The Green Cabinet - Theocritus and European Pastoral Poetry

Zusatztext Professor Rosenmeyer’s full-length study treats Theocritus not merely as a source for Vergil and later writers but as a poet--a significantly worthy poet--in his own right. This is a fully documented literary study of Theocritus that cannot help but provide the student with deep insight and steady appreciation of a notable Hellenistic author and a persistent literary genre. Informationen zum Autor Thomas Rosenmeyer is emeritus professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California. Berkeley. His published works include include The Art of Aeschylus (University of California Press 1982) and Senecan Drama and Stoic Cosmology (University of California Press 1989). Klappentext Reissue of an important study of Theocritus. Vorwort This work looks at Theocritus as both a source for Vergil and later writers and as a significant poet in his own right. It gives an insight into this classical author which may prove relevant not only for classicists but also for all studying the pastoral tradition in literature. Zusammenfassung This work looks at Theocritus as both a source for Vergil and later writers and as a significant poet in his own right. It gives an insight into this classical author which may prove relevant not only for classicists but also for all studying the pastoral tradition in literature.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas G Rosenmeyer, Thomas G. Rosenmeyer, Rosenmeyer Thomas G.
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.04.2004
• EAN: 9781853996641
• ISBN: 978-1-85399-664-1
• Pagine: 364
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Bcpaperback; BCP Paperback S.; BCPaperbacks; Bcpaperback
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets