Propertius by Baker Robert (20 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Second Edition. 2005. xvi, 197pp. Minor shelf wear to covers. The book is otherwise in excellent condition with no inscriptions, and all contents are tight and clean. "What was it like to be in love in Rome? Th 22 poems of Sextus Propertius' first book of elegies (publisehed in 28 B.C.) offer an answer. Defiantly un-Roman in his devotion to love for his Cynthia and to his art, Propertius writes with a strangely modern voice - passionate, wry, self-scrutinising and ironic. But it is a voice that has been shaped and controlled by a literary tradition already centuries old. This revised edition of Book I provides, in a verse translation which attempts to simulate the discipline and constraints of the hetameter-pentameter alternation in the elegiac couplets of the original poems, a handily self-contained Augustan poetry book- the earliest extant book of Latin love-elegy - to a readership without Latin. The Introduction and Commentary furnish the reader with explanations of the literary, mythological, historical and geographical allusions necessary for an understanding of the poems.".…

Pictorial Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 241 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Minor shelfwear.; Aris And Phillips Classical Texts; 8.2 X 6.1 X 0.5 inches; 208 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Translated with Introduction, Literary Commentry and Latin Text by Robert J. Baker.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: new.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. 2001. 2nd. Paperback. . . . . .

Condition: New. In English.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Propertius: Book I. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. 2001. 2nd. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

WARMLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, ix + 241pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2revised ed edition. 208 pages. 8.25x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorRobert J. Baker has studied at Edinburgh University and at the University of New England. He has been teaching Latin, Greek and Ancient History for the last 35 years in the Universities of Tasmania and New England, and.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What was it like to be in love in Rome The 22 poems of Sextus Propertius' first book of elegies (published in 28 BC) offer an answer. Definitely un-Roman in his devotion to love for his Cynthia and his art, Propertius writes with a strangely modern voice - passionate, wry, self-scrutinising, and ironic. But it is a voice that had been shaped and controlled by a literary tradition already centuries old. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2revised ed edition. 208 pages. 8.25x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.