Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace

by Edited by Tony Woodman , Denis Feeney

• ISBN13: 9780521030342
• ISBN10: 052103034X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-02
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book explores the whole range of the output of an exceptionally versatile and innovative poet, from the Epodes to the literary-critical Epistles. Distinguished scholars of diverse background and interests introduce readers to a variety of critical approaches to Horace and to Latin poetry. Close attention is paid throughout to the actual text of Horace, with many of the chapters focusing on reading a single poem. These close readings are then situated in a number of different political, philosophical and historical contexts. The book sheds light not only on Horace but on the general problems confronting Latinists in the study of Augustan poetry, and it will be of value to a wide range of upper-level Latin students and scholars.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Prologue	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Horace's Birthday and Deathday	p. 1
Epode 1	p. 17
Horace's Satires and the Development of Augustan Poetry	p. 38
The Odes, Catullus and Greek Lyric	p. 53
Just Where Do You Draw the Line?	p. 65
Carmina 3.21	p. 80
Feminine Endings, Lyric Seductions	p. 93
The Uniqueness of the Carmen Saecvlare and Its Tradition	p. 107
Recommissioning Lyric in Epistles 1	p. 124
Epistles 1	p. 141
Horace, Cicero and Augustus, or the Poet Statesman at Epistles 2.1.256	p. 158
Poetry, Principate and the Traditions of Literary History in the Epistle to Augustus	p. 172
Epilogue	p. 188
Notes	p. 193
Abbreviations and Bibliography	p. 252
Indexes	p. 268
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