Generic Composition in Greek and Roman PoetryOriginal in conception and powerful in scope, Generic Composition in Greek and Roman Poetry remains one of the most important books on early Greek, Hellenistic and Roman poetry in a generation. First published in the philological climate of the early 1970s, Francis Cairns' book was among the first works that sought to further our comprehension of difficult or obscure ancient poems by applying new literary-critical conventions and terminology, notably the concept of genre. Ancient literary studies have grown more sophisticated over the last years, and Generic Composition in Greek and Roman Poetry now finds itself very much in the midst of current debates. The new edition includes a new Postscript by the author, and important corrections to the text, notes, and indices. |
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... propemptic examples in the two poems are first - person , present - tense speeches ; the prosphonetic examples are narrated antici- pations of future returns . These ' formal ' , grammatically describable differences do not affect ...
... propemptic speaker Lycidas , which is not altogether dissimilar to that of the lover of Idyll 12 ( see p . 30 ) . Theocritus begins his presenta- tion of the unusual psychological state of the lover at 52 , where Lycidas ' propemptikon ...
... propemptic circumstances but not at triumphs . If he is also an elegiac love - poet , he may be in the streets at a triumph with his girl in tow , contrasting implicitly and encomiastically his own erotic idleness with the valour of men ...
Contents
2 The Antiquity and Development of the Genres | 34 |
3 The Categories of Genres | 70 |
4 Originality in the Use of Topoi | 98 |
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