Word and context in Latin poetry
Subtitle: studies in memory of David West
By: edited by A.J. Woodman and J. Wisse
Series: Cambridge classical journal. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Supplementary volume -- 40; Cambridge classical journal -- 40.
Publisher: Cambridge Philological Society
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Cambridge]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780956838155
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Latin poetry; History and criticism
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-178) and indexes.