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Description - Latin Literature: A History by Gian Biagio Conte

This history of Latin literature offers a comprehenive survey of the thousand-year period from the origins of Latin as a written langauge to the early Middle Ages. It is intended as a reference work, a bibliographic guide, a literary study and a reader's handbook. From the first examples of written Latin through Gregory of Tours in the 6th century and the Venerable Bede in the 7th, the text offers a survey of all major Latin authors. Including names, dates, edition citations and detailed summaries, the work seeks to combine the virtues of an encyclopaedia with critical study.

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