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Horace - (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)hôrˈəs, 65 b.c.–8 b.c., Latin poet, one of the greatest of lyric poets, b. Venusia, S Italy. He studied at Rome and Athens and, joining Brutus and the republicans, fought (42 b.c.) at Philippi. Returning to Rome, he was introduced by Vergil to Maecenas, who became (c.38 b.c.) his friend and constant benefactor. Maecenas gave him a

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Horace for Students of Literature: The "Ars Poetica" and Its Tradition » Read Now
by Leon Golden, O. B. Hardison Jr. 395 pgs.

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The Complete Odes and Epodes » Read Now
by Horace, David West. 200 pgs.

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Horace (65-8 B.C.) is one of the most important and brilliant poets of the Augustan Age of Latin literature whose influence on European literature is unparalleled. Steeped in allusion to contemporary affairs, Horace's verse is best read in terms of his changing relationship to the public sphere...
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Horace (65-8 B.C.) is one of the most important and brilliant poets of the Augustan Age of Latin literature whose influence on European literature is unparalleled. Steeped in allusion to contemporary affairs, Horace's verse is best read in terms of his changing relationship to the public sphere. While the Odes are subtle and allusive, the Epodes are robust and coarse in their celebrations of sex and tirades against political leaders. This edition also includes the Secular Hymn and Suetonius's "Life of Horace."
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The Poetry of Criticism: Horace, Epistles II, and Ars Poetica » Read Now
by Ross S. Kilpatrick. 128 pgs.

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...POETRY OF CRITICISM THE POETRY OF CRITICISM Horace, Epistles II and Ars Poetica Ross S. Kilpatrick...O-88864-145-7 bound . - ISBN O-88864-146-X pbk. 1.Horace. Epistulae. 2...
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The Structure of Horace's Odes » Read Now
by N. E. Collinge. 158 pgs.

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...THE STRUCTURE OF HORACES ODES -ii- THE STRUCTURE OF HORACES ODES BY N. E. COLLINGE Senior Lecturer in Classics...COLLINGE PREFACE THE appearance of another book on Horace...
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Unity and Design in Horace's Odes » Read Now
by Matthew S. Santirocco. 251 pgs.

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Horace's Narrative Odes » Read Now
by Michele Lowrie. 382 pgs.

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This book analyzes the different use of lyric and narrative in Horace's Odes. On the formal level, numerous odes contain narration. Together they tell a larger story about the aesthetic and political demands on the poet's development as a lyrist. At issue is whether Horace can ever truly become a poet of praise.
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Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace » Read Now
by Denis Feeney, Tony Woodman. 271 pgs.

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This collection of freshly commissioned essays covers the entire range of the works of an exceptionally versatile and innovative poet. The essays introduce readers to a variety of critical approaches to Horace and to Latin poetry, as well as a number of different contexts--political, philosophical...
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This collection of freshly commissioned essays covers the entire range of the works of an exceptionally versatile and innovative poet. The essays introduce readers to a variety of critical approaches to Horace and to Latin poetry, as well as a number of different contexts--political, philosophical, historical. The collection sheds light not only on Horace but on Augustan poetry in general.
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Homage to Horace: A Bimillenary Celebration » Read Now
by S. J. Harrison. 384 pgs.

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This book combines one of the most famous names in Latin literature, the Roman poet Horace, with the crème de la crème of contemporary international classical scholarship. The seventeen brand new pieces have been brought together to celebrate the bimillenary of the poet's death, and range from...
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This book combines one of the most famous names in Latin literature, the Roman poet Horace, with the crème de la crème of contemporary international classical scholarship. The seventeen brand new pieces have been brought together to celebrate the bimillenary of the poet's death, and range from detailed treatments of particular poems to general issues about Horace's literary techniques, themes, biography, and reception in later times. An introduction sets the book in the context of contemporary scholarship on the poet.
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Philodemus and Poetry: Poetic Theory and Practice in Lucretius, Philodemus, and Horace » Read Now
by Dirk Obbink. 324 pgs.

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This is an edited collection by a distinguished team of scholars on the philosopher and poet Philodemus of Gadara (ca. 110-40 BC). The discovery of his library at Herculaneum, and the editing and gradual publication of the material, has reawakened interest in the philosophical and historical...
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This is an edited collection by a distinguished team of scholars on the philosopher and poet Philodemus of Gadara (ca. 110-40 BC). The discovery of his library at Herculaneum, and the editing and gradual publication of the material, has reawakened interest in the philosophical and historical importance of his work. Philodemus presents us with a poetic theory of interest in itself, and several of his treatises provide us with instances of how poetry was seen as providing moral paradigms and guidance. These essays explore the many facets of Philodemus's work and the relationship between them, offering a critical survey of recent trends and developments in scholarship on Philodemus in particular and Hellenistic literary theory in general.
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Time and the Erotic in Horace's Odes » Read Now
by Ronnie Ancona. 190 pgs.

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...TIME and the Erotic in Horaces Odes TIME and the Erotic in Horaces Odes Ronnie Ancona Duke University Press Durham...185 PREFACE This study of time and the erotic in...
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Horace and the Gift Economy of Patronage » Read Now
by Phebe Lowell Bowditch. 281 pgs.

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This innovative study explores selected odes and epistles by the late-first-century poet Horace in light of modern anthropological and literary theory. Phebe Lowell Bowditch looks in particular at how the relationship between Horace and his patron Maecenas is reflected in these poems' themes and...
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This innovative study explores selected odes and epistles by the late-first-century poet Horace in light of modern anthropological and literary theory. Phebe Lowell Bowditch looks in particular at how the relationship between Horace and his patron Maecenas is reflected in these poems' themes and rhetorical figures. Using anthropological studies on gift exchange, she uncovers an implicit economic dynamic in these poems and skillfully challenges standard views on literary patronage in this period. "Horace and the Gift Economy of Patronage "provides a striking new understanding of Horace's poems and the Roman system of patronage, and also demonstrates the relevance of New Historicist and Marxist critical paradigms for Roman studies.
In addition to incorporating anthropological and sociological perspectives, Bowditch's theoretical approach makes use of concepts drawn from linguistics, deconstruction, and the work of Michel Foucault. She weaves together these ideas in an original approach to Horace's use of golden age imagery, his language concerning public gifts or "munera, "his metaphors of sacrifice, and the rhetoric of class and status found in these poems.
"Horace and the Gift Economy of Patronage "represents an original approach to central issues and questions in the study of Latin literature, and sheds new light on our understanding of Roman society in general.
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Writing down Rome: Satire, Comedy, and Other Offences in Latin Poetry (Chap. 4 "Suck It and See: Horace, Epode 8" and Chap. 8 "Be Alert (Your Country Needs Lerts): Horace, Satires 1.9") » Read Now
by John Henderson. 374 pgs.

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Taking particular plays and poems from Roman comic theatre and the genre of Latin satire, this book finds Rome sending up Roman culture - making a mess of drama, jesting at rustic gaucherie, caricaturing the cult of masculine aggression. Writing Down Rome explores the robust poetic of...
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Taking particular plays and poems from Roman comic theatre and the genre of Latin satire, this book finds Rome sending up Roman culture - making a mess of drama, jesting at rustic gaucherie, caricaturing the cult of masculine aggression. Writing Down Rome explores the robust poetic of self-denigration. Henderson's essays celebrate the energetic self-mockery that powers much of Roman poetry. They range widely over comedy, lyric, bucolic, and, in particular, the Roman speciality of satire.
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Satires of Rome: Threatening Poses from Lucilius to Juvenal (Chap. 1 "Horace") » Read Now
by Kirk Freudenburg. 289 pgs.

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The first complete study of Roman verse satire to appear since 1976 provides a fresh and exciting survey of the field. Rather than describing satire's history as a series of discrete achievements, it relates those achievements to one another in such a way that, in the movement from Lucilius, to...
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The first complete study of Roman verse satire to appear since 1976 provides a fresh and exciting survey of the field. Rather than describing satire's history as a series of discrete achievements, it relates those achievements to one another in such a way that, in the movement from Lucilius, to Horace, to Persius, to Juvenal, we are made to sense, and see performed, the increasing pressure of imperial oversight in ancient Rome.
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Fifty Key Classical Authors ("Horace" begins on p. 260) » Read Now
by Rhiannon Ash, Alison Sharrock. 421 pgs.

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A chronological guide to influential Greek and Roman writers, Fifty Key Classical Authors is an invaluable introduction to the literature, philosophy and history of the ancient world. Including essays on Sappho, Polybius and Lucan, as well as on major figures such as Homer, Plato, Catullus and...
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A chronological guide to influential Greek and Roman writers, Fifty Key Classical Authors is an invaluable introduction to the literature, philosophy and history of the ancient world. Including essays on Sappho, Polybius and Lucan, as well as on major figures such as Homer, Plato, Catullus and Cicero, this book is a vital tool for all students of classical civilization.
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