Tradition and Originality in Roman PoetryClarendon P., 1968 - 810 sider This book sets out to reveal the essential nature of Roman poetry and the ways in which individual, highly conscious of inheriting an identifiable tradition, managed to achieve an originality of their own. Williams focuses particularly on the Augustan poets, with all quotations given in Latin and English. |
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Side 21
... Horace intended his offer of a return of gifts to be taken seriously . If the letters to Scaeva and Lollius are recalled , it seems more likely that Horace has set his relationship with Maecenas too in the conventional framework of ...
... Horace intended his offer of a return of gifts to be taken seriously . If the letters to Scaeva and Lollius are recalled , it seems more likely that Horace has set his relationship with Maecenas too in the conventional framework of ...
Side 22
... Horace looks at their real relationship with the eyes of a Greek philoso- pher , draws amusing conclusions , and illustrates his points with a galaxy of anecdotes - but that does not mean that there is nothing serious in the poem . The ...
... Horace looks at their real relationship with the eyes of a Greek philoso- pher , draws amusing conclusions , and illustrates his points with a galaxy of anecdotes - but that does not mean that there is nothing serious in the poem . The ...
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... Horace to indulge in seemly and amusing modesty which provides a perfect and highly personal ending to the letter ; but it also enables Horace to list the great deeds of Augustus which merit poetic treatment and so to engage in the ...
... Horace to indulge in seemly and amusing modesty which provides a perfect and highly personal ending to the letter ; but it also enables Horace to list the great deeds of Augustus which merit poetic treatment and so to engage in the ...
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Some Characteristic Problems and Difficulties I | 1 |
The Poet and the Community | 31 |
Form and Convention | 102 |
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Tradition and Originality in Roman Poetry Gordon Williams,Gordon Willis Williams Uddragsvisning - 1968 |
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achieved actual Aeneas Aeneid Alcaeus Amores anaphora ancient Apollo atque Augustan Augustus autobiographical battle of Actium Book Caesar Callimachus Catullus characteristic Cicero clear complex concept context contrast Cynthia death describes detail Dido dramatic Eclogue element emotional Ennius epic epigram Epistles example expression fact feature feelings formal Gallus Georgics girl give gods Greek Hellenistic Homer Horace Horace's hymn idea imagination important inspiration instance invention Juppiter Latin Lesbia lines literary Lucilius Lucretius lyric Maecenas marriage means mention mihi moral narrative nunc Octavian Odes original Ovid passage phrase picture Pindar Plautus poem poet's poetic composition poetry political prayer Propertius quae quod reader reality relationship relevance Roman poets Rome Satires says scene seems sense setting simile simple situation speaks stanza statement story style stylistic suggests technique theme Theocritus thought tibi Tibullus tion tone traditional Virgil visual words writing
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