Lucretius: De Rerum Natura IV

Informationen zum Autor John Godwin was for many years Head of Classics at Shrewsbury School, UK. His many publications include Juvenal: Satires Books III, IV and V (Aris & Phillips 2022, 2016 and 2020); Horace: Selected Satires (Bloomsbury 2018), Ovid: Metamorphoses III: A Selection (Bloomsbury 2013) and editions of Lucretius: De Rerum Natura Books IV and VI and the complete works of Catullus for the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series. Klappentext Book IV of Lucretius' great philosophical poem deals mainly with the psychology of sensation and thought. The heart of this book is a new text, incorporating the latest scholarship on the text of Lucretius, with a clear prose facing translation. The commentary concentrates on the thought of the text (relating it to other philosophers beside Epicurus) and the poetry of the Latin, placing the text in relation to Roman literature in general, and attempting to demonstrate the poetic genius of Lucretius. The introduction deals with the didactic tradition in ancient literature and Lucretius' place in it, the structure of De Rerum Natura, the salient features of the philosophy of Epicurus and the transmission of the text.

Product details

• Authors: J. Godwin, J. Lucretius Carus Godwin, John Godwin, Titus Lucretius Carus
• Assisted by: J. Godwin (Translation)
• Publisher: Aris & Phillips
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1987
• EAN: 9780856683091
• ISBN: 978-0-85668-309-1
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Classical Texts; Aris & Phillips Classical Texts; Aris & Phillips Classical Texts; Aris & Phillips Classical Text
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies