Horace: Odes Book I - Odes Book I

Informationen zum Autor Roland Mayer is Professor of Classics at King's College London. Klappentext This edition provides current information and guidance on fundamental matters of language usage, poetic structure, and literary interpretation. Zusammenfassung The first book of odes is designed both to establish Horace's engagement with his Greek predecessors and to create a role for lyric poetry in contemporary Rome. This edition encourages students and scholars to appreciate Horace's achievement as a lyric poet. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Lyric impulse and lyric challenge; 2. Technical challenges of lyric; 3. The architecture of the ode; 4. The arrangement of the book; 5. Dates of composition and publication; 6. Transmission of the text and the tradition of comment; 7. Interpretation: a note.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Horace
• Con la collaborazione di: Roland Mayer (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.04.2012
• EAN: 9780521854733
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85473-3
• Pagine: 258
• Serie: Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; 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