Living with a dead language : my romance with Latin / Ann Patty.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, New York : Viking, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: x, 242 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781101980224
- 1101980222
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Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 478.2 P322 | Available | 33111008179968 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
After 35 years as a book editor in New York City, Ann Patty stopped working and moved to the country. Bored, aimless and lost in the woods, she hoped to challenge her restless, word-loving brain by beginning a serious study of Latin at local colleges. As she begins to make sense of Latin grammar and syntax, her studies open unexpected windows into her own life. Written with humour, heart and an infectious enthusiasm for words, Patty's book is a lesson in how learning and literature can transform the past and lead to an unexpected future.
After thirty-five years as a book editor in New York, Ann Patty stopped working and moved to the country. Bored, she decided to challenge her word-loving brain through studying Latin at local colleges. Her study opened unexpected windows into her life, and along the way, she met an impassioned group of professors, students and classicists outside of academia who keep Latin very much alive. Written with humor, heart, and an infectious enthusiasm for words, Patty's book is an object lesson in how learning and literature can transform the past and lead to an unexpected future. -- adapted from book jacket.