Classical Language & Literature Books

New and Published Books

1. The History and Literature of Christianity

   By Pierre De Labriolle

   Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
2. Empedocles Redivivus

   Poetry and Analogy in Lucretius

   By Myrto Garani

   Series: Studies in Classics

   Despite the general scholarly consensus about Lucretius’ debt to Empedocles as the father of the genre of cosmological didactic epic, there is a major disagreement regarding Lucretius’ applause for his Presocratic predecessor’s praeclara reperta (DRN 1.732). In the present study, Garani suggests...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Plutarch and the Historical Tradition

   Edited by Philip A. Stadter

   These essays, by experts in the field from five countries, examine Plutarch's interpretative and artistic reshaping of his historical sources in representative lives. Diverse essays treat literary elements such as the parallelism which renders a pair of lives a unit or the themes which unify the...

   Published November 9th 2011 by Routledge
4. The Radical Pedagogies of Socrates and Freire

   Ancient Rhetoric/Radical Praxis

   By Stephen Brown

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication

   Situating contemporary critical praxis at the intersection of the social, the political, and the rhetorical, this book is a provocative inquiry into the teaching philosophies of Plato’s Socrates and Paulo Freire that has profound implications for contemporary education. Brown not only sheds new...

   Published October 23rd 2011 by Routledge
5. Virgil's Homeric Lens

   By Edan Dekel

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   Virgil’s Homeric Lens reevaluates the traditional view of the Aeneid’s relationship to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Almost since the death of Virgil, there has been an assumption that the Aeneid breaks into two discrete halves: Virgil’s Odyssey, and Virgil’s Iliad. Although modified in various ways...

   Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
6. Classical Literature

   An Introduction

   Edited by Neil Croally, Roy Hyde

   Series: Aspects of Classical Civilization

   Classical Literature: An Introduction provides a series of essays on all the major authors of Greek and Latin literature, as well as on a number of writers less often read. An introductory chapter provides information on important general topics, such as poetic metres, patronage and symposia. The...

   Published May 9th 2011 by Routledge
7. Greek Tragedy

   By H.D.F. Kitto

   Series: Routledge Classics

   'Two things give Kitto's classic book its enduring freshness: he pioneered the approach to Greek drama through internal artistry and thematic form, and he always wrote in lively and readable English.' - Oliver Taplin, University of Oxford, UK Why did Aeschylus characterize differently from...

   Published March 22nd 2011 by Routledge
8. Euripides, Women and Sexuality

   Edited by Anton Powell

   Euripides' interest in the psychology and social position of women is well known. Of the great Greek playwrights, he most directly reflects contemporary philosophical and social debates, and his work is of great value as a source for social history.The important new studies in this volume explore...

   Published February 9th 2011 by Routledge
9. Aspects of Roman History 82BC–AD14

   A Source-based Approach

   By Mark Davies, Hilary Swain

   Series: Aspects of Classical Civilization

   Aspects of Roman History 82BC–AD14 examines the political and military history of Rome and its empire in the Ciceronian and Augustan ages. It is an indispensable introduction to this central period of Roman History for all students of Roman history, from pre-university to undergraduate level. This...

   Published May 10th 2010 by Routledge
10. Pliny on Art and Society

    The Elder Pliny's Chapters On The History Of Art

    By Jacob Isager

    Pliny sketches a theory of advancing moral decline and extravagance, in the course of which he gives a detailed account of six centuries of classical art and a fascinating sketch of the world of the rich Roman collector. Isager's is the first full treatment of this subject for over a hundred years....

    Published April 11th 2010 by Routledge