Latin Explorations (Routledge Revivals)
Critical Studies in Roman Literature
1st Edition
Published on 17. June 2014
294 pages
978-1-317-74588-4 (ISBN)
Description
Latin Explorations, first published in 1963, offers a fresh approach to Roman poetry from Catullus to Ovid. Traditionally, the period is divided for specialist studies - Lyric, Epic and Elegy. In each of them, techniques of interpretation prevail, isolated from contemporary ideas about poetry and dominated by barriers between 'textual', 'exegetical' and 'aesthetic' criticism.
Kenneth Quinn discerns in Roman poetry of this period the adolescence, maturity and decay of a single coherent tradition whose internal unity surpasses differences of form. His argument attempts to reverse the dissociation of purely academic research from appreciative criticism, whilst also incorporating the work of textual scholars. Each chapter is supported by a detailed analysis of the texts: nearly 700 lines of poetry are discussed and translated.
Latin Explorations will be of significant value not only to students of the Classics, but also to the 'Latinless' general reader who is interested in Roman literature.
Kenneth Quinn discerns in Roman poetry of this period the adolescence, maturity and decay of a single coherent tradition whose internal unity surpasses differences of form. His argument attempts to reverse the dissociation of purely academic research from appreciative criticism, whilst also incorporating the work of textual scholars. Each chapter is supported by a detailed analysis of the texts: nearly 700 lines of poetry are discussed and translated.
Latin Explorations will be of significant value not only to students of the Classics, but also to the 'Latinless' general reader who is interested in Roman literature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
4,69 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-74588-4 (9781317745884)
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Person
Kenneth Quinn
Content
Preface; Abbreviations 1. Horace's Spring Odes 2. Vigil's Tragic Queen 3. Emergence of a Form: The Latin Short Poem 4. Dramatic Monologue in the Odes of Horace 5. Tacitus' Narrative Technique 6. Propertius, Horace, and the Poet's Role 7. Propertius and the Poetry of the Intellect 8. The Tempo of Virgilian Epic 9. Persistence of a Theme: The Proempticon; List of Poems and Passages Discussed; Index
