A translation and interpretation of Horace's Iambi / by Andy Law.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Law, Andy, translator, author of commentary.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Horace. Epodae.

Horace.

Horace--Translations into English.

Horace--Criticism and interpretation.

Verse satire, Latin--Translations into English.

Verse satire, Latin.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 502 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : NIELSEN BOOKDATA, 2024.

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

Horace's book of seventeen iambi (by convention called 'Epodes') contains some of the most complex and controversial poetry of his entire career. This new interpretation exposes a poet in the throes of the torment of writing. Horace crafts an artwork which reveals the agony of expressing agony. He struggles to find the words as he gives voice to the anticipation of grief. The poet's inner demons conspire against him. Anything that could go wrong, does go wrong. At the end we realize that Horace might have never wanted to write this book in the first place. But the fate of this writer is to be forever persecuted by his own writing. Horace's iambi are methodically stitched together. Meter, intertextuality, wordplay, and theme combine strategically to provide an utterly compelling and vivid watercolor in words. It is a work of art which is able to hold its place amongst any top-tier poetry, in any language, in any era.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Contains:

Horace. Epodae.

Horace. Epodae. English.

ISBN:

1036400271

9781036400279

OCLC:

1428674503

Publisher Number:

99996279341