James S. Romm 
The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought [PDF ebook] 
Geography, Exploration, and Fiction

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For the Greeks and Romans the earth’s farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these ’edges of the earth’ became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this tradition, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.

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James S. Romm is Assistant Professor of Classics at Bard College.

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Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 247 ● ISBN 9780691201702 ● Filstorlek 32.3 MB ● Utgivare Princeton University Press ● Stad Princeton ● Land US ● Publicerad 2019 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 7041748 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM
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