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A New Sublime

Ten Timeless Lessons on the Classics

By (author) Piero Boitani
Translated by Ann Goldstein
Format: Paperback / softback
Language: English
Publisher: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom
Imprint: Europa Compass
Published: 13th Feb 2020
Dimensions: w 120mm h 180mm d 20mm
Weight: 202g
ISBN-10: 1787701816
ISBN-13: 9781787701816
Barcode No: 9781787701816
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"[It] will move you across the globe and back in time." - Library Journal Europa Compass series - new format and covers For the readers of Mary Beard and Bethany Hughes (Re)discover the timeless beauty of ancient literature The classics "never exhaust what they have to say". Informed by this belief, linguistic expert Piero Boitani invites the reader to explore the wisdom of the works of literature underpinning Western culture, and highlights their profound and sometimes surprising connection to the present. The themes explored in this book are as wide-ranging as they are enduringly relevant. They include the Iliad's depiction of power and war, as well as its invocation of compassion as one of the necessary foundations of society; the Odyssey as the world's first novel; Lucretius and the way he transformed Greek scientific thought into sublime poetry; Virgil's celebration of the history of Rome, from small village to world capital, as well as Tacitus' denunciation of the imperialistic nature of Roman power; and Ovid's Metamorphoses-a poem about incessant change the first postmodern classic.

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"Piero Boitani's Ten Lessons teach us an additional one, the most important: that the classics are alive within us." * Il Foglio * "As bewitching and as entertaining as a novel . . . Boitani uncovers the unexpected, extraordinary modernity of the classics." -- Piero Dorfles * Per un pugno di libri * "A remarkable book. The stories collected by Boitani, written centuries ago, still speak to us." -- Corrado Augias * La Repubblica *