Horace and the Rhetoric of Authority

Klappentext This advanced introduction to Horace examines his poetry as works of literature and important social acts. Zusammenfassung This advanced introduction to Horace considers his poetry not only as works of literature! but also as social acts which simultaneously promoted his authority while also paying deference to his eminent patrons. The book charts this aspect of the poet's persona across his entire literary career. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Face-saving and self-defacement in the Satires; 2. Making faces at the mirror: the Epodes and the civil war; 3. Acts of enclosure: the ideology of form in the Odes; 4. Overreading the Epistles; 5. The art of self-fashioning in the Ars poetica; Postscript: Odes 4.3; Works cited; Poems discussed; General index.

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Cliensis, Oliensis Ellen, Ellen Oliensis, Ellen (University of California Oliensis, Oliensis Ellen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.05.1998
• EAN: 9780521573153
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57315-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets