Horace - Poems

Horace saw the death of the Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire, and was personally acquainted with the emperor Augustus and the poet Virgil. He was famous during his lifetime, and continued to be posthumously, for his odes and epodes, his satires and epistles, and for Ars Poetica. His lyric poems have been translated into many languages, by an array of famous poets including Jonson, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Cowper, A. E. Houseman, Ezra Pound, Louis McNeice, Robert Lowell--and even Queen Elizabeth I and the Victorian prime minister Gladstone. Also included are excerpts from Ars poetica (The Art of Poetry), an influential work of literary criticism, and the Carmen saeculare (Secular Hymn), a prayer to Apollo commissioned by Augustus for public performance. Horace's injunction to "seize the day" has echoed through the ages. This anthology of superb English translations will show how Horace has permeated English literature for five centuries.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Horace
• Con la collaborazione di: Paul Quarrie (Editore), Quarrie Paul (Editore)
• Editore: Everyman's Library UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781841598024
• ISBN: 978-1-84159-802-4
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 113 mm x 165 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica > Lirica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Ancient Rome, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, elizabeth 1; roman empire, Poetry / poems by individual poets