Theocritus: A Selection
Title | Theocritus: A Selection PDF eBook |
Author | Theocritus |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 1999-02-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780521574204 |
This is the first full-scale commentary on poems by Theocritus since Gow's edition of 1950, and the first to exploit the recent revolution in the study of Hellenistic and Roman poetry; the poems included in this volume (Idylls 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13) are principally the bucolic poems which, through their influence on Virgil, established the Western pastoral tradition. The focus of the commentary is literary - both on how Theocritus exploited the classical heritage for a new type of poetry, and on what that poetry meant in the third century BC. The commentary, together with the introductory essays to each poem, makes a major contribution to the understanding of this extraordinary poetic form. The Introduction explores the meaning of 'bucolic', the presentation of a stylised countryside, the importance of eros in the bucolic world, and Theocritus' verbal and metrical style.
Brill's Companion to Theocritus
Title | Brill's Companion to Theocritus PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 852 |
Release | 2021-08-16 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9004466711 |
Brill's Companion to Theocritus offers an up-to-date guide to a thorough understanding of Theocritus’ literary output. Exploring his corpus from a variety of novel perspectives, it presents a detailed account of the intricacy of Theocritus’ poetic art.
Theocritus in English Literature
Title | Theocritus in English Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Thomas Kerlin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Comparative literature |
ISBN |
Idylls
Title | Idylls PDF eBook |
Author | Theocritus |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780198152903 |
This is a new annotated translation of the Greek poems of Theocritus of Syracuse (first half of the third century BC), the inventor of "bucolic" or "pastoral" poetry, the principal model for Virgil in the Eclogues, and hence a major figure in the literary traditions that antiquity bequeathed to Western literature.
The Gentleman's Magazine
Title | The Gentleman's Magazine PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 724 |
Release | 1839 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
Theocritus in English Literature
Title | Theocritus in English Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Robert T. Kerlin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Comparative literature |
ISBN |
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ...
Title | The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 722 |
Release | 1839 |
Genre | English essays |
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