Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387317778
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes, 1536 - 1896
Musa Pedestris
Author: Llewelyn Morgan
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780199554188
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An accessible account of some of the most common metres in Roman poetry, explaining how the poets can exploit them to support, supplement, or drive the meaning of the poems they carry. The study brings new insight to a range of poems, from the works of Catullus and Horace to those of Martial, Statius, and Lucilius.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780199554188
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An accessible account of some of the most common metres in Roman poetry, explaining how the poets can exploit them to support, supplement, or drive the meaning of the poems they carry. The study brings new insight to a range of poems, from the works of Catullus and Horace to those of Martial, Statius, and Lucilius.
The Calamities and Quarrels of Authors
Latin Verse Satire
Author: Paul Allen Miller
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134371950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
A wide variety of texts by the Latin satirists are presented here in a fully loaded resource to provide an innovative reading of satire's relation to Roman ideology. Brimming with notes, commentaries, essays and texts in translation, this book succeeds in its mission to help the student understand the history of Latin's modern scholarly reception. Focusing on the linguistic difficulties and problems of usage, and examining aspects of meter and style necessary for poetry appreciation, the commentary places each selection in its own historical context then using essays and critical excerpt, the genre's most salient features are elucidated to provide a further understanding of its place in history. Extremely student friendly, this stands well both as a companion to Latin Erotic Elegy and in its own right as an invaluable fund of knowledge for any Latin literature scholar.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134371950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
A wide variety of texts by the Latin satirists are presented here in a fully loaded resource to provide an innovative reading of satire's relation to Roman ideology. Brimming with notes, commentaries, essays and texts in translation, this book succeeds in its mission to help the student understand the history of Latin's modern scholarly reception. Focusing on the linguistic difficulties and problems of usage, and examining aspects of meter and style necessary for poetry appreciation, the commentary places each selection in its own historical context then using essays and critical excerpt, the genre's most salient features are elucidated to provide a further understanding of its place in history. Extremely student friendly, this stands well both as a companion to Latin Erotic Elegy and in its own right as an invaluable fund of knowledge for any Latin literature scholar.
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of all Classes of Society for More than Three Hundred Years with Synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc.
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 146553332X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 6975
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 146553332X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 6975
Book Description
Quarrels of authors
Author: Isaac Disraeli
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Miscellanies of Literature: Quarrels of authors
Quarrels of authors. Character of James the First. Literary miscellanies
Miscellanies of Literature: Quarrels of authors. Character of James the First. Literary miscellanies
Author: Isaac Disraeli
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description