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HOMER'S ORIGINAL GENIUS Eighteenth-Century Notions of the Early Greek Epic (1688-1798)
by Simonsuuri, Kirsti
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521221986
- ISBN 13
- 9780521221986
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0521221986 . Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket spine is sunned. ; Looks at the 'querelle des anciens et des modernes' -- the question whether writers should imitate the classics or use literary forms which seemed more suited to their own era--and the debate in Europe since the earliest days of the Renaissance. ; 240 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30587
- Title
- HOMER'S ORIGINAL GENIUS Eighteenth-Century Notions of the Early Greek Epic (1688-1798)
- Author
- Simonsuuri, Kirsti
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521221986
- ISBN 13
- 9780521221986
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0521221986, Literary Theory, History & Criticism, Literature & Fiction, Epic, Poetry, Classical Greek & Roman, Literary Criticism, Greek Epic
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