Generic enrichment in Vergil and Horace [[electronic resource] /] / S.J. Harrison

• Autore: Harrison Stephen J
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 871/.01
• Soggetto topico: Literary form; Latin poetry - History and criticism; Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-254) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : generic groundwork -- Beyond pastoral? : generic pressures in Vergil's Eclogues -- Ambition to rise : Horace, Satires I -- On not being Archilochus : Horace's Epodes -- Intra-epic debate : Vergil's Georgics -- Lyric flexibility : literary form in Horace's Odes -- Epic inclusivity : Vergil's Aeneid.
• Sommario/riassunto: S. J. Harrison sets out to sketch one answer to a key question in Latin literary history: why did the period c.39-19 BC in Rome produce such a rich range of complex poetical texts, above all in the work of the famous poets Vergil and Horace? Harrison argues that one central aspect of this literary flourishing was the way in which different poetic genres or kinds (pastoral, epic, tragedy, etc.) interacted with each other and that that interaction itself was a prominent literarysubject. He explores this issue closely through detailed analysis of passages of the two poets' works between these dat
• Titolo autorizzato: Generic enrichment in Vergil and Horace
• ISBN: 0-19-161590-0; 0-19-969184-3; 1-281-14529-7; 9786611145293; 0-19-152529-4; 1-4356-1880-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996209833703316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno