Texts and Contexts

Kenneth Quinn

Original title: Texts and contexts

earliest edition we have, 1979 Taylor & Francis Group, 2024

The purpose of this work is to identify those classics of Roman literature which deserve to survive because of their intrinsic quality and their lasting significance. The most important of these texts are placed in the context of the tradition which each represents and which each group of texts, taken together, constitutes. Four main streams of tradition are identified: the poet as storyteller (narrative poetry and d...

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Texts and Contexts edition · 2024 · Taylor & Francis Group · 9781040105320
Texts and Contexts edition · 2024 · Taylor & Francis Group · 9781040105306
Texts and Contexts edition · 2024 · Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated · 274 pages · 9781032821269
Texts and contexts edition · 1979 · Routledge and Kegan Paul · 266 pages

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