Generic Enrichment in Vergil and Horace

by Harrison, S. J.

• ISBN13: 9780199691845
• ISBN10: 0199691843
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

S. J. Harrison sets out to sketch one answer to a key question in Latin literary history: why did the period c.39-19 BC in Rome produce such a rich range of complex poetical texts, above all in the work of the famous poets Vergil and Horace? Harrison argues that one central aspect of thisliterary flourishing was the way in which different poetic genres or kinds (pastoral, epic, tragedy, etc.) interacted with each other and that that interaction itself was a prominent literary subject. He explores this issue closely through detailed analysis of passages of the two poets' worksbetween these dates. Harrison opens with an outline of generic theory ancient and modern as a basis for his argument, suggesting how different poetic genres and their partial presence in each other can be detected in the Latin poetry of the first century BC.

Author Biography

S. J. Harrison is Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Corpus Christi College, and Professor of Classical Languages and Literature, University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Generic Groundwork	p. 1
Beyond Pastoral? Generic Pressures in Vergil's Eclogues	p. 34
Ambition to Rise: Horace, Satires 1	p. 75
On Not Being Archilochus: Horace's Epodes	p. 104
Intra-Epic Debate: Vergil's Georgics	p. 136
Lyric Flexibility: Literary Form in Horace's Odes	p. 168
Epic Inclusivity: Vergil's Aeneid	p. 207
Bibliography	p. 241
Index locorum	p. 255
General Index	p. 259
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