Greeks, Romans, and Pilgrims - Classical Receptions in Early New England

Greeks, Romans, and Pilgrims examines the availability, circulation, and uses of classical knowledge in the earliest period of the settlement of New England, demonstrating the surprising awareness of Greek and Roman culture by the socially humble "Pilgrims" of Plymouth Plantation.

About the author

David A. Lupher, Ph.D. (1970), Stanford University, is Professor of Classics Emeritus, University of Puget Sound. He is the author of Romans in a New World: Classical Models in Sixteenth-Century Spanish America (University of Michigan Press, 2003).

Product details

• Authors: David A Lupher, David A. Lupher
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.10.2017
• EAN: 9789004351172
• ISBN: 978-90-04-35117-2
• No. of pages: 440
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 239 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 1066 g
• Series: Early American History
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918