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 be...

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1. Verfasser:	Fitzgerald, William, 1952- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Schlagworte:	Latin poetry > History and criticism. Poetry > Appreciation. Poésie latine > Histoire et critique. Poésie > Appréciation. POETRY > Ancient, Classical & Medieval. Latin poetry Poetry > Appreciation Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	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, even 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. - Publisher.
Beschreibung:	Includes glossary.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (ix, 278 pages)
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-269) and index.
ISBN:	9780191632044 019163204X 9780191745690 0191745693 0198788126 9780198788126 1283943875 9781283943871