Format:
Online Ressource (xiv, 148 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0511040814
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9780511040818
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9780511613289
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0511613288
Series Statement:
Roman literature and its contexts
Content:
1.The nature of Latin culture --2.The poverty of our ancestral speech --3.The gender of Latin --4.The life cycle of dead languages --5.The voices of Latin culture --App.Nepos fr. 59 in the edition of Marshall (1977).
Content:
A examination of stereotypical ideas about the Latin language and their effect on how Latin literature is read. The book offers a different view of Latin as a language and as a vehicle for cultural practice. The argument ranges over texts in Latin from antiquity to the twentieth century
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index. - Description based on print version record
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1.The nature of Latin culture2.The poverty of our ancestral speech3.The gender of Latin4.The life cycle of dead languages5.The voices of Latin cultureApp.Nepos fr. 59 in the edition of Marshall (1977).
Additional Edition:
0521772230
Additional Edition:
0521776635
Additional Edition:
9780521772235
Additional Edition:
9780521776639
Additional Edition:
Print version Latin language and Latin culture
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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