Horace

The first substantial commentary for a generation on this book of Horace's Odes, a great masterpiece of classical Latin literature.

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Harrison is Professor of Latin Literature at the University of Oxford, and has written extensively on the works and reception of Horace. His previous publications include The Cambridge Companion to Horace (Cambridge, 2007), Generic Enrichment in Vergil and Horace (2007) and Horace (Cambridge, 2014). Klappentext The first substantial commentary for a generation on this book of Horace's Odes! a great masterpiece of classical Latin literature. Zusammenfassung The first substantial commentary on Odes II for a generation! essential for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students of Horace's highly popular work! as well as important for scholars of Latin literature and lyric poetry. New insights are offered into the poems' interpretation! and textual analysis proposes answers to long-standing questions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Date of Odes II; 2. Horace's literary career; 3. Characteristics of Odes II; 4. Literary intertexts; 5. Internal architecture of poems; 6. Style; 7. Metre; 8. Text; 9. Abbreviations; Q. Horati Flacci Carminvm Liber Secvndvs; Commentary; Bibliography; Index.

Autorentext
Stephen Harrison is Professor of Latin Literature at the University of Oxford, and has written extensively on the works and reception of Horace. His previous publications include The Cambridge Companion to Horace (Cambridge, 2007), Generic Enrichment in Vergil and Horace (2007) and Horace (Cambridge, 2014).

Klappentext

The first substantial commentary for a generation on this book of Horace's Odes, a great masterpiece of classical Latin literature.

Zusammenfassung
The first substantial commentary on Odes II for a generation, essential for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students of Horace's highly popular work, as well as important for scholars of Latin literature and lyric poetry. New insights are offered into the poems' interpretation, and textual analysis proposes answers to long-standing questions.

Inhalt

Preface; Introduction; 1. Date of Odes II; 2. Horace's literary career; 3. Characteristics of Odes II; 4. Literary intertexts; 5. Internal architecture of poems; 6. Style; 7. Metre; 8. Text; 9. Abbreviations; Q. Horati Flacci Carminvm Liber Secvndvs; Commentary; Bibliography; Index.