The Legacy of Rome : a new appraisal / edited by Richard Jenkyns.

Contributor(s):

Jenkyns, Richard, 1949- [editor]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.Description: xi, 479 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:

0198219172
9780198219170

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324 DG 77 L496 1992

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Contents:

The legacy of Rome / Richard Jenkyns The transmission of the texts / R.H. Rouse The middle ages / Charles Davis The renaissance / A.T. Grafton Virgil / Jasper Griffin Pastoral / Richard Jenkyns Horace, Ovid, and others / Charles Martindale Satire / J.P. Sullivan Drama / Gordon Braden Rhetoric / George A. Kennedy Art / Geoffrey Waywell Architecture / David Watkin Language / Rebecca Posner Law / Robert Feenstra The city of Rome / Nicholas Purcell

Summary: The achievements of the Roman world have profoundly affected European and world civilization. The original Legacy of Rome, edited by Cyril Bailey, was published in 1923 and has been widely a read and enjoyed. Nearly seventy years on, this new edition, illustrated with 24 pages of plates, offers an entirely fresh assessment of the influence of ancient Rome on the literature, art, culture, thought, and governance of later times. Fourteen contributors from a variety of disciplines each bring their individual knowledge and experience to the subjects discussed. Classical scholars consider the influence of Virgil, Horace, Ovid, pastoral, satire, and rhetoric. Historians assess Rome's impact through the ages, and textual transmission. Art, architecture, law, drama, and language are also individually discussed. The varied approach and content of this new appraisal witness to the richness of the civilization which forms such a large part of our heritage today

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	324 DG 77 L496 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000114575

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The legacy of Rome / Richard Jenkyns
The transmission of the texts / R.H. Rouse
The middle ages / Charles Davis
The renaissance / A.T. Grafton
Virgil / Jasper Griffin
Pastoral / Richard Jenkyns
Horace, Ovid, and others / Charles Martindale
Satire / J.P. Sullivan
Drama / Gordon Braden
Rhetoric / George A. Kennedy
Art / Geoffrey Waywell
Architecture / David Watkin
Language / Rebecca Posner
Law / Robert Feenstra
The city of Rome / Nicholas Purcell

The achievements of the Roman world have profoundly affected European and world civilization. The original Legacy of Rome, edited by Cyril Bailey, was published in 1923 and has been widely a read and enjoyed. Nearly seventy years on, this new edition, illustrated with 24 pages of plates, offers an entirely fresh assessment of the influence of ancient Rome on the literature, art, culture, thought, and governance of later times. Fourteen contributors from a variety of disciplines each bring their individual knowledge and experience to the subjects discussed. Classical scholars consider the influence of Virgil, Horace, Ovid, pastoral, satire, and rhetoric. Historians assess Rome's impact through the ages, and textual transmission. Art, architecture, law, drama, and language are also individually discussed. The varied approach and content of this new appraisal witness to the richness of the civilization which forms such a large part of our heritage today

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