Rumour and Renown: Representations of Fama in Western Literature by Philip Hardie

Rumour and Renown: Representations of Fama in Western Literature

Cambridge Classical Studies

Philip Hardie

706 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics history lgbtqia+ literary reflective medium-paced

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The Latin word fama means 'rumour', 'report', 'tradition', as well as modern English 'fame' or 'renown'. This magisterial and groundbreaking study in the literary and cultural history of rumour and renown, by one of the most influential living cri...

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