The poetics of Latin didactic : Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid, Manilius
Volk, KatharinaAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2002.
This work offers a theoretical look at Latin didactic poems. It discusses the characteristics that make a poem didactic from the points of view of both theory and literary history, and traces the genre's history, from Hesiod to Roman times.
Specialized.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This work offers a theoretical look at Latin didactic poems. It discusses the characteristics that make a poem didactic from the points of view of both theory and literary history, and traces the genre's history, from Hesiod to Roman times.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
Lucretius Carus, Titus.
Virgil.
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Manilius, Marcus.
Didactic poetry, Latin
Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures
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