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A Companion to Hellenistic Literature
James J. Clauss
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Description for A Companion to Hellenistic Literature
Paperback. Offering unparalleled scope, A Companion to Hellenistic Literature in 30 newly commissioned essays explores the social and intellectual contexts of literature production in the Hellenistic period, and examines the relationship between Hellenistic and earlier literature. Editor(s): Clauss, James J.; Cuypers, Martine. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 872.
Offering unparalleled scope, A Companion to Hellenistic Literature in 30 newly commissioned essays explores the social and intellectual contexts of literature production in the Hellenistic period, and examines the relationship between Hellenistic and earlier literature.
Offering unparalleled scope, A Companion to Hellenistic Literature in 30 newly commissioned essays explores the social and intellectual contexts of literature production in the Hellenistic period, and examines the relationship between Hellenistic and earlier literature.
- Provides a wide ranging critical examination of Hellenistic literature, including the works of well-respected poets alongside lesser-known historical, philosophical, and scientific prose of the period
- Explores how the indigenous literatures of Hellenized lands influenced Greek literature and how Greek literature influenced Jewish, Near Eastern, Egyptian, and Roman literary works
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Condition
New
Weight
872g
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118782903
SKU
V9781118782903
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About James J. Clauss
James J. Clauss is Professor of Classics at the University of Washington. He is the author of The Best of the Argonauts: The Redefinition of the Epic Hero in Book 1 of Apollonius' Argonautica (1993) and the co-editor of Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art (with S. I. Johnston, 1997). Martine Cuypers is Lecturer in Greek at Trinity College Dublin. She is the co-editor of Beginning from Apollo: Studies in Apollonius and the Argonautic Tradition (with M. A. Harder, 2005).
Reviews for A Companion to Hellenistic Literature
"New and interesting observations abound, and the volume as a whole offers a welcome introduction to an area of burgeoning scholarly interest. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty." (Choice, 1 May 2011) "Particularly notable are the concluding four chapters, on cross-cultural influence and exchange with western Asia, the Jewish world, Egyptian literature, and the early Roman world. Throughout the volume, individual authors and works are described in detail, with excerpts occurring frequently in the Greek original followed by English translation. Written to be accessible to advanced language students and the non-specialist, with many references to current events and media for context, the scholarship of this work is very high, making the volume a resource for scholars as well." (Book News, Inc., November 2010)