Latin Love Poetry
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited; I.B. Tauris
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781780761916
Subjects: Propertius, sextus; Ovid, 43 b.c.-17 a.d. or 18 a.d.; Love poetry, history and criticism; Latin poetry, history and criticism
Description: This survey of a genre that is often called elegy, because of its metre, discusses the poets and their writings against the turbulent backdrop of the Augustan age (31 BCE-14 CE). It examines the literary origins of Latin elegy, highlights the poets' key themes and traces their reception by later writers and readers.