1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450713503321

Autore

Woodman A. J (Anthony John), <1945-, >

Titolo

Rhetoric in classical historiography : four studies / / A.J. Woodman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Croom Helm

Portland, Or. : , : Areopagitica Press, , 1988

ISBN

1-135-78520-1

0-415-76004-6

1-280-02472-0

0-203-48053-8

1-135-78521-X

9786610024728

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

907.2

907/.2

Soggetti

History, Ancient

History, Ancient - Historiography

Rhetoric, Ancient

Rhetoric, Ancient - Historiography

Italy

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: pages 216-227.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Prologue; Preconceptions and Practicalities: Thucydides; Theory: Cicero; Style and Attitude: Sallust and Livy; History and Alternative Histories: Tacitus; Epilogue; Abbreviations and Bibliography; General Index; Index of Passages

Sommario/riassunto

This radical study argues against the view that the historian's craft has remained largely unchanged since classical times. Includes detailed discussion of the work of Thucydides, Cicero, Sallust, Livy and Tacitus.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779962103321

Autore

Pope Alexander

Titolo

Alexander Pope : Selected Poetry and Prose / / Alexander Pope and Robin Sowerby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , [2002]

©1988

ISBN

1-134-98689-0

1-134-98690-4

1-280-32539-9

0-203-20029-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Collana

Routledge English texts

Disciplina

821/.5

828.509

Soggetti

English literature - 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography: p. 249-251.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Ode on Solitude; Adriani morientis ad Animam; To Henry Cromwell, 19 October 1709 [with Argus]; To Henry Cromwell, 25 November 1710 [on versification]; An Essay on Criticism; Epistle to Miss Blount with the Works of Voiture; from Windsor Forest; [On sickness] (essay from The Guardian); The Rape of the Lock; Epistle to Miss Blount, on her leaving the Town, after the Coronation; Eloisa to Abelard; Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady; from the Preface to the Works of Shakespeare; To Mrs M.B. on her Birthday

Epitaph. On Mrs Corbett, Who died of a Cancer in her BreastEpitaph. On Mr Gay. In Westminster Abbey, 1732; Epistle to a lady. Of the Characters of Women; Epistle to Burlington; To Dr Arbuthnot, 26 July 1734 [On his satire]; An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot; The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated: To Mr Fortescue; The First Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated: To L.Bolingbroke; The First Ode of the Fourth Book of Horace: To Venus; Critical commentary; Select bibliography; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

Alexander Pope's technical polish and intellectual poise appeal to the



subtlest audience. This selection includes The Rape of the Lock, Eloisa to Abelard, and extracts from The Dunciad and the translation of Homer.