Comparative Studies in Republican Latin Imagery
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Of all stylistic devices, imagery has the greatest appeal to the imagination, but is also the most likely to offend, either by staleness or by tasteless excess. This volume establishes some of the limitations which govern figurative language in Latin speech and prose by exploring such questions as these: From what physical or social contexts is Latin imagery derived? To what extent is it influenced by the primacy of Greek as a cultural language...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1487598467
ISBN13:9781487598464
Release Date:December 1972
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.77 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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