Hellenistic Poetry

ISBN-13: 9780198147480 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 392 str.

G. O. Hutchinson; Brian Hutchinson

Opis

This broad study of the Hellenistic poets of the third century B.C. provides a much-needed picture of the poetry of the period while demonstrating its quality and vitality. Hutchinson explores the works of such writers as Theocritus, Callimachus, and Apollonius of Rhodes--developing a general conception of poetry that centers around the poets' handling of tone, level, and form--and offers a fresh analysis of the influence of Hellenistic poetry on the city of Rome.

Recenzje

'To his task H. brings important advantages: an enviable knowledge of Greek and Greek literature, real enthusiasm for what he is doing, and a very proper regard for what we cannot know about Greek literary history. There is much here that was worth saying, some of it genuinely enlightening.' Richard Hunter, Pembroke College, Cambridge, Journal of Hellenic Studies, CX 90