| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 182 pages) |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Horatian Background -- Ch. 3. The Carmen Saeculare -- Ch. 4. Horatian Hymn and the Carmen Saeculare -- Ch. 5. Horace and the Hellenic Heritage -- Ch. 6. The Carmen Saeculare and Latin Poetry -- Ch. 7. The Carmen Seculare and Carmina |
| Summary |
"This is the first book devoted to Horace's Carmen Saeculare, a poem commissioned by Roman emperor Augustus in 17 B.C.E. for choral performance at the Ludi Saeculares, the Secular Games. The poem is the first fully preserved Latin hymn whose circumstances of presentation are known, and it is the only lyric by Horace that we can be certain was first presented orally. Michael C.J. Putnam offers a close and sensitive reading of this hymn shedding new light on the richness and virtuosity of its poetry, on the many sources Horace drew on, and on the poem's power and significance as a public ritual."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Horace. Carmen saeculare.
|
|
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Art patronage
|
|
Horace -- Political and social views
|
|
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. |
|
Horace |
| SUBJECT |
Carmen saeculare (Horace) fast |
| Subject |
Political poetry, Latin -- History and criticism
|
|
Politics and literature -- Rome
|
|
Ritual in literature.
|
|
Magic in literature.
|
|
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
|
|
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
|
|
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
|
|
Art patronage
|
|
Literature
|
|
Magic in literature
|
|
Political and social views
|
|
Political poetry, Latin
|
|
Politics and literature
|
|
Ritual in literature
|
|
Carmen saeculare (Horatius)
|
|
Rome -- In literature
|
|
Rome (Empire)
|
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9780300130454 |
|
0300130457 |
|
