The Cambridge Companion To Lucretius (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521612667 ISBN 13: 9780521612661

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Lucretius' didactic poem De rerum natura ('On the Nature of Things') is an impassioned and visionary presentation of the materialist philosophy of Epicurus, and one of the most powerful poetic texts of antiquity. After its rediscovery in 1417 it became a controversial and seminal work in successive phases of literary history, the history of science, and the Enlightenment. In this 2007 Cambridge Companion experts in the history of literature, philosophy and science discuss the poem in its ancient contexts and in its reception both as a literary text and as a vehicle for progressive ideas. The Companion is designed both as an accessible handbook for the general reader who wishes to learn about Lucretius, and as a series of stimulating essays for students of classical antiquity and its reception. It is completely accessible to the reader who has only read Lucretius in translation.

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Product Description:

Completely accessible but thought-provoking introduction to one of the greatest of Latin poets, Lucretius.

Review:

'... one of the most innovative and most successful volumes in a highly successful series, an essential work of reference that could help determine the future direction of Lucretian studies...' Translation and Literature

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521612667
• ISBN 13: 9780521612661
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Gillespie Stuart