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Francis Cairns

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20

Publications

1.2K

Citations

13

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1969

Active since

Affiliations

Florida State University(Current)

University of Leeds

University of Edinburgh

Francis Cairns is an author at Florida State University specializing in classics, literary history, and language studies.

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ClassicsLanguageLiterary HistoryPoeticsArtsLiterary CriticismLiterary TheoryIntellectual HistoryComparative LiteratureBiology

Publications per year

1969–2020

20

Publications

20

Generic Composition in Greek and Roman Poetry

Kenneth Quinn, Francis Cairns · Phoenix · 1973 · 490 citations

Literary History, Roman Poetry, Literary Study +15

Tibullus: A Hellenistic Poet at Rome

Harold Guite, Francis Cairns · Phoenix · 1982 · 294 citations

Imitation Learning, Literary History, Cognitive Linguistics +10

Ancient ‘etymology’ and Tibullus: on the classification of ‘etymologies’ and on ‘etymological markers’

Francis Cairns · Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society · 1997 · 74 citations

Ancient Etymology, Philosophy Of Language, Many Ancient Etymologies +13

Cleon and Pericles: a Suggestion

Francis Cairns · The Journal of Hellenic Studies · 1982 · 67 citations

Biology, Last Speech, Unicellular Organism +5

The "Laws of Eretria" ("IG" XII. 9 1273 and 1274): Epigraphic, Legal, Historical, and Political Aspects

Francis Cairns · Phoenix · 1991 · 38 citations

Historical Methodology, Islamic Law, Political Aspects +6

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