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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... emotional structure . Here , similarly , there is an area in the centre of the poem which by its stillness and emptiness contrasts with and enhances the human drama on either side of it . This account of the poem may appear to be self ...
... emotional structure . Here , similarly , there is an area in the centre of the poem which by its stillness and emptiness contrasts with and enhances the human drama on either side of it . This account of the poem may appear to be self ...
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... emotional pull of ancestral tradition , the more impressive is the poet's assertion that reason overcomes it . In the later part of Book 3 , where Lucretius is seeking to dispel the fear of death , this method of persuasion is seen at ...
... emotional pull of ancestral tradition , the more impressive is the poet's assertion that reason overcomes it . In the later part of Book 3 , where Lucretius is seeking to dispel the fear of death , this method of persuasion is seen at ...
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... emotion : though she begins with feelings that she had at other times , by the end she is describing sensations that ... emotional tension created by the infusion of an element of regret into a poem of rejoicing . 2. Catullus is aware of ...
... emotion : though she begins with feelings that she had at other times , by the end she is describing sensations that ... emotional tension created by the infusion of an element of regret into a poem of rejoicing . 2. Catullus is aware of ...
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Achilles adjective Aeneid Alcaeus Anacreon Anactoria Aphrodite apple Ariadne Ariadne's beauty begins Catullus charm clause context contrast critics dactyls described echoes effect emotional Ennius epic epithet example expression eyes fantasy feeling flower fragment garden Georgics girl give goddess gods Greek Homer Horace Ibycus idea imagination Juvenal Juvenal's kind language later Latin Lesbia less literally literary literature look Lucretius means metaphor mood moral mythological Naevolus nature neoteric once Ovid paradox paraprosdokian passage passion Peleus and Thetis perhaps phrase picture piece poem poet poet's poetic poetry quae reader realise reality Roman Sapphic stanza Sappho Satire scene seems sense sentence similar simile simple song sound spondees stanza style suggest suppose symbol T. S. Eliot tells theme Theocritus Theseus things tone verb verse Virgil Virro visual vivid wedding words writing δὲ καὶ