Author: Mario A. Di CesarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Bibliotheca Vidiana
Author: Mario A. Di CesareThe National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: The Satires of Ludovico Ariosto
Author: Lodovico AriostoComoediae
Author: TerenceA Concordance to the Works of Alexander Pope
Author: Edwin AbbottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Horace
Author: Stephen HarrisonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139827162
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Horace is a central author in Latin literature. His work spans a wide range of genres, from iambus to satire, and odes to literary epistle, and he is just as much at home writing about love and wine as he is about philosophy and literary criticism. He also became a key literary figure in the regime of the Emperor Augustus. In this 2007 volume a superb international cast of contributors present a stimulating and accessible assessment of the poet, his work, its themes and its reception. This provides the orientation and coverage needed by non-specialists and students, but also suggests provoking perspectives from which specialists may benefit. Since the last general book on Horace was published half a century ago, there has been a sea-change in perceptions of his work and in the literary analysis of classical literature in general, and this territory is fully charted in this Companion.
A Song of Italy
Author: Algernon Charles SwinburnePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A Companion to Horace
Author: Gregson DavisPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781444319194
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
A Companion to Horace features a collection of commissioned interpretive essays by leading scholars in the field of Latin literature covering the entire generic range of works produced by Horace. Features original essays by a wide range of leading literary scholars Exceeds expectations for the standard handbook by featuring essays that challenge, rather than just summarize, conventional views of Homer's work and influence Considers Horace’s debt to his Greek predecessors Treats the reception of Horace from contemporary theoretical perspectives Offers up-to-date information and illustrations on the archaeological site traditionally identified as Horace's villa in the Sabine countryside
Dante and Renaissance Florence
Author: Simon A. GilsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521841658
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Simon Gilson explores Dante's reception in his native Florence between 1350 and 1481. He traces the development of Florentine civic culture and the interconnections between Dante's principal 'Florentine' readers, from Giovanni Boccaccio to Cristoforo Landino, and explains how and why both supporters and opponents of Dante exploited his legacy for a variety of ideological, linguistic, cultural and political purposes. The book focuses on a variety of texts, both Latin and vernacular, in which reference was made to Dante, from commentaries to poetry, from literary lives to letters, from histories to dialogues. Gilson pays particular attention to Dante's influence on major authors such as Boccaccio and Petrarch, on Italian humanism, and on civic identity and popular culture in Florence. Ranging across literature, philosophy and art, across languages and across social groups, this study fully illuminates for the first time Dante's central place in Italian Renaissance culture and thought.
Reception Studies
Author: Lorna HardwickPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780198528654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The texts, images and events of the ancient world have been used both as sources of authority and exploitation in politics, culture and society and as icons of resistance and contest. How classical culture is transplanted into new contexts, how texts are translated and performed and how Greek and Roman values are perceived and used continues to be a force in current debates. The main concepts and explanatory frameworks used in the field are introduced through chapters on reception within antiquity and case studies of more recent receptions from Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and the USA. The book will be of use to all those interested in the relationship between the arts, culture and society as well as to students and teachers of classical subjects and of literature, drama, film and comparative cultural studies.