Poetic interplay : Catullus and Horace /
The lives of Catullus and Horace overlap by a dozen years in the first century BC. Yet, though they are the undisputed masters of the lyric voice in Roman poetry, Horace directly mentions his great predecessor, Catullus, only once, and this reference has often been taken as mocking. In fact, Horace&...
| Основен автор: | Putnam, Michael C. J. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
℗♭2006.
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| Серия: |
Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered).
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=273055 |
| Подобни документи: |
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Poetic interplay. |
| Резюме: |
The lives of Catullus and Horace overlap by a dozen years in the first century BC. Yet, though they are the undisputed masters of the lyric voice in Roman poetry, Horace directly mentions his great predecessor, Catullus, only once, and this reference has often been taken as mocking. In fact, Horace's allusion, far from disparaging Catullus, pays him a discreet compliment by suggesting the challenge that his accomplishment presented to his successors, including Horace himself. In Poetic Interplay, the first book-length study of Catullus's influence on Horace, Michael Putnam shows that the earli. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
"Expanded version of the Charles Beebe Martin Classical Lectures, delivered at Oberlin College in March 2004"--Preface. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 171 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781400827428 1400827426 |