Brill's companion to Horace / edited by Hans-Christian Gunther.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Günther, Hans Christian.

Series:

Brill's Companions to Classical Studies.

Brill's Companions in Classical Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horace--Criticism and interpretation.

Horace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (646 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

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 metre (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.

Contents:

Horace's life and work / Hans-Christian Gunther

The two books of satires / Edward Courtney

The book of iambi / Hans-Christian Gunther

The first collection of odes: carmina I-III / Hans-Christian Gunther

The first book of letters / Elaine Fantham

The Carmen saeculare / Hans-Christian Gunther

The fourth book of odes / Elaine Fantham

The second book of letters / Hans-Christian Gunther

The Ars poetica / Tobias Reinhardt

Language, style, and metre in Horace / Peter E. Knox

The transmission of the text of Horace / Edward Courtney.

Notes:

"ISSN 1872-3357"--Verso t.p.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-90228-1

90-04-24196-5

OCLC:

824118079

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004241961 DOI