Overview

The literature and art of Augustan Rome are often thought of as the product of an age of high classicism, characterized by maturity, balance, and harmony. This volume examines the presence of what might be seen as an unclassical love of paradox and the marvellous, and shows that it is an important strain in the poetry of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, as well as in prose works of history and rhetoric, and in the Augustan visual arts. The volume includes chapters by some of the leading experts in the Augustan period as well as a number of younger scholars. It will be of interest to all students of Roman literature and culture.

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Author:   Philip Hardie (Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.618kg
ISBN:  

9780199231249

ISBN 10:   0199231249
Pages:   404
Publication Date:   28 May 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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A refreshing and remarkably coherant collection edited by Philip Hardie. Emily Gowers, The Times Literary Supplement this collection offers a rewarding examination of a refreshingly unusual subject. Michael S. Cummings, Classical Review

A refreshing and remarkably coherant collection edited by Philip Hardie. Emily Gowers, The Times Literary Supplement

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Philip Hardie is Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge.

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