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The Augustan art of poetry [[electronic resource] ] : Augustan translation of the classics / / Robin Sowerby
| The Augustan art of poetry [[electronic resource] ] : Augustan translation of the classics / / Robin Sowerby |
| Autore | Sowerby Robin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (379 p.) |
| Disciplina | 880.09 |
| Soggetto topico |
Classical poetry - Translations into English - History and criticism
Translating and interpreting - Great Britain - History - 18th century Classical poetry - Appreciation - Great Britain Classical languages - Translating into English English poetry - Classical influences |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-151595-7
1-280-87008-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; A Note on the Texts; Introduction; 1. The Art of Poetry: Vida to Pope; The Education of the Poet: Setting the Cultural Scene; The Virgilian Ars: Disposition of the Poet's Material; The rules of art and poetic inspiration; Disposition: clarity, variety, and unity; Decorum, nature, and verisimilitude; The comparison of Virgil and Homer; The Virgilian Ars: Language and Style; The figures; Poetic diction; Imitative harmony; Conclusion to Vida; 2. The Augustan Ideal: Rhyme and Refinement; Early English Classicism; Humanist beginnings
The early argument over rhymeThe closed couplet: English and Latin; The Latin elegiac couplet; Early English couplets; The poetic ideal of Augustan Rome; The Early Augustan Aesthetic in English; Waller and Denham: sweetness and strength; Waller, Denham, and Dryden; Vigour refined; The Full Augustan Aesthetic; Dryden and Denham on the death of Priam compared; Ornament of words: poetic diction; How Dryden's Virgil represents the Latin ideal; Mastery of the Medium: The Continuing Debate about Rhyme; Dryden and Addison: rhyme versus blank verse; Dryden and Milton Appendix: The Continuing Debate about Rhyme3. Augustan Translation of Silver Latin; Dryden's Translation of Persius and Juvenal: Dryden's Critical Assessment; Dryden's Persius; The method and purpose of Dryden in translation; Dryden's Juvenal; Rowe's Lucan; Introduction: Augustan regularization of Lucan; Comparison with Marlowe: limitations; Augustan strengths: Johnsonian virtues; Liberty and tyranny: the moral argument; The effectiveness of the mature Augustan couplet; Pope's Statius; The rarefied style; Heightening; Augustan virtues; 4. Augustan Homer Heroic Beginnings: The Episode of SarpedonThe Main Fable: The Anger of Achilles; The Art of Pope's Homer; Invention and judgement; Imitation and refinement: tradition and method; Concentration and unity; The heightened style; The final polish: the labour of the file; The challenge of the Odyssey; Beginnings; 'Proportioning the style': the plain and the natural; Painting the manners: the 'just moral'; Painting the manners: 'partly in the nature of a comedy'; Reaction; Epilogue: Augustans and Moderns; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V W |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465628503321 |
Sowerby Robin
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| Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Augustan art of poetry [[electronic resource] ] : Augustan translation of the classics / / Robin Sowerby
| The Augustan art of poetry [[electronic resource] ] : Augustan translation of the classics / / Robin Sowerby |
| Autore | Sowerby Robin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | viii, 368 p. : ill. |
| Disciplina | 880.09 |
| Soggetto topico |
Classical poetry - Translations into English - History and criticism
Translating and interpreting - Great Britain - History - 18th century Classical poetry - Appreciation - Great Britain Classical languages - Translating into English English poetry - Classical influences |
| ISBN |
0191515957
9780191515958 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795717103321 |
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Sowerby Robin
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| Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Augustan art of poetry : Augustan translation of the classics / / Robin Sowerby
| The Augustan art of poetry : Augustan translation of the classics / / Robin Sowerby |
| Autore | Sowerby Robin |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | viii, 368 p. : ill. |
| Disciplina | 880.09 |
| Soggetto topico |
Classical poetry - Translations into English - History and criticism
Translating and interpreting - Great Britain - History - 18th century Classical poetry - Appreciation - Great Britain Classical languages - Translating into English English poetry - Classical influences |
| ISBN |
0191515957
9780191515958 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- A Note on the Texts -- Introduction -- 1. The Art of Poetry: Vida to Pope -- The Education of the Poet: Setting the Cultural Scene -- The Virgilian Ars: Disposition of the Poet's Material -- The rules of art and poetic inspiration -- Disposition: clarity, variety, and unity -- Decorum, nature, and verisimilitude -- The comparison of Virgil and Homer -- The Virgilian Ars: Language and Style -- The figures -- Poetic diction -- Imitative harmony -- Conclusion to Vida -- 2. The Augustan Ideal: Rhyme and Refinement -- Early English Classicism -- Humanist beginnings -- The early argument over rhyme -- The closed couplet: English and Latin -- The Latin elegiac couplet -- Early English couplets -- The poetic ideal of Augustan Rome -- The Early Augustan Aesthetic in English -- Waller and Denham: sweetness and strength -- Waller, Denham, and Dryden -- Vigour refined -- The Full Augustan Aesthetic -- Dryden and Denham on the death of Priam compared -- Ornament of words: poetic diction -- How Dryden's Virgil represents the Latin ideal -- Mastery of the Medium: The Continuing Debate about Rhyme -- Dryden and Addison: rhyme versus blank verse -- Dryden and Milton -- Appendix: The Continuing Debate about Rhyme -- 3. Augustan Translation of Silver Latin -- Dryden's Translation of Persius and Juvenal: Dryden's Critical Assessment -- Dryden's Persius -- The method and purpose of Dryden in translation -- Dryden's Juvenal -- Rowe's Lucan -- Introduction: Augustan regularization of Lucan -- Comparison with Marlowe: limitations -- Augustan strengths: Johnsonian virtues -- Liberty and tyranny: the moral argument -- The effectiveness of the mature Augustan couplet -- Pope's Statius -- The rarefied style -- Heightening -- Augustan virtues -- 4. Augustan Homer -- Heroic Beginnings: The Episode of Sarpedon.
The Main Fable: The Anger of Achilles -- The Art of Pope's Homer -- Invention and judgement -- Imitation and refinement: tradition and method -- Concentration and unity -- The heightened style -- The final polish: the labour of the file -- The challenge of the Odyssey -- Beginnings -- 'Proportioning the style': the plain and the natural -- Painting the manners: the 'just moral' -- Painting the manners: 'partly in the nature of a comedy' -- Reaction -- Epilogue: Augustans and Moderns -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910960380803321 |
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Sowerby Robin
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| Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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