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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Jenkyns, Richard.     Subjects     Classical literature.     Classical literature -- History and criticism.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Jenkyns, Richard.       by title:      Classical literature...         MARC Display

Classical literature : an epic journey from Homer to Virgil and beyond / Richard Jenkyns. by Jenkyns, Richard. New York : Basic Books, c2016. Subjects Classical literature.   Classical literature -- History and criticism. ISBN:  0465097979 9780465097975 : Description:  xi, 270 pages ; 25 cm Contents:  Homer -- Archaic Greece -- The rise of tragedy and history -- The later fifth century -- The fourth century -- The Hellenistic Age -- The Roman Republic -- Virgil -- The Augustan Age -- After the Augustans -- Two novels -- Epilogue. Requests:  0 Summary:  "The writings of the Greeks and Romans form the bedrock of Western culture. Inventing the molds for histories, tragedies, and philosophies, while pioneering radical new forms of epic and poetry, the Greeks and Romans created the literary world we still inhabit today. Writing with verve and insight, distinguished classicist Richard Jenkyns explores a thousand years of classical civilization, carrying readers from the depths of the Greek dark ages through the glittering heights of Rome's empire. Jenkyns begins with Homer and the birth of epic poetry before exploring the hypnotic poetry of Pindar, Sappho, and others from the Greek dark ages. Later, in Athens's classical age, Jenkyns shows the radical nature of Sophocles's choice to portray Ajax as a psychologically wounded warrior, how Aeschylus developed tragedy, and how Herodotus, in 'inventing history,' brought to narrative an epic and tragic quality. We meet the strikingly modern figure of Virgil, struggling to mirror epic art in an age of empire, and experience the love poems of Catullus, who imbued verse with obsessive passion as never before. Even St. Paul and other early Christian writers are artfully grounded here in their classical literary context. A dynamic and comprehensive introduction to Greek and Roman literature, Jenkyns's Classical Literature is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the classicsand the extraordinary origins of Western culture."--Publisher website.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 880.09 Je Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 880.09 Je Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 880.09 Je Checked out 07/09/2024 Add Copy to MyList

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