Heroes of the City of Man: A Christian Guide to Select Ancient Literature
Leithart's Heroes of the City of Man analyzes some of the grand classics of ancient literature—Theogeny, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Aeneid, and four prominent Greek dramas from Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, commenting on each, section-by-section.
Leithart's Heroes of the City of Man analyzes some of the grand classics of ancient literature—Theogeny, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Aeneid, and four prominent Greek dramas from Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, commenting on each, section-by-section.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781885767554 (1885767552)
Publish date: August 1st 1999
Publisher: Canon Press
Pages no: 396
Edition language: English
Heroes from the City of Man, by Peter Leithart ***I have long disliked the contemporary habit of trying to force post-modern sensibilities on any literature that pre-dates the advent of Derrida. The practice of reading the classics from a Marxist/feminist/queer perspective to milk from them some ev...