Latin Language and Latin Culture - From Ancient to Modern Times (Paperback)

The Latin language is popularly imagined in a number of specific ways: as a masculine language, an imperial language, a classical language, a dead language. This book considers the sources of these metaphors and analyzes their effect on how Latin literature is read. By reading with and more commonly against these metaphors, the book offers a different view of Latin as a language and as a vehicle for cultural practice. The argument ranges over a variety of texts in Latin and texts about Latin from antiquity to the twentieth century.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Roman Literature and its Contexts
Release date:	February 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Joseph Farrell
Dimensions:	197 x 130 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	164
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-77663-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
LSN:	0-521-77663-5
Barcode:	9780521776639

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