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A Companion to Roman Love Elegy
Contributor(s): Gold, Barbara K. (Editor)
ISBN: 1444330373     ISBN-13: 9781444330373
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $234.60  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
Dewey: 874.010
LCCN: 2011046019
Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.9" W x 9.7" (2.40 lbs) 608 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Publisher Description:
A Companion to Roman Love Elegy is the first comprehensive work dedicated solely to the study of love elegy. The genre is explored through 33 original essays thatoffer new and innovative approaches to specific elegists and the discipline as a whole.

  • Contributors represent a range of established names and younger scholars, all of whom are respected experts in their fields
  • Contains original, never before published essays, which are both accessible to a wide audience and offer a new approach to the love elegists and their work
  • Includes 33 essays on the Roman elegists Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Sulpicia, and Ovid, as well as their Greek and Roman predecessors and later writers who were influenced by their work
  • Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in Roman elegy from scholars who have used a variety of critical approaches to open up new avenues of understanding