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WRITTEN TEXTS AND THE RISE OF LITERATE CULTURE IN ANCIENT GREECE
by Yunis, Harvey (Ed. )
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521809304
- ISBN 13
- 9780521809306
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Cambridge University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0521809304 . Book is fine. DJ has small chip to top of spine and light shelfwear. ; The landmark developments of Greek culture and the critical works of Greek thought and literature were accompanied by an explosive growth in the use of written texts from the sixth through the fourth centuries B. C. E. The creation of the "classical" and the perennial use of Greece by later European civilizations as a source of knowledge and inspiration would not have taken place without the textual innovations of the classical period. This book considers how writing, reading, and disseminating texts led to new ways of thinking and new forms of expression and behavior. ; 272 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13352
- Title
- WRITTEN TEXTS AND THE RISE OF LITERATE CULTURE IN ANCIENT GREECE
- Author
- Yunis, Harvey (Ed. )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521809304
- ISBN 13
- 9780521809306
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- 0521809304, Greek Literature, Classical Greek & Roman, Literacy, Social & Cultural
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