Greek Pastoral Poetry
Author: Theocritus
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13:
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The Greek Bucolic Poets
Author: Theocritus
Publisher:
Published: 1912
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMOSCHUS of Syracuse, 2nd century B.C., came next. As a 'grammarian' he wrote a (lost) work on Rhodian dialect. Though he was classed as bucolic, his extant poetry (mainly 'Runaway Love' and the story of 'Europa') is not really pastoral, the 'Lament for Bion' not being Moschus's work. 'Megara' may be Theocritus; but 'The Dead Adonis' is much later. BION of Phlossa near Smyrna lived in Sicily, probably late 2nd and early 1st century B.C. Most of the extant poems are not really bucolic, but 'Lament for Adonis' is floridly brilliant. 'Myrson and Lycidas' is probably not by Bion. The so-called Pattern-Poems, included in the 'bucolic' tradition, are found also in the Greek Anthology.
The Greek Bucolic Poets
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-02-12
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 1107480345
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1953, this book provides a series of English translations from ancient Greek bucolic poetry by Theocritus, Moschus and Bion. A detailed introduction is included, with information on each of the poets. Textual notes are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in ancient Greek literature, literary criticism and bucolic poetry.
Contemporary Irish Poetry and the Pastoral Tradition
Author: Donna L. Potts
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2011-12-30
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 0826219438
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A Lost Pastoral Rhythm: The Poetry of John Montague -- Chapter 2: "The God in the Tree" : Seamus Heaney and the Pastoral Tradition -- Chapter 3: "Love Poems, Elegies: I am losing my place " : Michael Longley's Environmental Elegies -- Chapter 4: Learning the Lingua Franca of a Lost Land: Eavan Boland's Suburban Pastoral -- Chapter 5: "In My Handerkerchief of a Garden" : Medbh McGuckian's Miniature Pastoral Retreats -- Chapter 6: "When Ireland Was Still under a Spell" : Miraculous Transformations in the Poetry of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill -- Conclusion: The Future of Pastoral -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
The Greek Pastoral Poets
Author: Theocritus
Publisher:
Published: 1866
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBrill's Companion to Greek and Latin Pastoral
Author: Marco Fantuzzi
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789004205871
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow available in paperback for the first time, the twenty-three contributions collected in this volume on Greek and Latin Pastoral focus mainly on the historical genesis, the stylistic and narrative features, the literary self-definition, and the fortunes of pastoral from its Theocritean origins to the Byzantine age.
Song Exchange in Roman Pastoral
Author: Evangelos Karakasis
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 3110227061
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAgonistic or friendly song exchange in idyllic settings forms the very heart of Roman pastoral. By examining in detail the evolution of a wide variety of literary, linguistic, stylistic, and metrical features, the present book focuses on how politics, panegyrics, elegy, heroic, and didactic poetry function as guest genres within the pastoral host genre, starting from Vergil and continuing with Calpurnius Siculus, the Einsiedeln Eclogues and Nemesianus.
Biblical and Pastoral Poetry
Author: Alcimus Avitus
Publisher:
Published: 2022-05-17
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780674271265
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiblical and Pastoral Poetry was written by Alcimus Avitus, bishop of Vienne, in the late fifth or early sixth century. This volume presents new English translations alongside the Latin texts of the Spiritual History, his most famous work which narrates biblical stories, and verses addressed to his sister, In Consolatory Praise of Chastity.
Irredenta
Author: Oscar Oswald
Publisher:
Published: 2021-10-26
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781643621135
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA sequence of poems that interrogates American civics and citizenry from its foundation in the pastoral tradition. In Irredenta, Oscar Oswald raises the prospect of pastoral opposition to state power, elaborating and investigating the genre through ethical and spiritual inquiry. As a citizen is a stranger to itself, so too does Oswald's pastoral speaker define the tensions between identity and nationality inherent in a civic body as they are traversed across the American political geography: land, water, and country, from the Mojave to Wisconsin.
Brill's Companion to Theocritus
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-08-16
Total Pages: 852
ISBN-13: 9004466711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBrill's Companion to Theocritus offers an up-to-date guide to a thorough understanding of Theocritus’ literary output. Exploring his corpus from a variety of novel perspectives, it presents a detailed account of the intricacy of Theocritus’ poetic art.
