A Companion to Horace (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) - Hardcover

Davis, Gregson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 140515540X ISBN 13: 9781405155403

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

A Companion to Horace features a collection of commissionedinterpretive essays by leading scholars in the field of Latinliterature covering the entire generic range of works produced byHorace. * Features original essays by a wide range of leading literaryscholars * Exceeds expectations for the standard handbook by featuringessays that challenge, rather than just summarize, conventionalviews of Homer's work and influence * Considers Horace s debt to his Greek predecessors * Treats the reception of Horace from contemporary theoreticalperspectives * Offers up-to-date information and illustrations on thearchaeological site traditionally identified as Horace's villa inthe Sabine countryside

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Review:

"Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates throughfaculty." (Choice, 1 March 2011)

"This is a fine and well-organised work that every Horatianscholar will need to consult, and which students of Horace andcolleagues from non-classical disciplines will also find useful."(Bmcreview, 17 January 2011)

"These essays are not simply summaries of earlier work, butraise new questions about Horace, making this much more than areference work. Each essay has suggestions for further reading andthere is also a comprehensive bibliography." (Book News Inc, November 2010)

From the Back Cover:

Few ancient poets have exerted as profound and enduring aninfluence on European literature as Horace. As a result of thegenerous patronage of Maecenas, wealthy friend and confidant to theEmperor Augustus, Horace produced a genre-spanning body of Latinliterature that ranged from iambus and satire to odes and literaryepistle. Reflecting continual and ongoing reassessments of thistimeless Roman poet, A Companion to Horace features athought-provoking collection of newly-commissioned interpretiveessays by leading scholars in the field of Latin literature. Withits primary focus on the entire generic range of Horace'smonumental literary achievements -- Epodes, Odes, Satires, Carmen Saeculare, Epistles, and Ars Poetica -- someessays also touch upon salient aspects of the reception of a few ofhis major works in later European literature. Other essayschallenge conventional views of the poet's works and influences toexpose readers to the most up-to-date perspectives. Englishtranslations are provided by the authors for Latin and Greekpassages cited in the text, and there are helpful suggestions forfurther reading about the issues covered in each essay.

While casting fresh new light on the interpretation andreception of Horace, A Companion to Horace represents aninvaluable contribution to the enduring legacy of one of thegreatest poets of the Augustan Age of Latin literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 140515540X
• ISBN 13: 9781405155403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 488