The odes of Horace
Subtitle: a critical study
By: by Steele Commager ; foreword by David Armstrong.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: Horace.; Political poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.; Odes -- History and criticism.; Art and literature -- Rome.; Nature in literature.; Rome -- In literature.
Description: "In The Odes of Horace, Steele Commager examines the odes with particular attention both to their language and structure and to the effect a poem is intended to, or does, produce. Horace's conciseness and apparent clarity phrase by phrase tempt us into believing that there is an equally concise and clear meaning to be assigned to a poem, or even to his thought as a whole. Yet Horace has no systematic philosophy to impart; his poems record only an imaginative apprehension of the world.

Each ode is a calculated assault on our sensibilities, a deliberate invasion of our consciousness. Only by yielding to each in its entirety can we momentarily share Horace's vision."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1962. With new foreword.