Ruins and Empire: The Evolution of a Theme in Augustan and Romantic Literature

By Laurence Goldstein

Book Overview

One of the most common scenes in Augustan and Romantic literature is that of a writer confronting some emblem of change and loss, most often the remains of a vanished civilization or a desolate... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822933454
• ISBN13: 9780822933458
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 272 Pages