Lucan: An Introduction [SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION].
[SERIES]: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology - Volume 39.
Author
Ahl, Frederick / [Marcus Annaeus Lucanus]
Place of Publication
Ithaca / London
Publication Name
Cornerll University Press
Year
1976
Language(s)
English
Description
SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION. RARE comprehensive study of Lucan`s epic and only surviving work `Pharsalia` by Frederick M. Ahl (b.1941), a professor of classics and comparative literature at Cornell University, known for his work in Greek and Roman epic and drama, and the intellectual history of Greece and Rome, as well as for translations of tragedy and Latin epic. 235x155mm. 379 pages (+3). Maroon cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket stained. Jacket edges and corners worn and tattered/taped. Cover upper corners rubbed. Two light bump-marks on cover edges. Cover bottom corners and spine edges bumped. Author`s signed dedication on front whitepage. [SUMMARY]: This rare monograph on one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period, signed and dedicated by the distinguished author, is in good condition.