Horace: Odes Book II
Horace: Odes Book II

Author: Horace

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-04-20

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1107012910

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The first substantial commentary for a generation on this book of Horace's Odes, a great masterpiece of classical Latin literature.

Carmina
Carmina

Author: Horace

Publisher:

Published: 2015-12-14

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781348226130

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The Epistles of Horace Book I
The Epistles of Horace Book I

Author: Horace

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-08

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1107683742

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Originally published in 1888, this book contains the Latin text of the first book of Horace's Epistulae. Distinguished classicist Shuckburgh includes a biography of the poet and commentaries on each of the 20 poems in the book, as well as a brief synopsis of each letter. This book will be of value to anyone interested in Horace or in Augustan poetry more generally.

Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace
Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace

Author: Tony Woodman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-05-16

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1139439316

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This book explores the whole range of the output of an exceptionally versatile and innovative poet, from the Epodes to the literary-critical Epistles. Distinguished scholars of diverse background and interests introduce readers to a variety of critical approaches to Horace and to Latin poetry. Close attention is paid throughout to the actual text of Horace, with many of the chapters focusing on reading a single poem. These close readings are then situated in a number of different political, philosophical and historical contexts. The book sheds light not only on Horace but on the general problems confronting Latinists in the study of Augustan poetry, and it will be of value to a wide range of upper-level Latin students and scholars.

Horace and Me
Horace and Me

Author: Harry Eyres

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1408818248

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A deeply personal story of one man's life-long obsession with an ancient poet, and an exploration of what Horace's thoughts on life, leisure and love can teach us today 'A moving memoir that shakes the dust off Horace – and restores him to his rightful berth among the immortals' Harry Mount, author of Amo, Amas, Amat... 'Delightful ... Its seductive interweaving of a modern life and an ancient one will encourage a wider readership of this most appealing of Latin writers, even if only in translation' Economist Horace lived at a pivotal moment. Rome was facing a profound crisis: though it ruled the world, the values which had made it great were disintegrating. As efficiency and pragmatism became watchwords, Horace championed the 'supremely useless' endeavour of poetry, and glorified friendship and wine. Horace and Me charts Harry Eyres' evolving relationship with the Latin poet to show how, in an era of affluence and excess which seems to be hurtling out of control, Horace can help us navigate our way in uncertain times.

Perceptions of Horace
Perceptions of Horace

Author: L. B. T. Houghton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-12-03

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780521765084

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Throughout his work, the Roman poet Horace displays many, sometimes conflicting, faces: these include dutiful son, expert lover, gentleman farmer, man about town, outsider, poet laureate, sharp satirist and measured moraliser. This book features a wide array of essays by an international team of scholars from a number of different academic disciplines, each one shedding new light on aspects of Horace's poetry and its later reception in literature, art and scholarship from antiquity to the present day. In particular, the collection seeks to investigate the fortunes of 'Horace' both as a literary personality and as a uniquely varied textual corpus of enormous importance to western culture. The poems shape an author to suit his poetic aims; readers reshape that author to suit their own aesthetic, social and political needs. Studying these various versions of Horace and their interaction illuminates the author, his poetry and his readers.