From Poetry to History
Selected Papers
1st Edition
Published on 23. February 2012
Book
Hardback
462 pages
978-0-19-960865-2 (ISBN)
Description
From Poetry to History offers twenty-five selected papers by the leading Latin scholar A. J. Woodman, and focuses on Latin poetry and historiography from the mid-first century BC to the early second century AD.
Most of the papers represent close readings of individual poems or passages of text. The authors principally featured are Catullus, Horace, and especially Tacitus, but there are also treatments of Cicero, Virgil, Livy, Augustus' Res Gestae, Velleius, and the younger Pliny.
The volume includes four papers not previously published, as well as an epilogue which discusses some of the issues raised.
Most of the papers represent close readings of individual poems or passages of text. The authors principally featured are Catullus, Horace, and especially Tacitus, but there are also treatments of Cicero, Virgil, Livy, Augustus' Res Gestae, Velleius, and the younger Pliny.
The volume includes four papers not previously published, as well as an epilogue which discusses some of the issues raised.
Reviews / Votes
Classicists will welcome this collection of essays from one of the greatest living Latinists. Among the previously unpublished papers, Woodman's essay on Augustus' famous inscription recording his achievements (Res Gestae) is sure to provoke further debate * Roy Gibson, Times Literary Supplement * It is a thought-provoking, heart-felt and frequently polemical conclusion to an outstanding collection of studies that deserve to be read (or reread) by scholars and students of Latin literature everywhere. * Patrick Glauthier, The Classical Review * a desirable acquisition * Andrew Feldherr, Hermathena *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
For graduate students and scholars of Classical studies and Latin literature.
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
698 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-960865-2 (9780199608652)
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Person
A. J. Woodman started his career at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1968-80), where he was previously an undergraduate. He was then successively Professor of Latin at Leeds University (1980-84), and Durham University (1984-2004), before moving to his present position as Basil L. Gildersleeve Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia. He has written and edited numerous books on both Latin literature and ancient historical texts.