Howley joseph (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,3700grams, ISBN:0781702534.…

Zustand: Fair. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,3700grams, ISBN:0781702534.…

hardcover. Zustand: Fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket in very good condition. Spine ends are a little bumped. Content is as unread. LW.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 352 pages. 6.60x1.42x9.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 282 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Long a source for quotations, fragments, and factoids, the Noctes Atticae of Aulus Gellius offers hundreds of brief but vivid glimpses of Roman intellectual life. In this book Joseph Howley demonstrates how the work may be read as a literary text in its own right, and discusses the rich evidence it provides for the ancient history of reading, thought, and intellectual culture. He argues that Gellius is in close conversation with predecessors both Greek and Latin, such as Plutarch and Pliny the Elder, and also offers new ways of making sense of the text's 'miscellaneous' qualities, like its disorder and its table of contents. Dealing with topics ranging from the framing of literary quotations to the treatment of contemporary celebrities who appear in its pages, this book offers a new way to learn from the Noctes about the world of Roman reading and thought.…

Zustand: New. 2018. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.