Horace / by S.J. Harrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, S. J., author.

Contributor:

Classical Association (Great Britain)

Series:

Greece & Rome. New surveys in the classics ; no. 42.

Greece & Rome. New surveys in the classics ; no. 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horace--Criticism and interpretation.

Horace.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

114 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press : Published for the Classical Association, 2014.

Summary:

"In accordance with the format of this long-established series, this short book sets out to give a full and authoritative survey of the scholarly literature on the key Roman poet Horace (65-8 BCE), a central figure in Latin literature and Western culture, concentrating on material published since 1957. It begins with a brief survey of key resources, focusing especially on what is available online, and then looks at the overall shape of Horace's poetic career, following recent scholarly interest in that area. The main chapters cover Horace's works chronologically, dividing them into early, central and late periods (i.e. up to 30 BC and the Triumviral period, 30-17 BC and the early Augustan period, 17-8 BC and the mature Augustan period), echoing the trajectory of his poetic career sketched in the second chapter. The final two chapters look at the poet's style and its variations across the different genres, and at the extensive reception of Horace's works in Western European literature. The whole is rounded off by a full bibliography."--Cover.

Contents:

Resources for the study of Horace

Life, poetic career, self-presentation

Early works : Satires 1 and 2, Epodes

Middle period : Odes 1-3, Epistles 1

Late period : Carmen Saeculare, Odes 4, Epistles 2, Ars Poetica

Horatian style and literary texture

Receptions of Horace.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-112) and index.

ISBN:

9781107444447

1107444446

OCLC:

885008056

Publisher Number:

99972579989