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Callimachus and His Critics
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Callimachus and His Critics
Contributors:
By (Author) Alan Cameron
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
30th May 2017
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Prizes:
Short-listed for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1996
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
548
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
936g
Description
Callimachus has usually been seen as the archetypal ivory-tower poet, the epitome if not the inventor of the concept of art for art's sake, author of erudite works written to be read in book form by fellow poets and scholars. Abundant evidence, much of it assembled here for the first time, suggests a very different story: a world of civic festivals
Reviews
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1996
