These essays, by experts in the field from five countries, examine Plutarch's interpretative and artistic reshaping of his historical sources in representative lives. Diverse essays treat literary elements such as the parallelism which renders a pair of lives a unit or the themes which unify the lives. Others consider the selecting, combining, simplifying, and enlarging employed in composition. The construction of a Plutarchian life, the essays demonstrate, required careful selection and creative reworking of the historical ...
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These essays, by experts in the field from five countries, examine Plutarch's interpretative and artistic reshaping of his historical sources in representative lives. Diverse essays treat literary elements such as the parallelism which renders a pair of lives a unit or the themes which unify the lives. Others consider the selecting, combining, simplifying, and enlarging employed in composition. The construction of a Plutarchian life, the essays demonstrate, required careful selection and creative reworking of the historical material available.
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200 pp., Hardcover, minor pencil marginalia, else very good in a very good dust jacket. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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Good. Routledge, 1992. Cover corners very lightly bumped; edges very barely soiled; minor marginalia in pencil on ten pages; binding tight; cover and interior intact and clean except where noted. hardcover. Good.
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Very Good. 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. viii & 188 pp. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Ancient, Philosophy).
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Good. Ex-library, hardback with D/J and plastic jacket, usual stamps/markings. 1992 publication by Routledge with 188 pages. Very slight shelf wear to boards, D/J a bit creased, creases to a couple of pages. Textblock clean. Overall good condition. Ready for immediate dispatch from UK. 10H*