A companion to Horace
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A companion to Horace
(Blackwell companions to the ancient world)
Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [414]-443) and index
Contents of Works
- The biographical and social foundations of Horace's poetic voice / David Armstrong
- Horace's friendship : adaptation of a circular argument / William Anderson
- Horace and imperial patronage / Phebe Lowell Bowditch
- The Roman site identified as Horace's villa at Licenza, Italy / Bernard Frischer
- The epodes : genre, theme and arrangement / David Mankin
- Defining a lyric ethos : Archilochus Lyricus and Horatian Melos / Gregson Davis
- Horace and lesbian lyric / Jenny Strauss Clay
- Horace's debt to Pindar / William Race
- Female figures in Horace's Odes / Ronnie Ancona
- The Roman odes / Hans Peter Syndikus
- Horace : Odes 4 / Michèle Lowrie
- The Carmen Saeculare / Michael Putnam
- Horace and the Satirist's mask : shadowboxing with Lucilius / Catherine Schlegel
- Horatius Anceps : persona and self-revelation in satire and song / Kirk Freudenberg
- Return to sender : Horace's Sermo from the epistles to the satires / Andrea Cucchiarelli
- The epistles / Ralph Johnson
- The reception of Horace's odes / Lowell Edmunds
- The metempsychosis of Horace : the reception of the Satires and epistles / Susanna Braund
- Reception of Horace's Ars poetica / Leon Golden
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A Companion to Horace features a collection of commissionedinterpretive essays by leading scholars in the field of Latinliterature covering the entire generic range of works produced byHorace. * Features original essays by a wide range of leading literaryscholars * Exceeds expectations for the standard handbook by featuringessays that challenge, rather than just summarize, conventionalviews of Homer's work and influence * Considers Horace s debt to his Greek predecessors * Treats the reception of Horace from contemporary theoreticalperspectives * Offers up-to-date information and illustrations on thearchaeological site traditionally identified as Horace's villa inthe Sabine countryside
Table of Contents
List of Figures viii Notes on Contributors ix Abbreviations Used xiii Author's Note xv Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Part I Biographical and Social Contexts 5 1. The Biographical and Social Foundations of Horace's PoeticVoice 7 David Armstrong 2. Horace's Friendship: Adaptation of a Circular Argument34 William Anderson 3. Horace and Imperial Patronage 53 Phebe Lowell Bowditch 4. The Roman Site Identified as Horace's Villa at Licenza, Italy75 Bernard Frischer Part II Horatian Lyric: Literary Contexts 91 5. The Epodes: Genre, Themes, and Arrangement 93 David Mankin 6. Defi ning a Lyric Ethos: Archilochus lyricus andHoratian melos 105 Gregson Davis 7. Horace and Lesbian Lyric 128 Jenny Strauss Clay 8. Horace's Debt to Pindar 147 William H. Race 9. Female Figures in Horace's Odes 174 Ronnie Ancona 10. The Roman Odes 193 Hans Peter Syndikus 11. Horace: Odes 4 210 Michele Lowrie 12. The Carmen Saeculare 231 Michael Putnam Part III The Satires and Epistles 251 13. Horace and the Satirist s Mask: Shadowboxing withLucilius 253 Catherine Schlegel 14. Horatius Anceps: Persona and Self-revelation inSatire and Song 271 Kirk Freudenburg 15. Return to Sender: Horace's sermo from the Epistles tothe Satires 291 Andrea Cucchiarelli 16. The Epistles 319 W. R. Johnson Part IV Reception of Horace's Poetry 335 17. The Reception of Horace's Odes 337 Lowell Edmunds 18. The Metempsychosis of Horace: The Reception of the Satiresand Epistles 367 Susanna Braund 19. Reception of Horace's Ars Poetica 391 Leon Golden Bibliography 414 Index 444
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