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Bowersock G. W (Glen Warren), <1936-> |
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Titolo |
From Gibbon to Auden [[electronic resource] ] : essays on the classical tradition / / G.W. Bowersock |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-99857-5 |
9786611998578 |
0-19-970407-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Europe History |
Europe Civilization Classical influences |
Europe Civilization 18th century |
Europe Civilization 19th century |
Europe Civilization 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-223) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; PART I: The Eighteenth Century; PART II: The Nineteenth Century; PART III: The Twentieth Century; Select Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Preface. The Eighteenth Century. 1. Gibbon's Historical Imagination. 2. Gibbon on Civil War and Rebellion in the Decline of the Roman Empire. 3. Reflections on Gibbon's Library. 4. Watchmen: Gibbon's Autobiographies. 5. Suetonius in the Eighteenth Century. 6. The Rediscovery of Herculaneum and Pompeii. The Nineteenth Century. 7. Sign Language. 8. Berlioz, Virgil, and Rome. 9. Edward Lear in Petra. 10. Burckhardt on Late Antiquity. The Twentieth Century. 11. The New Old World. 12. The Julian Poems of C. P. Cavafy. 13. Cavafy and Apollonios. 14. The New Cavafy. 15. The Later Momigliano. 16. A Mo |
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