Latin Literature: A History

By Gian Biagio Conte

Book Overview

The authoriatative history of Latin literature.

This authoritative history of Latin literature offers a comprehensive survey of the thousand-year period from the origins of Latin as a written language to the early Middle Ages. At once a reference work, a bibliographic guide, a literary study, and a reader's handbook, Latin Literature: A History is the first work of its kind to appear in English in nearly four decades. From the first examples of written Latin through Gregory of Tours in the sixth century and the Venerable Bede in the seventh, Latin Literature offers a wide-ranging panorama of all major Latin authors. Including names, dates, edition citations, and detailed summaries, the work combines the virtues of an encyclopedia with the critical intelligence readers have come to expect from Italy's leading Latinist, Gian Biagio Conte.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801862531
• ISBN13: 9780801862533
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 864 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.9" x 9.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher