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BCPaperbacks Ser.: Latin Poets and Roman Life by Jasper Griffin (1998, Trade Paperback, New Edition)

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In Latin Poets and Roman Life Jasper Griffin studies the inter-relation of literature and life in the Augustan poets. The works of Virgil, Horace, Propertius and Ovid are characterized by a brilliant polish and a dazzling repertoire of devices for stylizing events and emotion; yet they remain convincing as a direct response to experience. Theories which deny that directness are criticized in this book as mistaken. The life of pleasure, in its kaleidoscopic variety - eating, drinking, bathing, love - is a central subject, but so is death. The book also discusses the uses of mythology, the influence of poetry on experience, and the interpretation of central passages in the poems of Virgil. All Latin quoted is translated into English.

Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101853994308

ISBN-139781853994302

eBay Product ID (ePID)4463367

Product Key Features

Number of Pages248 Pages

Publication NameLatin Poets and Roman Life

LanguageEnglish

SubjectAncient / Rome, Latin, Poetry, Ancient & Classical

Publication Year1998

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorJasper Griffin

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Literary Criticism, Poetry, History

SeriesBcpaperbacks Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight10.1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition19

Target AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Decimal871/.09

Table of ContentIntroduction 1. Augustan Poetry and the Life of Luxury 2. Propertius and Antony 3. Genre and Real Life in Latin Poetry 4. Of Wines and Spirits 5. The Pleasures of Water and Nakedness 6. Meretrices, Matrimony and Myth 7. Love and Death 8. The Fourth Georgic, Virgil and Rome 9. The Creation of Characters in the Aeneid 10. The Influence of Drama Bibliography Index