Lands and Peoples in Roman Poetry : The Ethnographical Tradition by Richard F. Thomas (1982, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherCambridge Philological Society
ISBN-100906014034
ISBN-139780906014035
eBay Product ID (ePID)210313565
Product Key Features
SubjectAncient / Rome, Poetry
Publication Year1982
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameLands and Peoples in Roman Poetry : the Ethnographical Tradition
TypeTextbook
AuthorRichard F. Thomas
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal871/.01/09355
SynopsisRichard Thomas shows how Greek ethnographical prose influenced the poetry of Virgil, Horace and Lucan and their portrayal of real and imagined Roman landscapes and environments. A later prose tradition is also identified in the work of Tacitus.