Life and Literature in the Roman Republic

Klappentext Originally published in 1930, this book examines a few of the early Roman writers in their response to their own environment. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1930! this book grew out of a series of lectures given by the renowned classicist Tenney Frank which attempted to 'visualize a few of the early Roman writers in their response to the desires and demands of their own environment'. An introductory preface and textual notes are also included. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction: social forces; 2. Early tragedy and epic; 3. Greek comedy on the Roman stage; 4. Terence and his successors; 5. The prose of the Roman statesmen; 6. Republican historiography and Livy; 7. Cicero's response to experience; 8. Lucretius and his readers.

Product details

• Authors: Tenney Frank, Frank Tenney
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.05.2015
• EAN: 9781107505506
• ISBN: 978-1-107-50550-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval