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Antiquity Matters
A sharp, often surprising, view of the classical world by a
major classics scholar at Cambridge and author of
The Glittering Prizes This book is the
culmination of more than sixty years of a writing life during which
Frederic Raphael has returned again and again to the literature and
landscape of the ancient world. In his new book, Raphael deploys
his renowned wit and erudition to give us a vivid mosaic of the
complexities and contradictions underlying Western civilization and
its continuing influence upon contemporary society. Tackling a
broad range of topics, from the presumed superiority of democracy
to the momentum behind today's gay rights movement, Raphael's often
daringly heterodox view of the Greek and Roman world will provoke,
surprise, and, at the same time, entertain readers. He shows how
the interplay of fiction and reality, rhetorical aspiration and
practical cunning, are threaded through modern culture.
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Distant intimacy : a friendship in the age of the Internet
\"Despite the authors never having met in person, Raphael (\"The Glittering Prizes\") and Epstein (\"Fred Astaire; Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit\") embark on a transatlantic project to document a year's correspondence over the Internet. Averaging 3,500 words a week, the authors riff on topics limning their personal and professional lives, such as education, family, their Chicago roots, and shared literary, artistic, and political interests. In the end, Raphael and Epstein built a lasting friendship through writing playful, serious, and irreverent entries that celebrate a mutual love of language and show how digital correspondence need not be perfunctory or without substance. In Epstein's words, 'Reading over what we wrote to each other over the past year, I discovered a fine exuberance in it.'\"--Library Journal.
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