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Expurgating the classics : editing out in Greek and Latin /
"In the first collection to be devoted to this subject, a distinguished cast of contributors explores expurgation in both Greek and Latin authors in ancient and modern times. The major focus is on the period from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, with chapters ranging from early Greek l...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bristol Classical Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In the first collection to be devoted to this subject, a distinguished cast of contributors explores expurgation in both Greek and Latin authors in ancient and modern times. The major focus is on the period from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, with chapters ranging from early Greek lyric and Aristophanes through Lucretius, Horace, Martial and Catullus to the expurgation of schoolboy texts, the Loeb Classical Library and the Penguin Classics. The contributors draw on evidence from the papers of editors, and on material in publishing archives. The introduction discusses the different types of expurgation, and how it differs from related phenomena such as censorship"--Publisher's description, p. [2] of dust jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 224 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 147250299X 9781472502995 1472503007 9781472503008 1780934025 9781780934020 9781849668927 1472523253 9781472558534 1472558537 1849668922 9781472523259 |