Horace: a Very Short Introduction |
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| Author:
| Morgan, Llewelyn |
| Series title: | Very Short Introductions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-284964-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2024 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $17.23AUD $21.95 |
Book Description:
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This book examines the career of the Roman poet Horace, one of the greatest writers in Roman literature. It introduces his poetry with illustrations from all his works, and contextualises his career in Greek and Roman literary tradition and within the tumultuous events of his life as civil war gave way to the reign of the first emperor Augustus.
This book examines the career of the Roman poet Horace, one of the greatest writers in Roman literature. It introduces his poetry with illustrations from all his works, and contextualises his career in Greek and Roman literary tradition and within the tumultuous events of his life as civil war gave way to the reign of the first emperor Augustus.