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Guide to Hellenistic Literature

Guide to Hellenistic Literature

Paperback

Series: Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature

Literary CriticismAncient Greece

ISBN10: 0631233229
ISBN13: 9780631233220
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: Sep 1 2007
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.37 Depth: 9.01
Language: English
This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature of the Hellenistic period.
  • A guide to the literature of the Hellenistic age, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC
  • Provides overviews of the social, political, intellectual and literary historical contexts in which Hellenistic literature was produced
  • Introduces the major writers and genres of the period
  • Provides information about style, meter and languages to aid readers with no prior knowledge of the language in understanding technical aspects of literary Greek
  • Distinctive in its coverage of current issues in Hellenistic criticism, including audience reception, the political and social background, and Hellenistic theories of literature

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