Horace - A Very Short Introduction

This book examines the career of the Roman poet Horace, one of the greatest writers in Roman literature. It introduces his poetry with illustrations from all his works, and contextualises his career in Greek and Roman literary tradition and within the tumultuous events of his life as civil war gave way to the reign of the first emperor Augustus.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• Introduction


• 1: Satire


• 2: Epodes


• 3: Odes


• 4: Epistles


• 5: Horace after Horace


• Further reading


• Index

About the author

Llewelyn Morgan has taught Greek and Roman languages and literature at Brasenose College for 25 years, and before that at University College Dublin. He has published books on Virgil, Ovid, poetic metre, the Buddhas of Bamiyan, and nineteenth-century archaeology in North-West India, and articles on many aspects of Greco-Roman literature. He is particularly active in promoting Classics in schools, and has also made regular appearances in Classics-related radio programmes. Morgan is the author of Ovid: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2020).

Summary

This book examines the career of the Roman poet Horace, one of the greatest writers in Roman literature. It introduces his poetry with illustrations from all his works, and contextualises his career in Greek and Roman literary tradition and within the tumultuous events of his life as civil war gave way to the reign of the first emperor Augustus.

Additional text

This is a fine introduction ... the poems that Morgan chooses are approached with refreshing clarity and concision - much like Horace himself, Morgan says a great deal with few words. This work will be very useful for students or general readers, but ... even scholars of Horace will benefit from this study.

Product details

• Authors: Llewelyn Morgan, Llewelyn (Professor of Classical Languages Morgan, Prof Llewelyn (Professor of Classical Lang Morgan, Morgan Llewelyn
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.11.2023
• EAN: 9780192849649
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284964-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Very Short Introductions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book; POETRY / General, Poetry, Latin, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Classical texts, Ancient World, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Ancient Greek and Roman literature