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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anke Walter (Lecturer in Classics, Lecturer in Classics, Newcastle University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.582kg ISBN: 9780198843832ISBN 10: 0198843836 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 30 June 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Archaic Aetia: Homer, Hesiod, and the Homeric Hymn to Hermes 3: Hellenistic Literature: Ephorus, Callimachus, Apollonius Rhodius 4: Augustan Aetia: Livy, Vergil, and Ovid 5: Early Christian Literature: Prudentius and Orosius 6: ConclusionReviewsJust this brief glimpse into Walter's book shows how rich the subject matter, how important the topic. Despite its scholarly tone, the author's deft selection of material and convincing arguments about their relevance to our understanding of ancient Greece and Rome make this book an important one. Highly recommended. * Cliff Cunningham, University of Southern Queensland, Sun News Tuscon * Author InformationAnke Walter is Lecturer in Classics at Newcastle University. She was previously Assistant Professor in Classics at the University of Rostock in Germany and Feodor-Lynen Research Scholar at the University of Virginia, funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She completed her PhD in Heidelberg in 2011, with a thesis on storytelling in Flavian epic. Her primary research interests are the construction of time in ancient literature, stories of origin, and ancient (especially Latin) epic poetry. Walter has co-edited a volume on the narrative structures of stories of origin and has published numerous articles on Flavian epic, stories of origin, and their reception. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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