Greek Elegiac Poetry
Title | Greek Elegiac Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas E. Gerber |
Publisher | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
"This volume aims at providing a text and translation of the elegiac poets contained in the second edition of M.L. West's two volumes, 'Iambi et elegi Graeci' (Oxford 1989 and 1992). For various reasons, however, a number of poets have been omitted."--p. vii.
Post-Classical Greek Elegy and Lyric Poetry
Title | Post-Classical Greek Elegy and Lyric Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Greene |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 2021-07-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004469265 |
An introductory guide to modern scholarship on post-Classical Greek elegy and lyric.
Greek Elegy and Iambus
Title | Greek Elegy and Iambus PDF eBook |
Author | William Allan |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2019-08-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107122996 |
A selection of the work of ten poets with detailed introduction and linguistic, literary and cultural commentary suitable for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, but also of interest to scholars. Includes some major pieces, such as the recently discovered Plataea elegy of Simonides and Telephus elegy of Archilochus.
The Roman Elegiac Poets
Title | The Roman Elegiac Poets PDF eBook |
Author | Karl Pomeroy Harrington |
Publisher | |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | Elegiac poetry |
ISBN |
A Companion to the Greek Lyric Poets
Title | A Companion to the Greek Lyric Poets PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas E. Gerber |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789004099449 |
This handbook is a guide to the reading of elegiac, iambic, personal and public poetry of early Greece. Intended as a teaching manual or as an aid for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, it presents the major scholarly debates affecting the reading of these poetic texts, such as the effect of genre, the question of the poetic persona, or the impact of modern literary theory.
Greek Lyric Poetry
Title | Greek Lyric Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | M. L. West |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2008-09-11 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 019954039X |
The Greek lyric, elegiac and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 BCE produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity. This new poetic translation captures the nuances of meaning and the whole spirit of this poetry.
The Cambridge Companion to Latin Love Elegy
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Latin Love Elegy PDF eBook |
Author | Thea S. Thorsen |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 455 |
Release | 2013-11-21 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1107511747 |
Latin love elegy is one of the most important poetic genres in the Augustan era, also known as the golden age of Roman literature. This volume brings together leading scholars from Australia, Europe and North America to present and explore the Greek and Roman backdrop for Latin love elegy, the individual Latin love elegists (both the canonical and the non-canonical), their poems and influence on writers in later times. The book is designed as an accessible introduction for the general reader interested in Latin love elegy and the history of love and lament in Western literature, as well as a collection of critically stimulating essays for students and scholars of Latin poetry and of the classical tradition.