Fragmentary Latin Poets

Zusatztext C.'s commentary is typical of his energy and efficiency! and it is hard to think of any other scholar alive today who could have tackled with such erudition and such independence of judgement the whole range from the minor works of Ennius to Tiberianus and Symmachus. Few pages go by without an incisive observation or a provocative comment; ... C. has done an outstanding service. Informationen zum Autor Edward Courtney is Emeritus Gildersleeve Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia Klappentext To understand fully the development of Latin poetry! one has to consider not only the prominent figures whose works survive entire but also the writers known to us only in fragments from quotations. The fragments of the non-dramatic poets have been collected by Baehrens! Morel! and Buchner! but only a few have ever received a commentary. This book revises the texts! taking advantage of much earlier work now largely forgotten! and provides the necessary interpretative and illustrative material. Some writers not usually included in this corpus are here covered! such as the minor works of Ennius. Zusammenfassung In order to understand fully the development of Latin poetry, this work revises the surviving fragments of quotations from writers and provides the necessary interpretative and illustrative material. Some writers not usually included in this corpus are here covered, such as the minor works of Ennius. Inhaltsverzeichnis Index of Authors; Bibliography and Abbreviations; Sources of Quotations; Text and Commentary; Comparative Table; Alphabetical List of Authors; Index of Titles; Metrical index; General Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Edward Courtney, Edward (Professor of Classics and Ely Pr Courtney
• Mitarbeit: Edward Courtney (Herausgeber), Courtney Edward (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.09.2003
• EAN: 9780199265794
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926579-4
• Seiten: 566
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik > Lyrik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Klassische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; Klassische Lyrik, Lyrik bis 1900, Texte: Antike und Mittelalter, Poetry, Latin, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, POETRY / Ancient & Classical, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry anthologies (various poets), Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets