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Greek Epigram in Reception: J. A. Symonds, Oscar Wilde, and the Invention of Desire, 1805-1929 - Classical Presences
Nisbet, Gideon (Reader in Classics, University of Birmingham)
Greek Epigram in Reception: J. A. Symonds, Oscar Wilde, and the Invention of Desire, 1805-1929 - Classical Presences
Nisbet, Gideon (Reader in Classics, University of Birmingham)
Tracing the evolution and reception history of a collection of ancient Greek epigrams from the early nineteenth to twentieth century, the volume analyses the rhetoric which writers and translators brought to the text, highlighting the after effects of this cultural war on the interpretations of Ancient Greece in British print culture.
400 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | October 31, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9780199662494 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 398 |
Dimensions | 138 × 222 × 26 mm · 608 g |