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Peter Toohey

Author of Boredom: A Lively History

10+ Works 188 Members

Works by Peter Toohey

Boredom: A Lively History (2011) 104 copies

Inventing Ancient Culture: Historicism, periodization and the ancient world (1996) — Editor — 28 copies

Jealousy (2014) 20 copies

Sex and Difference in Ancient Greece and Rome (Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World) (2003) — Editor — 14 copies

Reading Epic: An Introduction to the Ancient Narratives (1992) 10 copies

Melancholy, love, and time : boundaries of the self in ancient literature (2004) 4 copies

Epic lessons an introduction to ancient didactic poetry (1996) 3 copies

Hold On: The Life, Science, and Art of Waiting (2020) 3 copies

Historia nudy (2012) 1 copy

Can Sikintisinin Eglenceli Tarihi (2000) 1 copy

Associated Works

Persuasion: Greek Rhetoric in Action (1994) — Contributor — 19 copies

Disability in Antiquity (2016) — Contributor — 18 copies

Roman Eloquence: Rhetoric in Society and Literature (1997) — Contributor — 15 copies

Mental Disorders in the Classical World (Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition) (2013) — Contributor — 8 copies

Arethusa (vol 17 no 1): Studies in Latin Literature (1984) — Contributor — 2 copies

Arethusa (vol 14 no 2) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Works: 10
Also by: 6
Members: 188
Popularity: #115,782
Rating: 2.9

ISBNs: 38
Languages: 3

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