Horace

Klappentext This book gives a full and authoritative survey of the scholarly literature on the key Roman poet Horace. Zusammenfassung This book gives a full and authoritative survey of the scholarly literature on the Roman poet Horace. It covers the overall shape of Horace's poetic career and then details his works and their reception in European literature. The author also analyses the poet's style and its variations across different genres. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Resources for the study of Horace; 2. Life, poetic career, self-presentation; 3. Early works: Satires 1 and 2, Epodes; 4. Middle period: Odes 1¿3, Epistles 1; 5. Late period: Carmen saeculare, Odes 4, Epistles 2, Ars poetica; 6. Horatian style and literary texture; 7. Receptions of Horace; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: S. J. Harrison, S. J. (University of Oxford) Harrison
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.07.2014
• EAN: 9781107444447
• ISBN: 978-1-107-44444-7
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: New Surveys in the Classics; New Surveys in the Classics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity