The Roman poets
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Nonfiction | 871.01 ROMAN | In Library |
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Physical Desc
253 pages : ill
Language
English
UPC
9780375400711
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Includes index
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The urban and pastoral poetry of the Roman republic, and of the empire that succeeded it, was both the culmination of the magnificent classical tradition of the Mediterranean and the seedbed for almost all the subsequent poetic traditions of Western and Central Europe. The stateliness of Virgil's Eclogues and the grandeur of his epic line, the unsurpassable lyricism-by turns tender, incisive, and scabrous-of Catullus's elegies and satires, the philosophical splendor of Lucretius's meditations, the relentless imaginative energy of Ovid's narratives, and the sonorous beauty of the odes of Horace have been for two millennia a source of endless delight and instruction, and the work of these writers has given to Europe its frames of literary reference and its enduring canons of taste
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Washington, P. (1997). The Roman poets . Knopf : Distributed by Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Washington, Peter. 1997. The Roman Poets. Knopf : Distributed by Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Washington, Peter. The Roman Poets Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Washington, Peter. The Roman Poets Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997.
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