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Latin Language and Latin Culture: From Ancient to Modern Times (Roman Literature and its Contexts)
by Joseph Farrell
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (2001-02-19)
ISBN: 0521776635
EAN: 9780521776639
Dewy Decimal #: 470
Paperback: 164 pages
SKU: 00-QEFS-0FGC
Condition: As New
Comments: Appears to be unread. Pages are crisp with no markings. Cover is bright and shiny. Binding is very tight. Expedited shipping available.
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Product Description
The Latin language is popularly imagined in a number of specific ways: as a masculine language, an imperial language, a classical language, a dead language. This book considers the sources of these metaphors and analyzes their effect on how Latin literature is read. By reading with and more commonly against these metaphors, the book offers a different view of Latin as a language and as a vehicle for cultural practice. The argument ranges over a variety of texts in Latin and texts about Latin from antiquity to the twentieth century.
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