Three Classical Poets: Sappho, Catullus and JuvenalDuckworth, 1982 - 243 sider In this engaging essay Richard Jenkyns shows us how to read three quite different ancient poets. In a close and sensitive reading of Sappho, Catullus, and Juvenal, Jenkyns delineates the uniqueness of the poet's individual voice in relation to poetic traditions. His book constitutes a challenge to the view that one method will suffice for the interpretation of ancient poetry. He seeks to demonstrate that we can have no substitute for flexible and humane judgment, liberated from critical dogma, if we are to understand the great writers of the past. It is Jenkyns' appealing habit to clarify and illustrate his points by drawing analogies from modern and ancient literature. He deploys his wide learning with agility and grace. |
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... Roman looks forward to nothing better or worse than oblivion . Yeats once remarked ( Explorations , p . 438 ) that no one has ever trembled or been awe- struck by nymph - haunted or Fury - haunted wood described in Roman poetry ...
... Roman looks forward to nothing better or worse than oblivion . Yeats once remarked ( Explorations , p . 438 ) that no one has ever trembled or been awe- struck by nymph - haunted or Fury - haunted wood described in Roman poetry ...
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... Roman reaction ' is strangely misguided ; it is true that a good many Roman writers not all inveigh against luxury , but why do we suppose that they did so if not because a great many of their contemporaries wallowed in the indulgences ...
... Roman reaction ' is strangely misguided ; it is true that a good many Roman writers not all inveigh against luxury , but why do we suppose that they did so if not because a great many of their contemporaries wallowed in the indulgences ...
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... Roman adapter , and found that Alcaeus at least could be beaten at his own game . Latin elegy transcended its Greek models and found new ways of talking about love . But the Augustan equilibrium was very fragile . Indeed , our talk of ...
... Roman adapter , and found that Alcaeus at least could be beaten at his own game . Latin elegy transcended its Greek models and found new ways of talking about love . But the Augustan equilibrium was very fragile . Indeed , our talk of ...
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