Momentary Monsters: Lucan and His Heroes
by W. R. Johnson
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 080142030X
- ISBN 13
- 9780801420306
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About This Item
Cornell Classical Studies in Philology, Volume XLVII. Volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 9", is bound in mauve cloth, with black lettering to spine. Book is like new. Dust jacket displays light shelfwear. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xiii/145 pages.
"The book is a lively and provocative reading of the Roman poet Lucan (A.D. 39-65) which casts new light on the "Pharsalia," his epic poem and only surviving work. The distinguished classicist W. R. Johnson demonstrates both the need to understand Lucan's epic on its own terms and the injustice of dismissing it as an inferior version of the "Aeneid."
"The book is a lively and provocative reading of the Roman poet Lucan (A.D. 39-65) which casts new light on the "Pharsalia," his epic poem and only surviving work. The distinguished classicist W. R. Johnson demonstrates both the need to understand Lucan's epic on its own terms and the injustice of dismissing it as an inferior version of the "Aeneid."
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- Bookseller
- Palimpsest Scholarly Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1833
- Title
- Momentary Monsters: Lucan and His Heroes
- Author
- W. R. Johnson
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 080142030X
- ISBN 13
- 9780801420306
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, Ny
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Classical Antiquity
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