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Those endless afternoons where you struggled to remember the third person singular present indicative of volo (vult) may be a long time ago. But, if you have the vaguest memory of the ablative absolute, the locative and the gerund, you mastery of Latin will spring back to life with Amo, amas, amat...and all that. In his trip through the world's most influential language, Harry Mount uncorks its magic, drawing on Latin lovers from Kingsley Amis to John Cleese, from Evelyn Waugh to Donna Tart. Read this book and you will know Latin. Know Latin and - mirabile dictu - you will know Wilfred Owen's misery, Catullus's aching heart and the comedy of a thousand bachelor schoolmasters.
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Amo, Amas, Amat... And All That, Harry Mount
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- Année de publication
- 2006
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- Sous-titre
- How to Become a Latin Lover
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Harry Mount
- Éditeur
- Short Books
- Publié
- 2006
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 269
- ISBN10
- 1904977545
- ISBN13
- 9781904977544
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Sciences sociales, Thème historique, Histoire, Humour, Manuels et guides, Langues, Éducation, système scolaire, Linguistique, Époque antique, Culture, Grammaire, linguistique, Langue latine
- Titre original
- Amo, amas, amat ... and all that
- Évaluation
- 3,35 sur 5
- Description
- Those endless afternoons where you struggled to remember the third person singular present indicative of volo (vult) may be a long time ago. But, if you have the vaguest memory of the ablative absolute, the locative and the gerund, you mastery of Latin will spring back to life with Amo, amas, amat...and all that. In his trip through the world's most influential language, Harry Mount uncorks its magic, drawing on Latin lovers from Kingsley Amis to John Cleese, from Evelyn Waugh to Donna Tart. Read this book and you will know Latin. Know Latin and - mirabile dictu - you will know Wilfred Owen's misery, Catullus's aching heart and the comedy of a thousand bachelor schoolmasters.