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Secret of the Muses Retold

Classical Influences on Italian Authors of the Twentieth Century

Secret of the Muses Retold( )
Author: Kirby, John T.
ISBN:978-0-226-43747-7
Publication Date:Feb 2001
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $99.00
Book Description:

Precious repositories of ancient wisdom? Musty relics of outmoded culture? Timeless paragons of artistic achievement? Hegemonic tools of intellectual repression? Just what are the classics, anyway, and why do (or should) we still pay so much attention to them? What is the literary canon? What is myth, and how do we use it? These are some of the questions that gave rise to John Kirby's Secret of the Muses Retold. This new study of works by five twentieth-century...
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Book Details
Pages:168
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / Italian
Literary Criticism / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):0.585 x 0.897 x 0.059 Inches
Book Weight:1.452 Pounds



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