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Cliff Notes on Roman Classics is the reference book you need to understand the values and ideas inherent in Latin literature and Roman civilization.Tags
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In Mary Snodgrass’s Roman Classics, she explores and summarizes the works of many of the major figures in Roman literary history. Starting with Plautus in the Early Republic, she goes through the Republic Years, the Golden Age, the Silver Age, and finally, the Late Empire. She rightfully spends more time in the Golden Age, with Virgil and Ovid getting the majority of the attention. The plays themselves (or at least, the summary of the plays) are rich with intrigue and early theatrical devices. While the mode of delivery is significantly different from modern plays, the emotions and storytelling are still apparent.
While there is nothing absolutely or inherently immoral about reading Cliffs Notes, it is readily apparent that you miss show more the nuances of the actual text. On the other hand, this book did get me ready for the classics I have to read for the rest of the division. Overall, in a pinch, it’ll do. Otherwise, cowboy up and read the real thing.
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While there is nothing absolutely or inherently immoral about reading Cliffs Notes, it is readily apparent that you miss show more the nuances of the actual text. On the other hand, this book did get me ready for the classics I have to read for the rest of the division. Overall, in a pinch, it’ll do. Otherwise, cowboy up and read the real thing.
http://lifelongdewey.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/870-roman-classics-by-mary-e-snodg... show less
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Mary Ellen Snodgrass was born on February 29, 1944 in Wlimington, North Carolina. She is an award-winning author of textbooks and general reference works, and a former columnist for the Charlotte Observer. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, she graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Appalachian State University, show more and holds degrees in English, Latin, psychology, and education of gifted children. She teaches English and Latin at Lenoir Rhyne University. In addition to her membership on the North Carolina Library Board, she serves the N.C. Humanities Commission as a traveling lecturer. She has also held jobs as a freelance writer for the Charlotte Observer along with being a columnist, and book reviewer for them. She has also worked on the Canadian Medical Association Journal, American Guidance Service, American Reference Books Annual and Cliffs Notes along with being a professor of Latin and English, Lenoir Rhyne University, 2008-2010. Her works include Michel Faber and Feminism: The Neo-Gothic Novel, Leslie Marmon Silko, The Civil War Era and Reconstruction: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History, and World Food. show less
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- 870.9001 — Literature & rhetoric Latin & Italic literatures Latin literature and literatures of related Italic languages History and criticism of Latin literature
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