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| Format | Book |
| Author |
 Bowersock, G. W. (Glen Warren), 1936-
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From Gibbon to Auden : essays on the classical tradition / G.W. Bowersock.
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| Publisher | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
| Physical Descrip. | ix, 240 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-223) and index. |
| Contents | Gibbon’s historical imagination -- Gibbon on civil war and rebellion in the decline of the Roman empire -- Reflections on Gibbon’s library -- Watchmen: Gibbon’s autobiographies -- Suetonius in the eighteenth century -- The rediscovery of Herculaneum and Pompeii -- Sign language -- Berlioz, Virgil, and Rome -- Edward Lear in Petra -- Burckhardt on late antiquity from the Constantin to the Griechische Kulturgeschichte -- The new old world -- The Julian poems of C.P. Cavafy -- Cavafy and Apollonios -- The new Cavafy -- The later Momigliano -- A modern Aesop -- Auden on the fall of Rome. |
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Europe -- Civilization -- Classical influences.
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Europe -- Civilization -- 18th century.
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Europe -- Civilization -- 19th century.
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Europe -- Civilization -- 20th century.
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| ISBN | 9780195376678 |
| 0195376676 | |
| Owned By |
AC Frost Library
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| Owned By |
SC Neilson Library
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UM Du Bois Library
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