The Language of Ruins

The Language of Ruins
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9780190626310
ISBN-13 : 0190626313
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Book Synopsis The Language of Ruins by : Patricia A. Rosenmeyer

Download or read book The Language of Ruins written by Patricia A. Rosenmeyer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading the colossus: the Memnon inscriptions -- Worshipping the colossus: sacred tourism at Thebes -- Talking with the colossus: the rhetoric of address -- Homeric Memnon -- Sapphic Memnon -- Modern Memnon


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