Publication

1982 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

60,750 words, Guess

Page Count

243 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL3481656M
  • ISBN-100674888952
  • OCLC Control Number8195561
  • Library of Congress Control Number82001011
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  • LibraryThing2207503

Classifications

  • DDC881/.01/09
  • LCCPA3019 .J4 1982

Alternate Titles

  • 3 classical poets--Sappho, Catullus, and Juvenal.

Description

This work explains how to read three quite different ancient poets. In a close and sensitive reading of Sappho, Catullus, and Juvenal, the author delineates the uniqueness of the poet's individual voice in relation to poetic traditions. His book constitutes a challenge to the view that one method will suffice for the interpretation of ancient poetry. He seeks to demonstrate that we can have no substitute for flexible and humane judgment, liberated from critical dogma, if we are to understand the great writers of the past.

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