I, the poet : first-person form in Horace, Catullus, and Propertius / Kathleen McCarthy.
I, the poet : first-person form in Horace, Catullus, and Propertius / Kathleen McCarthy.
I, the poet : first-person form in Horace, Catullus, and Propertius / Kathleen McCarthy.
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Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.
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G 2020/2750
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English
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Physical content
viii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction : voices on the page -- Poetry as conversation -- Poetry as performance -- Poetry that says Ego -- Poetry as writing -- Epilogue : Ovid in exile.
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Publisher
Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2019.
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"First-person poetry is a familiar genre in Latin literature. Building on the Greek poetic tradition of performed poetry, Latin poets such as Propertius, Catullus, Horace, and Ovid positioned their speakers both as participants in the poem's narrative and as narrators standing outside the poem and shaping its discourse. This book offers a model for...
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I, the poet : first-person form in Horace, Catullus, and Propertius / Kathleen McCarthy.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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G 2020/2750
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74VKadPRWpRZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKadPRWpRZ
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ISBN
1501739557 hardcover
9781501739552 hardcover
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874.010923
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991024317398002626
