عنوان

How to read a Latin poem :

(Number (ISBN

0199657866

(Number (ISBN

9780199657865

Number

b410612

Title Proper

How to read a Latin poem :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

if you can't read Latin yet /

First Statement of Responsibility

William Fitzgerald

Edition Statement

1st ed

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Oxford :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2013

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

ix, 278 p. ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-269) and index

Text of Note

Latin is very much alive in the poetry written by the great Latin poets, and this book is about their poetry, their language, and their culture. Fitzgerald shows the reader with little or no knowledge of the Latin language, how it works as a unique vehicle for poetic expression and thought. Moving between close analysis of particular Latin poems and more general discussions of Latin poets, literature, and society, Fitzgerald gives the un-Latined reader an insider's view of how Latin poetry feels and what makes it worth reading today. His book explores what can be said and done in a poetry and a language that are both very different from English and yet have profoundly influenced it. He takes the reader through the whole range of Latin poetry from the trivial, obscene, and vicious, to the sublime, the passionate, and the uplifting. Individual chapters focus on particular authors (such as Vergil and Horace) or on themes (love, hate, civil war), and together they explain why we should care about what the poets of ancient Rome had to say. If you have ever wondered what all the fuss was about, see for yourselves! Book jacket

Latin poetry-- Appreciation

Latin poetry-- History and criticism

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Fitzgerald, William,1952-

Date of Transaction

20130417233210.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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