Commentary on Horace: Odes Book III

Zusatztext The strengths of Nisbet and Rudd's new commentary are very great, and are a function of the extraordinary attention to detail throughout. Its sheer utility value is very high. This volume will be a stimulus for thought and a treasure-house to plunder for as far ahead as one can imagine Latin being studied in universities. Informationen zum Autor R. G. M. Nisbet was formerly Corpus Christi Professor of Latin Language and Literature, University of Oxford.Niall Rudd was formerly Professor of Latin at Bristol University. Klappentext This Commentary takes critical account of recent writing on the Odes. It deals with detailed questions of interpretation! and shows how Horace combined the tact of a court-poet with a humane individualism! and how he wrote within a literary tradition without losing a highly personal voice. Though the book is not intended for beginners! the editors aim throughout at clarity. Zusammenfassung This Commentary takes critical account of recent writing on the Odes. It deals with detailed questions of interpretation, and shows how Horace combined the tact of a court-poet with a humane individualism, and how he wrote within a literary tradition without losing a highly personal voice. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Introduction 1: Horace's early life 2: The date of Odes I-III 3: The `Roman Odes' 4: Horace and Augustus 5: Maecenas and the other addressees 6: Horace's `love-poems' 7: Religion in Horace 8: The meaning of the author 9: Ambiguity 10: Person and persona 11: Genre 12: Style 13: Structure 14: The arrangement of the book 15: The text 16: The ancient commentators 17: Metre 18: Bibliography Commentary Indexes

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• Authors: R. G. M. Nisbet, R. G. M. (Formerly Corpus Christi Professo Nisbet, R. G. M. Rudd Nisbet, Nisbet R. G. M., Niall Rudd, Rudd Niall
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2007
• EAN: 9780199288748
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928874-8
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Commentary on Horace
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets