Classical Literature: A Very Short Introduction
by William Allan · William Allan
A compact survey of Greek and Latin literature organized by genre, including epic, lyric, tragedy, comedy, historiography, and oratory. It explains each genre's conventions and major authors, and shows how these works influenced later Western literature and remain worth reading.
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