The Cambridge Companion to Horace (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521536847 ISBN 13: 9780521536844

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description

Horace is a central author in Latin literature and his work spans a wide range of genres. In this 2007 volume a superb international cast of contributors present an assessment of the poet, his work, its themes and its reception, aimed primarily at students and non-specialists.

About the Author

Stephen Harrison is Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Corpus Christi College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521536847
• ISBN 13: 9780521536844
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Harrison Stephen