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**Provides the necessary context to read elegiac and lyric poetry, designed for novice and experienced Classics and Latin students alike** __A Guide to Latin Elegy and Lyric__ explores the language of Latin poetry while helping readers understand the socio-cultural context of the remarkable period of Roman literary history in which the poetry was composed. With an innovative approach to this important area of classical scholarship, the authors treat elegy alongside lyric as they cover topics such as the Hellenistic influences on Augustan poetry, the key figures that shaped the elegiac tradition of Rome, the motifs of militia amoris ("the warfare of love") and servitium amoris (“the slavery of love”) in Latin love elegy, and more. Organized into ten chapters, the book begins with an introduction to the literary, political, and social contexts of the Augustan Age. The next six chapters each focus on an individual lyric and elegiac poet—Catullus, Horace, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid, and Sulpicia—followed by a survey of several lesser-known poets and post-Augustan elegy and lyric. The text concludes with a discussion of major tropes and themes in Latin elegy and lyric, and an overview a

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Author

Barbara K. Gold, Genevieve Liveley

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781119227878

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Ancient & Classical Poetry