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A New Sublime: Ten Timeless Lessons on the Classics

English

By (author): Piero Boitani

Translated by: Ann Goldstein

[It] will move you across the globe and back in time. - Library Journal Europa Compass series new format and covers For the readers of Mary Beard and Bethany Hughes (Re)discover the timeless beauty of ancient literature The classics never exhaust what they have to say. Informed by this belief, linguistic expert Piero Boitani invites the reader to explore the wisdom of the works of literature underpinning Western culture, and highlights their profound and sometimes surprising connection to the present. The themes explored in this book are as wide-ranging as they are enduringly relevant. They include the Iliads depiction of power and war, as well as its invocation of compassion as one of the necessary foundations of society; the Odyssey as the worlds first novel; Lucretius and the way he transformed Greek scientific thought into sublime poetry; Virgils celebration of the history of Rome, from small village to world capital, as well as Tacitus denunciation of the imperialistic nature of Roman power; and Ovids Metamorphosesa poem about incessant change the first postmodern classic. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 120 x 180mm
  • Publication Date: 13 Feb 2020
  • Publisher: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781787701816

About Piero Boitani

Piero Boitani is one of Italys most renowned philologists and literary critics. An expert on ancient myths medievalist and a Dante scholar he is currently Professor of Comparative Literature at the Sapienza University in Rome. Ann Goldstein is one of the most accomplished translators from the Italian working today. Best known for her translations of Elena Ferrantes oeuvre she has also brought to Anglo-Saxon readers novels by Primo Levi Pierpaolo Pasolini Alessandro Baricco and other classic and contemporary Italian writers.

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