Horace's iambic criticism : casting blame (iambike poiesis) / by Timothy S. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Timothy S.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 0169-8958 334.

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 334. 0169-8958

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horace--Criticism and interpretation.

Horace.

Iambic pentameter.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To date the positive value of Horace’s iambic criticism has been underestimated, and overall Horace has been tamed too much. By examining the relationship of the iambic tradition with ritual, this book studies how Horace’s Epodes are more than partisan (consolidating Octavian’s victory by projecting hostilities onto powerless others) but meta-partisan (forming fractured entities into a diversified unity). As Horace moves through his iambics to lyrics ( Epodes to Odes ), he stages acts of aggression and retaliation along with attempts at resistance and reconciliation so that this shifting back and forth creates a correspondence between perspectives. Unity develops from diversity, polyeideia . This is the point at which Horace socializes literary criticism ( Ars Poetica ): societas becomes the telos of his poetics.

Contents:

Preliminary material

A Personal Introduction

Chapter 1. Non Res Et Agentia Verba Lycamben: On Not Hunting Down Lykambes

Chapter 2. Society, Iambic Rage, and Self-Destruction (Epodes 1-7)

Chapter 3. Rage-Repression-Rage: Iambic Responsions (Epodes 13-17)

Chapter 4. Horace's Lying Lyre (Epodes 16-17)

Chapter 5. Horace's Iambic to Lyric Re/cantation (C. I.1 : 5 - 13-17)

Chapter 6. Critical Pluralities: Iambikē Poiēsis in the Start and Stop of the Ars Poetica

An Iambic Post-Lude

Works Cited

Subject Index

Index Nominum.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-33477-1

9786613334770

90-04-21603-0

OCLC:

768474094

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004216037 DOI