The Legacy of Rome : a new appraisal / edited by Richard Jenkyns
1992, 1st edition. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420467
ISBN: 9780198219170
Physical description; 479 pp., 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Contents; The legacy of Rome / Richard Jenkyns -- The transmission of the texts / R.H. Rouse -- The middle ages / Charles Davis -- The renaissance / A.T. Grafton -- Virgil / Jasper Griffin -- Pastoral / Richard Jenkyns -- Horace, Ovid, and others / Charles Martindale -- Satire / J.P. Sullivan -- Drama / Gordon Braden -- Rhetoric / George A. Kennedy -- Art / Geoffrey Waywell -- Architecture / David Watkin -- Language / Rebecca Posner -- Law / Robert Feenstra -- The city of Rome / Nicholas Purcell. Subjects; Civilization Roman influences. Roman influences.
Price: €12.95