The Handbook Of Classical Literature
by Lillian Feder
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Lively up-to-date guide to world's first great literature contains synopses, historical notes and critical analyses.Tags
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A really neat, thick, dense handbook. Lillian Feder provides reasonably detailed synopses of most of the major Ancient Greek and Roman texts, as well as brief looks at mythological and real figures.
It is, of course, only a starting point, and it's designed kind of like an encyclopedia - but as Feder points out in her introduction, this is actually what she's trying to achieve. A very good basic reference point for people studying or interested in these texts, even as a kind of Cliff's Notes summary if you're reading one and are a little stuck!
It is, of course, only a starting point, and it's designed kind of like an encyclopedia - but as Feder points out in her introduction, this is actually what she's trying to achieve. A very good basic reference point for people studying or interested in these texts, even as a kind of Cliff's Notes summary if you're reading one and are a little stuck!
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Lillian Feder is Distinguished Professor Emerita of English, classics, and comparative literature at The City University of New York.
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- Original publication date
- 1964
Classifications
- Genre
- Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 880.03 — Literature & rhetoric Classical & modern Greek literatures Classical Greek literature and literatures of related Hellenic languages Classic literature Lexica, encyclopedias
- LCC
- PA31 .F4 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Classical philology
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 4
