Epic lessons : an introduction to ancient didactic poetry / Peter Toohey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toohey, Peter, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Didactic poetry, Classical--History and criticism.

Didactic poetry, Classical.

Epic poetry, Classical--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Classical.

Literature and science--Greece.

Literature and science.

Literature and science--Rome.

Science in literature.

Greece.

Physical Description:

x, 271 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Summary:

This book presents a comprehensive survey of the major surviving examples of Greek and Roman didactic poetry: Hesiod's "Works and Days," Lucretius' "On the Universe," Virgil's "Georgics" and Ovid's "Art of Love" among others. Didactic epic's defining characteristic is to instruct. All the above works were aimed to teach students systematically on some concrete topic, while at the same time, their poetic form makes them highly readable pieces of literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-264) and index.

ISBN:

0415088976

OCLC:

34356592