How to read a Latin poem [[electronic resource] ] : if you can't read Latin yet / / by William Fitzgerald

• Autore: Fitzgerald William <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 871.009
• Soggetto topico: Latin poetry - Criticism, Textual; Latin poetry - Appreciation
• Note generali: Includes indexes.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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: Lucretiusâ€? De Rerum Natura and Ovidâ€?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""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: How to read a Latin poem
• ISBN: 0-19-878812-6; 0-19-163204-X; 1-283-94387-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996207190103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno