Author: OLIENSIS, ELLEN
Title: Horace and the Rhetoric of Authority
Description: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Hardcover. ISBN: 0521573157. Light bump to 1 corner. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). DJ has minor creasing along top edge with 2 small tears. ; Ths book is an advanced introduction to Horace that treats his whole poetic career and all of the genres in which he worked. Oliensis focuses on the social dimensions of Horace's poetry, considering how Horace shaped his poems and his books to promote his authority while also paying deference to his eminent patrons. The combination of scope, social emphasis, and theoretically informed close readings is what distinguishes this book from other current treatments of Horace. ; 256 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0521573157 Horace Poetry & Poets Latin Literature


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