Issues of Unity in Ovid's Tristia

ISBN-13: 9781433177422 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 188 str.

Helena Dettmer

Opis

The aim of this study is to show that definitive evidence can be offered to justify division of these six elegies into two poems. Structure combined with theme serves as an analytical tool that defines the beginning and end of the twelve literary pieces under consideration and highlights their artistry.

Spis treści

Introduction - Tristia 1.5 and 1.9 - Tristia 3.4 - Tristia 4.4 - Tristia 5.2 and 5.7 - Conclusion - Appendix A: Catullus 8 - Appendix B: Text and Translation - General Index.

O autorze

Helena Dettmer received her PhD from the University of Michigan. She serves as Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa. Her previous publications include: Horace: A Study in Structure and Love by the Numbers: Form and Meaning in the Poetry of Catullus.