The poetics of Latin didactic Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid, Manilius
This work offers a theoretical look at Latin didactic poems. It discusses the characteristics that make a poem didactic from the points of view of both theory and literary history, and traces the genre's history, from Hesiod to Roman times
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2002, 2002
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This work offers a theoretical look at Latin didactic poems. It discusses the characteristics that make a poem didactic from the points of view of both theory and literary history, and traces the genre's history, from Hesiod to Roman times |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 288 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191714986 |