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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-02 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Major study of the literary treatment of rumour and renown across the canon of authors from Homer to Alexander Pope, including readings in historiographical and
Language: en
Pages: 706
Pages: 706
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-18 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
The Latin word fama means 'rumour', 'report', 'tradition', as well as modern English 'fame' or 'renown'. This magisterial and groundbreaking study in the litera
Language: en
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Language: en
Pages: 457
Pages: 457
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Word of Mouth offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the evolving personifications of the ancient concept of fama in ancient and medieval literature and in
Language: en
Pages: 226
Pages: 226
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher:
German writer, journalist, and playwright Neubauer looks at the long history of rumors. He finds their nests in an ancient barber's shop, the Parisian squares o
