THE EDGES OF THE EARTH IN ANCIENT THOUGHT Romm HC VG history classics mythology

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9780691069333
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691069336
ISBN-13
9780691069333
eBay Product ID (ePID)
637285

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
252 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Edges Of the Earth in Ancient Thought : Geography, Exploration, and Fiction
Subject
Ancient / General, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year
1992
Type
Textbook
Author
James S. Romm
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, History
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in

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Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
91-025748
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
20
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"Romm's incisive and brilliant analysis of Greco-Roman ideas of earth's geography is grounded in a linguistic interpretation of Greek conceptions of space and boundary. . . . His work captures the imagination as few others have and will provide material for the study of the classical legacy in the shaping of the modern scientific mind for many years to come." --Helen Liebel-Weckowicz, Classical Bulletin, "Romm's incisive and brilliant analysis of Greco-Roman ideas of earth's geography is grounded in a linguistic interpretation of Greek conceptions of space and boundary. . . . His work captures the imagination as few others have and will provide material for the study of the classical legacy in the shaping of the modern scientific mind for many years to come." ---Helen Liebel-Weckowicz, Classical Bulletin, Romm's incisive and brilliant analysis of Greco-Roman ideas of earth's geography is grounded in a linguistic interpretation of Greek conceptions of space and boundary. . . . His work captures the imagination as few others have and will provide material for the study of the classical legacy in the shaping of the modern scientific mind for many years to come. ---Helen Liebel-Weckowicz, Classical Bulletin, "An immensely engaging and erudite work, packed full of provocative insights.... Romm successfully sorts out for us some of the most complex traditions of ancient geographic literature; and he deserves high marks for doing it in such an intelligent, original, and attractive manner." ---T. Corey Brennan, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, "An immensely engaging and erudite work, packed full of provocative insights.... Romm successfully sorts out for us some of the most complex traditions of ancient geographic literature; and he deserves high marks for doing it in such an intelligent, original, and attractive manner." --T. Corey Brennan, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, An immensely engaging and erudite work, packed full of provocative insights.... Romm successfully sorts out for us some of the most complex traditions of ancient geographic literature; and he deserves high marks for doing it in such an intelligent, original, and attractive manner. ---T. Corey Brennan, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, "Romm's incisive and brilliant analysis of Greco-Roman ideas of earth's geography is grounded in a linguistic interpretation of Greek conceptions of space and boundary. . . . His work captures the imagination as few others have and will provide material for the study of the classical legacy in the shaping of the modern scientific mind for many years to come."-- Helen Liebel-Weckowicz, Classical Bulletin, "An immensely engaging and erudite work, packed full of provocative insights.... Romm successfully sorts out for us some of the most complex traditions of ancient geographic literature; and he deserves high marks for doing it in such an intelligent, original, and attractive manner."-- T. Corey Brennan, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, "This work is unparalleled in its scope and perspective." --Deborah Boedeker, College of the Holy Cross
Dewey Decimal
809/.93591
Synopsis
For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this tradition, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.
LC Classification Number
PA3015.G44R65 1992

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