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Title: Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace
Description: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Hardcover. ISBN: 0521642469. Light pencilling to a few pages (margins). Lower corners bumped. Minor shelfwear. DJ has creasing along upper edge with some rubbing. ; This book is a collection of freshly commissioned essays which covers the whole range of the output of an exceptionally versatile and innovative poet. The essays introduce readers to a variety of critical approaches to Horace and to Latin poetry. All of the essays show close attention to the actual text of Horace, while placing that analysis in a number of different contexts - political, philosophical, historical. The collection sheds light not only on Horace but on the problems of Augustan poetry in general. ; 282 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0521642469 Poetry & Poets Latin Literature Horace Literary Criticism

Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: Ancient World Books
- Book number: 17833

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