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Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
For all that Cicero is often seen as the father of translation theory, his and other Roman comments on translation are often divorced from the complicated environments that produced them. The first book-length study in English of its kind, Roman Theories of Translation: Surpassing the Source...
To Be Published June 2nd 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
Metafiction, the practice in fictional texts of displaying an awareness of their fictional status, highlighting it, or even exploring it after the manner of literary criticism, existed in ancient Greek and Roman literature. The significance of metafiction to this field is very great—arguably even...
To Be Published June 29th 2013 by Routledge
Continuing its tradition of providing students with a thorough review of ancient Greek and Roman rhetorical theory and practices, A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric is the premier text for undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in the history of rhetoric. Offering vivid examples of each...
To Be Published July 22nd 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
The idea of heroism has become thoroughly muddled today. In contemporary society, any behavior that seems distinctly difficult or unusually impressive is classified as heroic: everyone from firefighters to foster fathers to freedom fighters are our heroes. But what motivates these people to act...
To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
The Metamorphoses or Golden Ass of Apuleius (ca. 170 CE) is a Latin novel written by a native of Madauros in Roman North Africa, roughly equal to modern Tunisia together with parts of Libya and Algeria. Apuleius’ novel is based on the model of a lost Greek novel; it narrates the adventures of a...
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
The comedies of the Athenian dramatist Menander (c. 342-291 BC) and his contemporaries were the ultimate source of a Western tradition of light drama that has continued to the present day. Yet for over a millennium, Menander’s own plays were thought to have been completely lost. Thanks to a long...
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Later Latin Poetry
To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge
To Be Published January 14th 2014 by Routledge
