks and Romans created the literary world we still inhabit today. Writing with verve and insight, distinguished classicist Richard Jenkyns explores a thousand years of classical civilization, carrying readers from the depths of the Greek dark ages through the glittering heights of Rome's empire. Jenkyns begins with Homer and the birth of epic poetry before exploring the hypnotic poetry of Pindar, Sappho, and others from the Greek dark ages. Later, in Athens's classical age, Jenkyns shows the radical nature of Sophocles's choice to portray Ajax as a psychologically wounded warrior, how Aeschylus developed tragedy, and how Herodotus, in 'inventing history,' brought to narrative an epic and tragic quality. We meet the strikingly modern figure of Virgil, struggling to mirror epic art in an age of empire, and experience the love poems of Catullus, who imbued verse with obsessive passion as never before. Even St. Paul and other early Christian writers are artfully grounded here in their classical literary context. A dynamic and comprehensive introduction to Greek and Roman literature, Jenkyns's Classical Literature is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the classics and the extraordinary origins of Western culture."--Publisher website
650		0	_aClassical literature
650		0	_aClassical literature _xHistory and criticism
655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411635
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