A History of Roman Literature (2 vols.) : : From Livius Andronicus to Boethius with special regard to its influence on world literature / / M. von Albrecht.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 165
• VerfasserIn: von, Albrecht, M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 165.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction Literature and Literary History /; Historical Background /; Conditions of the Rise of Literature /; Latin and Greek Literature: Tradition and Renewal /; Individual and Genre /; Dialogue with the Reader and Literary Technique /; Language and Style /; Ideas I: Conquest of an Intellectual World Poetry, Thought, and Teaching /; Ideas II: Old Roman Mentali1y Versus Modern Ideas /; Before Literature /; Survey of the Literature of the Repubucan Period /; Poetry /; Prose /; Survey of Uterature of the August an Period /; Survey of the Uterature of Early Empire /; Survey of the Literature of Middle and Late Empire /; The Transmission of Roman Literature /; Periodicals and Standard Works /; Index /; Chronological Table /; Supplements to Mnemosyne.
• ISBN: 9004329900
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: M. von Albrecht.

Michael von Albrecht's A History of Roman Literature, originally published in German, can rightly be seen as the long awaited counterpart to Albin Lesky's Geschichte der Griechischen Literatur. In what will probably be the last survey made by a single scholar the whole of Latin literature from Livius Andronicus up to Boethius comes to the fore. 'Literature' is taken here in its broad, antique sense, and therefore also includes e.g. rhetoric, philosophy and history. Special attention has been given to the influence of Latin literature on subsequent centuries down to our own days. Extensive indices give access to this monument of learning. The introductions in Von Albrecht's texts, together with the large bibliographies make further study both more fruitful and easy.