How to read a Latin poem : if you can't read Latin yet / by William Fitzgerald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fitzgerald, William, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin poetry--Criticism, Textual.

Latin poetry.

Latin poetry--Appreciation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a book about poetry, language, and classical antiquity and explains to the reader with little or no Latin how the language works as a unique vehicle for poetic expression. Fitzgerald guides the reader through samples of Latin poetry to give a sense of how the individual poems feel in Latin and what makes Latin poetry worth reading.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""A Guide to the Pronunciation of Latin""; ""Prelude""; ""1 Love, and a Genre""; ""2 Hate, Mockery, and the Physical World""; ""3 Horace: The Sensation of Mediocrity""; ""4 Vergil: The Unclassical Classic""; ""5 Lucan and Seneca: Poets of Apocalypse""; ""6 Science Fiction: Lucretius� De Rerum Natura and Ovid�s Metamorphoses""; ""Epilogue""; ""Guide to Further Reading""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""M""; ""Q""; ""S""; ""T""; ""Z""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""

""K""""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Index of Poems Discussed""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Mar. 12, 2013).

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

0-19-878812-6

0-19-163204-X

1-283-94387-5

OCLC:

922972096