Horace - Satires and Epistles

Informationen zum Autor Kirk Freudenburg is Professor of Latin in the Department of Classics at Yale University. Klappentext The articles included in this volume represent some of the finest writing on Horace's satires (Sermones) and epistles (Epistulae) over the past fifty years. Several have previously only been accessible in specialist journals! while five appear here for the first time in English translation. All are remarkable for the way in which they do their work at multiple levels! moving from the basics of grammar! vocabulary! and syntax to issues of genre! socio-politics! and beyond. Collectively! these articles underscore and exemplify the value of close reading! and of paying strict attention to detail. Starting with the specifics of the poetic page! they lead us into the various complex and overlapping discursive systems that Horace's poems both arise from and seek to address. A specially written Introduction surveys recent scholarship! and the specific impact of each article included. Zusammenfassung A collection of articles representing some of the finest writing on Horace's satires (Sermones) and epistles (Epistulae) over the past fifty years. Several have previously only been accessible in specialist journals, while five appear here for the first time in English translation.

Product details

• Authors: Kirk Freudenburg, Kirk (EDT) Freudenburg
• Assisted by: Kirk Freudenburg (Editor), Kirk (Professor of Latin Freudenburg (Editor), Freudenburg Kirk (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2009
• EAN: 9780199203536
• ISBN: 978-0-19-920353-6
• No. of pages: 600
• Series: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies; Oxford Readings in Classical S; Oxford Readings in Classical Studies; Oxford Readings in Classical S
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form