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Brill's companion to Horace / edited by Hans-Christian Günther.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horace--Criticism and interpretation.
- Horace.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 630 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This volume centres on a detailed analysis of the whole corpus of Horace's work by Edward Courtney (Satires), Elaine Fantham (Epistles I and Odes IV), Hans-Christian Günther (Epodes, Odes I-III, Carmen Saeculare and Epistles II) and Tobias Reinhardt (Ars Poetica). The latter is preceeded by a detailed account of Horace's life and work in general by H.-C. Günther. Two appendices on the transmission of the text (E. Courtney) and style and meter (Peter Knox) conclude the volume. It is aimed at students and scholars of classical and modern literature who seek comprehensive orientation on all aspects of Horace's work. All quotations from Latin and Greek are translated. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Horace's life and work / Hans-Christian Günther
- The two books of satires / Edward Courtney
- The book of iambi / Hans-Christian Günther
- The first collection of odes: Carmina I-III / Hans-Christian Günther
- The first book of letters / Elaine Fantham
- The Carmen saeculare / Hans-Christian Günther
- The fourth book of odes / Elaine Fantham
- The second book of letters / Hans-Christian Günther
- The Ars poetica / Tobias Reinhardt
- Language, style, and metre in Horace / Peter E. Knox
- The transmission of the text of Horace / Edward Courtney.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Francis A. Jackson Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9004241965
- 9789004241961
- Publisher Number:
- 99953895360
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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