Generic Enrichment in Vergil and Horace

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-969184-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 344 g

Poses new questions about the writings of Vergil and Horace.
Offers close readings of important passages, as well as an outline of generic theory.

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 flourishing was the way in which different poetic genres or kinds (pastoral, epic, tragedy, etc.) interacted with each other and that that interaction itself was a prominent literary subject. He explores this issue closely through detailed analysis of passages of the two poets' works between these dates. Harrison opens with an outline of generic theory ancient and modern as a basis for his argument, suggesting how different poetic genres and their partial presence in each other can be detected in the Latin poetry of the first century BC.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of classics, especially of Latin literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harrison, S. J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Lateinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction: Generic Groundwork
2: Beyond Pastoral? Generic Pressures in Vergil's Eclogues
3: Ambition to Rise: Horace, Satires 1
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

Über Autor(innen)

S. J. Harrison is Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Corpus Christi College, and Professor of Classical Languages and Literature, University of Oxford.