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MOMENTARY MONSTERS: LUCAN AND HIS HEROES
by Johnson, Walter Ralph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 080142030X
- ISBN 13
- 9780801420306
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Cornell University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 080142030X . Very light shelfwear. Else book is fine. DJ has light shelfwear. DJ spine is sunned and discolored ; A lively and provocative reading of the Roman poet Lucan which casts new light on the Pharsalia, his epic poem and only surviving work. Contents: Erictho and Her Universe; Cato: The Delusions of Virtue; Pompey: The Illusions of History; Caesar: the Phantasmagoria of Power. ; Cornell Studies in Classical Philology; 0.75 x 8.75 x 5.5 Inches; 160 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32595
- Title
- MOMENTARY MONSTERS: LUCAN AND HIS HEROES
- Author
- Johnson, Walter Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 080142030X
- ISBN 13
- 9780801420306
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, Ny
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- 080142030X, Epic Poetry, Roman History, Classical Greek & Roman, Latin Literature, Poetry & Poets, Rome, Lucan
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