Latin Literature from Seneca to Juvenal: A Critical Study

ISBN-13: 9780198146902 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 384 str.

G. O. Hutchinson; Brian Hutchinson

Opis

This book explores central aspects of a key period in Latin literature. The study is unusual in embracing both poetry and prose, and in offering close literary discussion of a large number of particular passages. It is not a history, but a selective and comparative study--throwing fresh light on the period as a whole, on individual authors, and on differences and affinities between genres. Most space is given to epic and tragedy, and to the prose of Seneca and Tacitus; but Juvenal, Martial, the Younger Pliny, and other authors are also treated. The book also considers large features of genre and relates these to fundamental elements of style and to the treatment of some vital themes. It aims to give the reader a feeling for this brilliant and extraordinary writing, and a sense of the excitement and fascination of the literary period.

Recenzje

'This book will be widely consulted by scholars and students working in the area.' illiam J Dominik, University of Natal, Durban, Scholia, Vol. 3, 1994

Spis treści

List of authors and emperors; Introduction; Conceptions of genre: Criticisms in prose, 'lower' poetry; Genre and philosophy, history, and high poetry; Wit; Extravagance; Structure and cohesion; The gods in mythological poetry; The gods in prose and in Lucan; Death in prose; Death in high poetry; Bibliography; General index; Index of passages discussed.