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Title Word and context in Latin poetry : studies in memory of David West / edited by A.J. Woodman and J. Wisse
Published [Cambridge] : The Cambridge Philological Society, [2017]
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Series Cambridge classical journal. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society. Supplementary volume ; 40
Cambridge classical journal. Supplementary volume ; 40.
Summary This volume of essays is intended to commemorate the eminent Latin scholar David West, best known for his work on Lucretius, Horace, Virgil and Shakespeare. The contributors - Francis Cairns, Ian Du Quesnay, Bruce Gibson, Alex Hardie, Stephen Harrison, John Moles and Tony Woodman - have aimed to produce close readings of classical texts, paying due attention to historical context and literary tradition in the manner adopted by David West himself. The authors covered are Empedocles, Antisthenes, Callimachus, Lutatius Catulus, Catullus, Horace (Epodes and Odes), Propertius, Virgil (Aeneid), Dio Chrysostom and Hildebert of Lavardin
Subject Latin poetry -- History and criticism
Latin poetry
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author West, David, 1926-2013, honoree.
Woodman, A. J. (Anthony John), 1945- editor.
Wisse, Jakob, editor
ISBN 9780956838193
0956838197