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The Cambridge History of Classical Literature Ser.: Hellenistic Period and the Empire by P. E. Easterling (1989, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521359848
ISBN-139780521359849
eBay Product ID (ePID)1440461
Product Key Features
Number of Pages292 Pages
Publication NameHellenistic Period and the Empire
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1989
SubjectAncient / General, Ancient & Classical
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, History
AuthorP. E. Easterling
SeriesThe Cambridge History of Classical Literature Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight17.1 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"...a mighty achievement, bringing together the work of nineteen of the finest scholars in the field to produce a single volume...It will surely not be superceded in this century, and probably never will..." The New York Review of Books
Volume NumberVol. 1, Pt. 4
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentList of plates; Abbreviations; Editorial note; Part I. Hellenistic Poetry: 1. Introduction; 2. Philetas and others; 3. Callimachus; 4. Theocritus; 5. Apollonius Rhodius; 6. Minor figures; Part II. The Literature of the Empire: 7. The early Empire; 8. Poetry; 9. Philostratus and the second sophistic; 10. Science and superstition; 11. Between philosophy and rhetoric; 12. The Greek novel; 13. The fable; 14. Historical writing of the high empire; Part III. Book and Readers in the Greek world: 15. From the beginnings to Alexandria; 16. The Hellenistic and imperial periods; Appendixes; Index.
SynopsisThe emphasis of this volume is on Greek literature produced in the period between the foundation of Alexandria late in the fourth century B.C. and the end of the 'high empire' in the third century A.D. Here we see a shift away from the city states of the Greek mainland to the new centres of culture and power, first Alexandria under the Ptolemies and then imperial Rome, Greek literature, being traditionally cosmopolitan, adapted to these changes with remarkable success, and through the efficiency of the Hellenistic educational system Greek literary culture became the essential mark of an educated person in the Graeco-Roman world., Studies the revolutionary movement represented by some Hellenistic poets and those authors surviving from the imperial period., This series provides individual textbooks on early Greek poetry, on Greek drama, on philosophy, history and oratory, and on the literature of the Hellenistic period and of the Empire. Each part has its own appendix of authors and works, a list of works cited, and an index. This volume studies the revolutionary movement represented by the more creative of the Hellenistic poets and finally the very rich range of authors surviving from the imperial period, with rhetoric and the novel contributing a distinctive flavour to the culture of the time. Appropriately enough, the volume closes with a survey of books and readers in the ancient world, which draws attention to the bookish nature of Greek literature from the Hellenistic period onwards and points forward to its survival into the Middle Ages., This volume in The Cambridge History of Classical Literature studies the revolutionary movement represented by the more creative of the Hellenistic poets, and finally the very rich range of authors surviving from the imperial period, with rhetoric and the novel contributing a distinctive flavour to the culture of the time.
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