Talking books
Subtitle: readings in Hellenistic and Roman books of poetry
By: G. O. Hutchinson.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780199279418
Subjects: Greek poetry -- History and criticism; Latin poetry -- History and criticism
Description: "The study of Latin poetry-books, though seen as important, has suffered from limited engagement with Greek literature and papyri. This book, which combines unpublished and recently published pieces, uses papyri intensively, applying new texts and exploiting evidence for making and reading books. It treats both Hellenistic and Latin poetry, and both books which consist of short poems and book which make part of long ones. Talking Books offers a wealth of material and many lines of thought, and should give new impetus to scholarship in this field."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Doing things with books; title: The Aetia : Callimachus poem of knowledge 42; title: Appendix : Catullus Callimachean book and The lock of Berenice; title: Hellenistic epic and homeric form; title: The new Posidippus and Latin poetry; title: The catullan corpus, Greek epigram, and the poetry of objects; title: The publication and individuality of Horaces Odes books 13; title: Horace and archaic Greek poetry; title: Ovid, Amores 3 : the book; title: The metamorphosis of Metamorphosis : P. Oxy. 4711 and Ovid; title: Appendix : Metamorphoses 9; title: Structuring instruction : didactic poetry and didactic prose; title: Books and scales.