Home - Literary Criticism - Roman Literature

order by :

Page 2 of 14,

Click on a book title for more details

Book cover for Carlin A. Barton: Roman Honor

Roman Honor : The Fire in the Bones

Carlin A. Barton
Hardcover - $107.95

This book is an attempt to coax Roman history closer to the bone, to the breath and matter of the living being. Drawing from a remarkable array of ancient and modern sources, Carlin Barton offers the most complex understanding to date of the emotiona ...

Book cover for Richard C. Beacham: The Roman Theatre and Its Audience

The Roman Theatre and Its Audience

Richard C. Beacham
Paperback - $54.95

Drawing on recent archaeological investigations, new scholarship, and the author's own original research and staging experience, this book offers a new and fascinating picture of theatrical performance in the ancient world. Richard Beacham traces the ...

Book cover for A. Henry Beers: Brief History of English and American Literature

Brief History of English and American Literature

A. Henry Beers
Paperback - $84.95



Book cover for A. Henry Beers: Brief History of English and American Literature

Brief History of English and American Literature

A. Henry Beers
Hardcover - $96.95



Book cover for Susanna M. Braund: The Passions in Roman Thought and Literature

The Passions in Roman Thought and Literature

Susanna M. Braund
Hardcover - $201.95

New essays by an international team of scholars in Latin literature and ancient philosophy explore the understanding of emotions (or "passions") in Roman thought (especially philosophy and rhetorical theory) and literature. Special features include t ...

Book cover for Susanna Morton Braund: Passions in Roman Thought & Li

Passions in Roman Thought & Li

Susanna Morton Braund
Paperback - $111.95

New essays by an international team of scholars in Latin literature and ancient philosophy explore the understanding of emotions (or "passions") in Roman thought (especially philosophy and rhetorical theory) and literature. Special features include t ...

Book cover for Gaius Valerius Catullus: Catullus. Tibullus. Pervigilium Veneris

Catullus. Tibullus. Pervigilium Veneris

Gaius Valerius Catullus
Hardcover - $52.95

Catullus, of Verona, went early to Rome, where he associated not only with other literary men form Cisalpine Gaul but also with Cicero and Hortensius. Tibullus, of equestrian rank and a friend of Horace, enjoyed the patronage of Marcus Valerius Messa ...

Book cover for Cicero: Cicero, I, Rhetorical Treatises

Cicero, I, Rhetorical Treatises : Rhetorica Ad Herennium

Cicero
Hardcover - $52.95

Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. I ...

Book cover for Marcus T. Cicero: Cicero, IX, Orations

Cicero, IX, Orations : Pro Lege Manilia. Pro Caecina. Pro Cluentio. Pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo

Marcus T. Cicero
Hardcover - $52.95

Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. I ...

Book cover for Marcus T. Cicero: Cicero, V, Rhetorical Treatises

Cicero, V, Rhetorical Treatises : Brutus. Orator

Marcus T. Cicero
Hardcover - $52.95

"Brutus" gives an account of the Roman tradition of public and lawcourt speeches from its beginning to what Cicero described as the polished and entertaining speeches of his own day. Along the way Cicero has interesting things to say about the influe ...

Search within these results