Tradition and Originality in Roman PoetryThis book sets out to reveal the essential nature of Roman poetry and the ways in which individual, highly conscious of inheriting an identifiable tradition, managed to achieve an originality of their own. Williams focuses particularly on the Augustan poets, with all quotations given in Latin and English. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 85
Page 288
... imagination that was in its main essence Greek but into which he fitted things Roman with such gay abandon that the resulting world was a pure ideal creation . Thus his imagination was freed from the restrictions of a close dependence ...
... imagination that was in its main essence Greek but into which he fitted things Roman with such gay abandon that the resulting world was a pure ideal creation . Thus his imagination was freed from the restrictions of a close dependence ...
Page 358
... imagination the general setting of a particular moment in the past or it may be due to a prejudice against the political attitude which the poet expresses or against poetry which evokes not the private emotion of an individual but the ...
... imagination the general setting of a particular moment in the past or it may be due to a prejudice against the political attitude which the poet expresses or against poetry which evokes not the private emotion of an individual but the ...
Page 649
... imagination begin to interact almost immedi- ately to create a poetic world of fantasy . The intention of the poet in this passage is , therefore , not to appeal to the visual imagination by accuracy of perception and language but to ...
... imagination begin to interact almost immedi- ately to create a poetic world of fantasy . The intention of the poet in this passage is , therefore , not to appeal to the visual imagination by accuracy of perception and language but to ...
Contents
Some Characteristic Problems and Difficulties I | 1 |
The Poet and the Community | 31 |
Form and Convention | 102 |
Copyright | |
13 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achieved actual Aeneas Aeneid Alcaeus Amores anaphora ancient Apollo atque Augustan Augustus autobiographical battle of Actium Book Caesar Callimachus Catullus characteristic Cicero clear complex concept context contrast Cynthia death describes detail Dido dramatic Eclogue element emotional Ennius epic epigram Epistles example expression fact feature feelings formal Gallus Georgics girl give gods Greek haec Hellenistic Homer Horace Horace's hymn idea imagination important inspiration instance invention Juppiter Latin Lesbia lines literary Lucilius Lucretius lyric Maecenas marriage means mention mihi moral narrative nunc Octavian Odes original Ovid passage phrase picture Pindar Plautus poem poet's poetic composition poetry political prayer Propertius quae quod reader reality relationship relevance Roman poets Rome Satires says scene seems sense setting simile simple situation speaks stanza statement story style stylistic suggests technique theme Theocritus thought tibi Tibullus tion tone traditional Virgil visual words writing