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Author : Thomas Cole
Release : 1969
Genre : Latin poetry
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Book Synopsis Studies in Latin Poetry by : Thomas Cole
Download or read book Studies in Latin Poetry written by Thomas Cole. This book was released on 1969. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher M. Dawson
Release : 1969-10-02
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 952/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Studies in Latin Poetry by : Christopher M. Dawson
Download or read book Studies in Latin Poetry written by Christopher M. Dawson. This book was released on 1969-10-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume dedicated to studies in Latin poetry, beginning with an examination of Saturnian verse and ending with an investigation into how much Ovid actually knew of the law, and how he exploited this knowledge with piquancy and inventiveness in his writings.
Author : Niall Rudd
Release : 2005-01-20
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Lines of Enquiry by : Niall Rudd
Download or read book Lines of Enquiry written by Niall Rudd. This book was released on 2005-01-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these studies of Latin poetry Niall Rudd demonstrates a variety of critical methods and approaches. He shows how it can be fruitful at different times to consider the historical background of a poem, its language or structure, its place in a literary tradition, the role of critical paradigms, and so on. But if no single approach has special and invariable authority this does not imply critical anarchy. Each has its own validity for different purposes, its own strengths and limitations. The reader must be versatile and sensitive to a range of possibilities, but not doctrinaire.
Author : Gabriel Nocchi Macedo
Release : 2021-06-21
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Book Synopsis Ancient Latin Poetry Books by : Gabriel Nocchi Macedo
Download or read book Ancient Latin Poetry Books written by Gabriel Nocchi Macedo. This book was released on 2021-06-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the invention of printing, all forms of writing were done by hand. For a literary text to circulate among readers, and to be transmitted from one period in time to another, it had to be copied by scribes. As a result, two copies of an ancient book were different from one another, and each individual book or manuscript has its own history. The oldest of these books, those that are the closest to the time in which the texts were composed, are few, usually damaged, and have been often neglected in the scholarship. Ancient Latin Poetry Books presents a detailed study of the oldest manuscripts still extant that contain texts by Latin poets, such as Virgil, Terence, and Ovid. Analyzing their physical characteristics, their script, and the historical contexts in which they were produced and used, this volume shows how manuscripts can help us gain a better understanding of the history of texts, as well as of reading habits over the centuries. Since the manuscripts originated in various places of the Latin-speaking world, Ancient Latin Poetry Books investigates the readership and reception of Latin poetry in many different contexts, such schools in the Egyptian desert, aristocratic circles in southern Italy, and the Christian élite in late antique Rome. The research also contributes to our knowledge about the use of writing and the importance of the written text in antiquity. This is an innovative approach to the study of ancient literature, one that takes the materiality of texts into consideration.
Author : C. W. Marshall
Release : 2021-03-30
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Latin Poetry and Its Reception by : C. W. Marshall
Download or read book Latin Poetry and Its Reception written by C. W. Marshall. This book was released on 2021-03-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers 18 new studies reflecting the latest scholarship on Latin verse, explored both in its original context and in subsequent contexts as it has been translated and re-imagined. All chapters reflect the wide research interests of Professor Susanna Braund, to whom the volume is dedicated. Latin Poetry and Its Reception assembles a blend of senior scholars and new voices in Latin literary studies. It makes important contributions to the understanding of kingship in Hellenistic and Roman thought, with the first four chapters dedicated to exploring this theme in Republican poetry, Virgil, Seneca, and Statius. Chapters focusing on the modern reception include case studies from the 16th to the 21st century, with discussions on Gavin Douglas, Edward Gibbon, Herman Melville, Igor Stravinsky, and Elena Ferrante, among others. No comparable volume provides a similar range. Latin Poetry and Its Reception will appeal to all scholars of Latin poetry and classical reception, from senior undergraduates to scholars in classics and other disciplines.
