A new sublime : ten timeless lessons on the classics
Boitani, Piero2020
Book
Boitani invites the reader to discover the timeless beauty and wisdom of ancient literature, highlighting its profound and surprising connections to the present. With their emphasis on the mutability and fluidity of identity and matter, their examination of the power and position of women in society, and their enduring treatments of force and subjugation, fate and free will, the ethical life, hospitality, love, compassion, and mysticism, the classics play active roles in our lives and can help us refine our opinions and our values. Ranging from Homer to Tacitus, with Thucydides, Aristotle, Sophocles, Cicero, and many others in between, Boitani's A New Sublime is a fresh, inspiring reminder of the enduring importance and beauty of the classes of the Western canon.
Main title:
A new sublime : ten timeless lessons on the classics / Piero Boitani ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
Author:
Boitani, Piero, authorGoldstein, Ann, 1949-, translator
Imprint:
London : Europa Compass, [2020].©2020
Collation:
268 pages ; 18 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9781787701816 (pbk)9781787701816 (paperback)
Dewey class:
880.09880
Language:
EnglishItalian
Subject:
BRN:
824898
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Library | -Literature | LITER 880 BOIT | On loan - Due: 08 Jul 2026 |