Latin love poetry
Auteur :
McCoskey, Denise Eileen / Torlone, Zara Martirosova
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9781780761916
Date de publication :
17 déc. 2013
Dimensions :
21,1 x 13,7 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
340 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book examines the literary origins of Latin elegy, highlights the poets' key themes and traces their reception by later writers and readers. Introducing the chief Latin elegists, as well as these poets' main sources of inspiration, the book shows that love elegy is the defining genre of Roman poetry.