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It Was Fever That Made the World by Jim Powell is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is It Was Fever That Made the World about?
This sophisticated first collection by Jim Powell synthesizes personal and world history to produce a compelling vision of the past, through verse letters to friends and relatives, translations of Horace, Propertius, Sappho, and others, and allusions to ancient figures of history and mythology. "I find it difficult to overpraise the ease of this writing, which in one act combines succinct physical presentation and explanation of it. . . . It is perhaps here that Jim Powell, not yet forty, most s
Who reads It Was Fever That Made the World?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Jim Powell
- Publisher
- Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1989
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226677064
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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