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Record Nr.

UNISA996441551903316

Autore

Silk Michael

Titolo

The classical tradition : art, literature, thought / / Michael Silk, Ingo Gildenhard, and Rosemary Barrow ; cover design by Nicki Averill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts ; ; Oxford, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-61045-8

1-118-61046-6

1-118-61048-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (583 p.)

Classificazione

LIT004190

Altri autori (Persone)

GildenhardIngo <1970->

BarrowR. J (Rosemary J.)

AverillNicki

Disciplina

880.09

Soggetti

Classical literature - History and criticism

Civilization, Classical - Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Cover image: Calum Colvin, Brief Encounter.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"The Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought presents an authoritative, coherent and wide-ranging guide to the afterlife of Greco-Roman antiquity in later Western cultures and a ground-breaking reinterpretation of large aspects of Western culture as a whole from a classical perspective.  Features a unique combination of chronological range, cultural scope, coherent argument, and unified analysis  Written in a lively, engaging, and elegant manner  Presents an innovative overview of the afterlife of antiquity  Crosses disciplinary boundaries to make new sense of a rich variety of material, rarely brought together  Fully illustrated with a mix of color and black & white images  "--