Word and context in Latin poetry : studies in memory of David West / edited by A.J. Woodman and J. Wisse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

West, David, 1926-2013, honouree.

Woodman, A. J. (Anthony John), 1945- editor.

Wisse, Jakob, editor.

Series:

Cambridge classical journal. Supplementary volume ; 40.

Cambridge classical journal. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society. Supplementary volume ; 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

West, David, 1926-2013.

Latin poetry--History and criticism.

Latin poetry.

Local Subjects:

West, David, 1926-2013.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xvi, 182 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge] : The Cambridge Philological Society, [2017]

Summary:

This volume of essays is intended to commemorate the eminent Latin scholar David West, best known for his work on Lucretius, Horace, Virgil and Shakespeare. The contributors--Francis Cairns, Ian Du Quesnay, Bruce Gibson, Alex Hardie, Stephen Harrison, John Moles and Tony Woodman--have aimed to produce close readings of classical texts, paying due attention to historical context and literary tradition in the manner adopted by David West himself. The authors covered are Empedocles, Antisthenes, Callimachus, Lutatius Catulus, Catullus, Horace (Epodes and Odes), Propertius, Virgil (Aeneid), Dio Chrysostom and Hildebert of Lavardin.

Contents:

Professor David West / Tony Woodman

Bibliography of David West

Epigrams by Lutatius Catulus (fr. 1) and Callimachus (AP 12.73=4 HE) / Francis Cairns

Contextualising Catullus : a re-examination of 66.1-14 / I.M. Le M. Du Quesnay

Vinous voices : Horace's ninth Epode / Tony Woodman

The formation of an Augustan elegist : Empedocles and Propertius' 'Monobiblos' / Alex Hardie

Horace's hymn to Bacchus (Odes 2.19) : politics and poetics / Stephen Harrison

Romane, memento : Antisthenes, Dio and Virgil on the education of the strong / John Moles

Hildebert of Lavardin on the monuments of Rome / Bruce Gibson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-178) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780956838155

0956838154

OCLC:

1008568079