Golden Prose in the Age of Augustus
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Golden Prose in the Age of Augustus
By (Author) Paul T. Alessi
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
1st December 2004
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Educational: First / native language: Literature studies
820
Physical Properties
Paperback
400
Width 153mm, Height 229mm
368g
Description
Golden Prose in the Age of Augustus is an anthology containing fresh, accurate and readable translations of the seven great prose writers from the Augustan period and covering a broad range of prose writing. Includes an introduction, maps, chronology, glossary, bibliography and notes.
Author Bio
Paul Alessi (Ph. D. University of Missouri, Columbia) is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has published on the poet Propertius, and his research and interests are with Augustan literature, Roman culture and Etruscan archaeology. He "Golden Prose in the Age of Augustus" and "Golden Verses: Poetry in the Augustan Age," both for Focus Publishing.
