Commentary on Horace: Odes: Book I

Zusatztext 'a great commentary of lasting importance and an essential possession for anyone seriously interested in ancient poetry'Journal of Roman Studies Informationen zum Autor R. G. M. Nisbet, Corpus Christi Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Oxford, and Margaret Hubbard, formerly Fellow, St Anne's College, Oxford Klappentext Horace's Odes are among the most popular and the most misunderstood of ancient writings. In this new paperback edition! the authors discuss each ode against its Greek and Roman background to ensure a clearer understanding of its classical and scholarly nature. The commentary includes a large number of parallel passages--showing how Horace plays new variations on old themes--sections on chronology and meter! and a select bibliography for each ode. Zusammenfassung The present work is written in the belief that the "Odes" are learned poems which demand some knowledge of conventional forms and topics. Each ode is provided with an introduction which sets it against its Greek and Roman literary background.

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• Authors: Margaret Hubbard, Margaret Ann Hubbard, Nisbet, R. G. M. Nisbet, R. G. M. (Corpus Christi Professor of Lati Nisbet, R. G. M. Hubbard Nisbet, Nisbet R. G. M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.1989
• EAN: 9780198149149
• ISBN: 978-0-19-814914-9
• No. of pages: 498
• Series: Commentary on Horace; Clarendon Paperbacks; A Commentary on Horace: Odes
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Latin, 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