Variety : The Life of a Roman Concept /

The idea of variety may seem too diffuse, obvious, or nebulous to be worth scrutinizing, but modern usage masks the rich history of the term. This book examines the meaning, value, and practice of variety from the vantage point of Latin literature and its reception and reveals the enduring importanc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fitzgerald, William (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Temas:
Latin literature > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
variety, diversity, multiplicity, latin, literature, nature, rhetoric, creativity, pleasure, aesthetics, empire, lyric, elegy, satire, values, social change, nonfiction, history, philosophy, choice, pliny the younger, horace, lucretius, genre, listing, catalogues, whitman, ginsberg, subjectivity, varius, varietas, various, linguistics, language, conflict, difference, agency.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Rescuing Variety
  • 1 Words and Meanings
  • 2 Variety's Contexts
  • 3 Putting Variety at Issue: Varietas in Pliny the Younger, Lucretius, and Horace
  • 4 Confronting Variety: Listing, Subjectivity, and Genre in Latin Poetry
  • 5 Miscellany: Variety and the Book
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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