Generic Enrichment in Vergil and Horace.

S.J. Harrison sets out to sketch one answer to a key question in Latin literary history: why did the period c.39-19 BC in Rome produce such a rich range of complex poetical texts, above all in the work of the famous poets Vergil and Horace? Harrison argues that one central aspect of this literary fl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harrison, S. J.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2007.
Subjects:	Horace > Criticism and interpretation. Virgil > Criticism and interpretation. Virgil Horace Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism. Latin poetry > History and criticism. Literary form. Literature. Literature Poésie épique latine > Histoire et critique. Poésie latine > Histoire et critique. Genres littéraires. Littérature. Epic poetry, Latin Latin poetry Literary form Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction: Generic Groundwork; 2. Beyond Pastoral? Generic Pressures in Vergil's Eclogues; 3. Ambition to Rise: Horace, Satires1; 4. On Not Being Archilochus: Horace's Epodes; 5. Intra-Epic Debate: Vergil's Georgics; 6. Lyric Flexibility: Literary Form in Horace's Odes; 7. Epic Inclusivity: Vergil's Aeneid; Bibliography; Index locorum; General Index.