The Cambridge Companion to Horace (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Horace is a central author in Latin literature. His work spans a wide range of genres, from iambus to satire, and odes to literary epistle, and he is just as much at home writing about love and wine as he is about philosophy and literary criticism. He also became a key literary figure in the regime of the Emperor Augustus. In this volume a superb international cast of contributors present a stimulating and accessible assessment of the poet, his work, its themes and its reception. This provides the orientation and coverage needed by non-specialists and students, but also suggests fresh and provoking perspectives from which specialists may benefit. Since the last general book on Horace was published half a century ago, there has been a sea-change in perceptions of his work and in the literary analysis of classical literature in general, and this territory is fully charted in this Companion. Introduction / Stephen Harrison -- Orientations: Horace: Life And Chronology / Robin Nisbet. Horatian Self-representations / Stephen Harrison. Horace And Archaic Greek Poetry / Gregory Hutchinson. Horace And Hellenistic Poetry / Richard Thomas. Horace And Roman Literary History / Richard Tarrant. Horace And Augustus / Michèle Lowrie -- Poetic Genres: The Epodes: Horace's Archilochus? / Lindsay Watson. The Satires Frances / Muecke. The Epistles / Rolando Ferri. The Ars Poetica / Andrew Laird. Carmina: Odes And Carmen Saeculare / Alessandro Barchiesi -- Poetic Themes: Philosophy And Ethics / John Moles. Gods And Religion / Jasper Griffin. Friendship, Patronage And Horatian Sociopoetics / Peter White. Wine And The Symposium / Gregson Davis. Erotics And Gender / Ellen Oliensis. Town And Country / Stephen Harrison. Poetics And Literary Criticism / Richard Rutherford. Style And Poetic Texture / Stephen Harrison -- Receptions: Ancient Receptions Of Horace / Richard Tarrant. The Reception Of Horace In The Middle Ages / Karsten Friis-jensen. The Reception Of Horace In The Renaissance / Michael Mcgann. The Reception Of Horace In The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries / David Money. The Reception Of Horace In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries / Stephen Harrison. Edited By Stephen Harrison. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 349-378) And Index. Horace is a central author in Latin literature. His work spans a wide range of genres, from iambus to satire, and odes to literary epistle, and he is just as much at home writing about love and wine as he is about philosophy and literary criticism. He also became a key literary figure in the regime of the Emperor Augustus. In this 2007 volume a superb international cast of contributors present a stimulating and accessible assessment of the poet, his work, its themes and its reception. This provides the orientation and coverage needed by non-specialists and students, but also suggests provoking perspectives from which specialists may benefit. Since the last general book on Horace was published half a century ago, there has been a sea-change in perceptions of his work and in the literary analysis of classical literature in general, and this territory is fully charted in this Companion. -- Amazon.com 0......Page 2 1......Page 16 1.1......Page 20 2......Page 35 3......Page 49 4......Page 63 5......Page 76 6......Page 90 7......Page 104 8......Page 116 9......Page 132 10......Page 143 11......Page 155 12......Page 174 13......Page 190 14......Page 204 15......Page 216 16......Page 230 17......Page 244 18......Page 257 19......Page 271 20......Page 284 21......Page 298 22......Page 312 23......Page 325 24......Page 341 25......Page 354 26......Page 356 index......Page 386 Aimed primarily at students and non-specialists, this companion to Horace presents a fresh assessment of the poet, his work, its themes and its reception