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Latin Language and Latin Culture: From Ancient to Modern Times

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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.

Language: English

Pages: 164

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: February 19, 2001

ISBN: 0521776635

ISBN 13: 9780521776639

Latin Language and Latin Culture: From Ancient to Modern Times

3.9/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 164

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: February 19, 2001

ISBN: 0521776635

ISBN 13: 9780521776639

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