Latin Explorations (Routledge Revivals)

Name: Latin Explorations (Routledge Revivals)
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Latin Explorations (Routledge Revivals)Critical Studies in Roman Literature\nAuthor(s): Kenneth Quinn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138014022, 978-1138014022\nSynopsis\nLatin Explorations, first published in 1963, offers a fresh approach to Roman poetry from Catullus to Ovid. Traditionally, the period is divided for specialist studies Lyric, Epic and Elegy. In each of them, techniques of interpretation prevail, isolated from contemporary ideas about poetry and dominated by barriers between textual, exegetical and aesthetic criticism. \n\nKenneth Quinn discerns in Roman poetry of this period the adolescence, maturity and decay of a single coherent tradition whose internal unity surpasses differences of form. His argument attempts to reverse the dissociation of purely academic research from appreciative criticism, whilst also incorporating the work of textual scholars. Each chapter is supported by a detailed a.