ENGLISH

A Guide to Hellenistic Literature

By Kathryn Gutzwiller

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2007
ISBN
9780631233213, 0631233210
Open Library ID
OL7610806M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4984075 bytes)
Series
Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature
Pages
283\283
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature of the Hellenistic period. A guide to the literature of the Hellenistic age, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC Provides overviews of the social, political, intellectual and literary historical contexts in which Hellenistic literature was produced Introduces the major writers and genres of the period Provides information about style, meter and languages to aid readers with no prior knowledge of the language in understanding technical aspects of literary Greek Distinctive in its coverage of current issues in Hellenistic criticism, including audience reception, the political and social background, and Hellenistic theories of literature

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