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BCPaperbacks Ser.: Plutarch by D. A. Russell (2001, Trade Paperback, New Edition)

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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101853996203

ISBN-139781853996207

eBay Product ID (ePID)48692514

Product Key Features

Number of Pages190 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePlutarch

SubjectAncient / General, Ancient Languages (See Also Latin), History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient & Classical

Publication Year2001

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorD. A. Russell

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Philosophy, History

SeriesBcpaperbacks Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight8.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal938/.007/2024

SynopsisPlutarch's "Lives" and "Morals" are among the formative books 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., Explains 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's "Lives" and "Morals", written around 100 AD, provided portraits of the major figures of his day. This text shows Plutarch in his historical context as a scholar of the past, philospher and moralist. The "Lives" are then discussed with specific examples in more detail.