This is a book about poetry, language, and classical antiquity, and explains to the reader with little or no Latin how the language works as a unique vehicle for poetic expression. Fitzgerald guides the reader through samples of Latin poetry to give a sense of how the individual poems feel in Latin and what makes Latin poetry worth reading.
This is a book about poetry, language, and classical antiquity, and explains to the reader with little or no Latin how the language works as a unique vehicle for poetic expression. Fitzgerald guides the reader through samples of Latin poetry to give a sense of how the individual poems feel in Latin and what makes Latin poetry worth reading.
William Fitzgerald is Professor of Latin at King's College, London.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Guide to the Pronunciation of Latin Prelude: To the Reader 1: Love, and a Genre 2: Hate, Mockery, and the Physical World 3: Horace: The Sensation of Mediocrity 4: Vergil: The Unclassical Classic 5: Lucan and Seneca: Poets of Apocalypse 6: Science Fiction: Lucretius' De Rerum Natura and Ovid's Metamorphoses Epilogue Guide to Further Reading Glossary
Introduction Guide to the Pronunciation of Latin Prelude: To the Reader 1: Love, and a Genre 2: Hate, Mockery, and the Physical World 3: Horace: The Sensation of Mediocrity 4: Vergil: The Unclassical Classic 5: Lucan and Seneca: Poets of Apocalypse 6: Science Fiction: Lucretius' De Rerum Natura and Ovid's Metamorphoses Epilogue Guide to Further Reading Glossary
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