| Propertius: Elegies Contributor(s): Hutchinson, Gregory (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521525616 ISBN-13: 9780521525619 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: Propertius??? fourth book is his most challenging and innovative. It disrupts genre; dislocates time and order; and meditates on gender, perception and history. A sort of postmodernism combines with narrative and structural verve, incisively physical writing and a gallery of colourful characters. This edition makes a demanding and rewarding text more accessible and more intelligible. The text is new; help and fresh ideas are offered on the text and meaning of words. A wide range of literary, inscriptional and archaeological material is used to illuminate this many-sided poetry. Much more space is given than in previous editions to literary interpretation and historical contextualization, in the light of modern work. The book is approached as a dynamic sequence of poems rather than a collection. The edition should be valuable to both students and scholars. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 874.01 |
| Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Propertius' fourth book is his most challenging and innovative. It disrupts genre; dislocates time and order; and meditates on gender, perception and history. A sort of postmodernism combines with narrative and structural verve, incisively physical writing and a gallery of colourful characters. This edition makes a demanding and rewarding text more accessible and more intelligible. The text is new; help and fresh ideas are offered on the text and meaning of words. A wide range of literary, inscriptional and archaeological material is used to illuminate this many-sided poetry. Much more space is given than in previous editions to literary interpretation and historical contextualization, in the light of modern work. The book is approached as a dynamic sequence of poems rather than a collection. The edition should be valuable to both students and scholars. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hutchinson, Gregory: - Gregory Hutchinson is Professor of Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Exeter College. His most recent publications include Cicero� Correspondence: A Literary Study (1998) and Greek Lyric Poetry (2001). |