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Confronting the Classics

- Traditions, Adventures and Innovations
Af: Professor Mary Beard Engelsk Paperback

Confronting the Classics

- Traditions, Adventures and Innovations
Af: Professor Mary Beard Engelsk Paperback
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Mary Beard is one of the world''s best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her TV presenting and her books.In a series of sparkling essays, she explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as Alexander the Great, Nero and Boudicca. She invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knossos to Cleopatra''s Alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slaves. She takes a fresh look at both scholarly controversies and popular interpretations of the ancient world, from The Golden Bough to Asterix.The fruit of over thirty years in the world of classical scholarship, Confronting the Classics captures the world of antiquity and its modern significance with wit, verve and scholarly expertise.
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Mary Beard is one of the world''s best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her TV presenting and her books.In a series of sparkling essays, she explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as Alexander the Great, Nero and Boudicca. She invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knossos to Cleopatra''s Alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slaves. She takes a fresh look at both scholarly controversies and popular interpretations of the ancient world, from The Golden Bough to Asterix.The fruit of over thirty years in the world of classical scholarship, Confronting the Classics captures the world of antiquity and its modern significance with wit, verve and scholarly expertise.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781781250495
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1781250499
Udg. Dato: 13 mar 2014
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 146mm
Forlag: Profile Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 13 mar 2014
Forfatter(e): Professor Mary Beard
Forfatter(e) Professor Mary Beard


Kategori Europæisk historie


ISBN-13 9781781250495


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 320


Udgave


Længde 21mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 146mm


Udg. Dato 13 mar 2014


Oplagsdato 13 mar 2014


Forlag Profile Books Ltd

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