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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Diana SpencerPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.341kg ISBN: 9780299323240ISBN 10: 0299323242 Pages: 424 Publication Date: 30 October 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Roadmap for a Ruinous Text Introduction 1 Networking Varro 2 Romespeaking: Strategies for Citizens 3 Inspiring Latin 4 Oratio and the Read/Write Experience 5 As Old as the Hills 6 Powering Up the Community 7 A Family Affair 8 Varro’s Fasti Conclusion: Ending Up with Varro Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsSpencer's work hooks Varro back into the dominant threads of Latin studies over the past couple of decades and in so doing fills in a major gap in our understanding of the intellectual life of the Late Republic. --Erik Gunderson, University of Toronto Spencer takes on De Lingua Latina anew, and rather than mining it for late Republican thoughts on Latin and its etymologies, she views it as a kind of 'guide' to Varro's Roman world, as told through a complex dance with that which the man loved most--his language. --Sarah Culpepper Stroup, University of Washington Author InformationDiana Spencer is a professor of classics and the dean of Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences at the University of Birmingham (UK). Recent publications include contributions to The Routledge Handbook of Identity and the Environment in the Classical and Early Medieval Worlds and the Cambridge Classical Journal Supplement 39, Varro Varius: The Polymath of the Roman World. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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