A companion to Latin literature / edited by Stephen Harrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrison, S. J.

Series:

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture.

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin literature--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Latin literature.

Latin literature--Themes, motives--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Authors, Latin--Biography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Authors, Latin.

Rome--Intellectual life--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Rome.

Rome--In literature--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (470 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Companion to Latin Literature gives an authoritative account of Latin literature from its beginnings in the third century BC through to the end of the second century AD. Provides expert overview of the main periods of Latin literary history, major genres, and key themes Covers all the major Latin works of prose and poetry, from Ennius to Augustine, including Lucretius, Cicero, Catullus, Livy, Vergil, Seneca, and Apuleius Includes invaluable reference material - dictionary entries on authors, chronological chart of political and literary history, and an

Contents:

A COMPANION TO LATIN LITERATURE; Contents; List of Figures; Chronological Table; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Reference Works: Abbreviations; Introduction: Constructing Latin Literature; Part I Periods; 1 The Early Republic: the Beginnings to 90 BC; 2 The Late Republican/Triumviral Period: 90-40 BC; 3 The Augustan Period: 40 BC-AD 14; 4 The Early Empire: AD 14-68; 5 The High Empire: AD 69-200; Part II Genres; 6 Narrative Epic; 7 Didactic Epic; 8 Roman Tragedy; 9 Comedy, Atellane Farce and Mime; 10 Pastoral; 11 Love Elegy; 12 Satire; 13 Lyric and Iambic; 14 Epigram; 15 The Novel

16 Dialogues and Treatises17 Historiography and Biography; 18 Oratory; 19 Epistolography; Part III Themes; 20 Decline and Nostalgia; 21 Art and Text; 22 The Passions; 23 Sex and Gender; 24 Friendship and Patronage; 25 Romans and Others; 26 Marriage and Family; 27 Slavery and Class; 28 Centre and Periphery; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [406]-443) and index.

ISBN:

9786610198702

9781782684732

1782684735

9781280198700

1280198702

9780470707418

0470707410

9780470996683

0470996684

9781405137379

1405137371

OCLC:

184983652