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Title: Greek Fire
Publisher: Random House UK
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0224026836
ISBN 13: 9780224026833
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Acceptable

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8vo. A good copy, virtually as new. Very minor wear to cover and dw corners and edges. Immediate despatch from the UK.

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This work is the outgrowth of a British TV series of the same name; it is scheduled to air in the United States in August on Arts & Entertainment (A&E) cable network. Taplin (classics, Magdalen Coll., Oxford) explores the continuing impact of ancient Greece on the modern world in aesthetics, architecture, philosophy, political science, science, sexual behavior, values, attitudes toward war, and the personal quest to know oneself and confront the tragic condition of life. The ten chapters expand on themes explored in the ten segments of the series (they will be shown in five segments on A&E). Taplin is aware of the dangers of superficiality in such a sweeping undertaking, and, indeed, the chapters are uneven. But for the well-educated audience for whom the book is intended, it provides an interesting update on the influence of the Greeks. The work is nicely illustrated. There may be some demand because of the cable TV series. Recommended for academic and public libraries.
- Jeffrey R. Herold, Bucyrus P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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