Horace's Narrative OdesThis 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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Contents
The Poetics of PresenceThe Poetics of Immortality | 14 |
Degrees of Relevance | 97 |
Civil War | 138 |
Personal Narrative and the Fantastic or the Poet | 187 |
The Roman Odes | 224 |
Narrative Seduction | 266 |
Praising Caesar | 317 |
References | 353 |
| 369 | |
| 375 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Horace's Narrative Odes |
| Authors | Michele Lowrie, Michèle Lowrie |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0198150539, 9780198150534 |
| Length | 382 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General |
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