Description: Plutarch, Paperback by Russell, D. A., ISBN 1853996203, ISBN-13 9781853996207, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Plutarch's "Lives" and "Morals" are among the formativs of western civilisation, Written around AD 100, in Greece under Roman rule, they reflect conditions of that time: not only the political limitations, but - more importantly - the rich inheritance of post-classical as well as classical Greek thinking. Russell sets out to explain what it is like to read Plutarch and what one needs to bear in mind in order to read him with understanding and appreciation. Plutarch is seen in his historical context, his language and style, as a scholar of the past, as philosopher and moralist. The "Lives" are then discussed with specific examples in more detail - Alcibiades and some of the main generals of the late Roman republic; in the final chapter Russell examines the reception of Plutarch down to the time of North's translation and Shakespeare's reliance on it. Each chapter is generously laced with quotation (in translation), so that the student and general reader get a feeling for Plutarch's work.
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Book Title: Plutarch
Number of Pages: 190 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Plutarch
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.4 in
Subject: Ancient / General, Ancient Languages (See Also Latin), History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year: 2001
Features: New Edition
Item Weight: 8.5 Oz
Type: Language Course
Author: D. A. Russell
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Philosophy, History
Item Width: 5.5 in
Series: Bcpaperbacks Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
