{"product_id":"classical-literature-9780631231325","title":"Classical Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents a survey of the literature of Greece and Rome that covers the period between Homer around 700 BC and Augustine around AD 410. This title highlights what is important historically and of continuing interest and value in classical literature. Each chapter focuses on a particular genre or area of literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is a tour de force ... Rutherford speaks directly to his readers, telling them what they need to know to set a work into its historical and social context ... Even scholars who are completely familiar with all the texts Rutherford discusses will profit from consulting this book.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Rutherford's book provides an accessible, affordable, and concise introduction to its topic.' \u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"As well as Rutherford's broader constituency, this book should make particularly invaluable reading for undergraduates, sixth-formers who are looking to pursue Classics at university (and it should be a must for school libraries).\" \u003ci\u003eGreece and Rome\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Epic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Drama.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. History, Biography, Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Erotic Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Literature and Power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Aspects of Wit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Believers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1 Translations of Four Longer Passages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2 Timeline.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 3 List of Roman Emperors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4 Major Greek and Roman Gods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403452948823,"sku":"9780631231325","price":99.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631231325.jpg?v=1730483517","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/classical-literature-9780631231325","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}