The Cambridge Companion to Horace

by: Harrison, S.

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Horace is a central author in Latin literature. His work spans a wide range of genres, from iambus to satire, and odes to literary epistle, and he is just as much at home writing about love and wine as he is about philosophy and literary criticism. He also became a key literary figure in the regime of the Emperor Augustus. In this 2007 volume a superb international cast of contributors present a stimulating and accessible assessment of the poet, his work, its themes and its reception. This provides the orientation and coverage needed by non-specialists and students, but also suggests provoking perspectives from which specialists may benefit. Since the last general book on Horace was published half a century ago, there has been a sea-change in perceptions of his work and in the literary analysis of classical literature in general, and this territory is fully charted in this Companion.

Offers the first substantial general assessment of the whole of Horace's work for fifty years
Accessible to students and non-specialists
Boasts an impressive team of international contributors

DescriptionContentsResourcesCoursesAbout the Authors
Table of Contents
Introduction Stephen Harrison
Part I. Orientations:
1. Horace: life and chronology Robin Nisbet
2. Horatian self-representations Stephen Harrison
3. Horace and archaic Greek poetry Gregory Hutchinson
4. Horace and Hellenistic poetry Richard Thomas
5. Horace and Roman literary history Richard Tarrant
6. Horace and Augustus Michèle Lowrie
Part II. Poetic Genres:
7. The Epodes: Horace's Archilochus? Lindsay Watson
8. The Satires Frances Muecke
9. The Epistles Rolando Ferri
10. The Ars Poetica Andrew Laird
11. Carmina: Odes and Carmen Saeculare Alessandro Barchiesi
Part III. Poetic Themes:
12. Philosophy and ethics John Moles
13. Gods and religion Jasper Griffin
14. Friendship, patronage and Horatian sociopoetics Peter White
15. Wine and the symposium Gregson Davis
16. Erotics and gender Ellen Oliensis
17. Town and country Stephen Harrison
18. Poetics and literary criticism Richard Rutherford
19. Style and poetic texture Stephen Harrison
Part IV. Receptions:
20. Ancient receptions of Horace Richard Tarrant
21. The reception of Horace in the Middle Ages Karsten Friis-Jensen
22. The reception of Horace in the Renaissance Michael McGann
23. The reception of Horace in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries David Money
24. The reception of Horace in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Stephen Harrison
Dateline for works and major political events.

The Cambridge Companion to Horace

by: Harrison, S.

• ISBN-13: 9780521536844 / 978-0-521-53684-4
• ISBN-03: 0521536847 / 0-521-53684-7
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007

Price: 34,00 EURO

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