Texts and Contexts: Roman Writers and Their Audience - Hardcover

Texts and Contexts. The Roman Writers and their Audience.

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London (.), 1979. IX,266p. Bound wrps. Roman literature is apt to be treated as a 'literature apart', a body of writing that must be appreciated with reference to criteria different from those which guide our appreciation of modern literature. The purpose of Texts and Contexts is to identify those classics of Roman literature which deserve to survive because of their intrinsic quality and their lasting significance. The most important of these texts are placed in the context of the tradition which each represents and which each group of texts, taken together, constitutes. Four main streams of tradition are identified: the poet as storyteller (narrative poetry and drama), the poet as teacher (didactic poetry), the poet as himself (personal poetry and the poetry of social comment), and Roman literary prose. Each major text is presented in the form of one or more passages of substantial length for analysis in detail and comparison with related works. The translations used include leading literary translations since the sixteenth century. (Editor?s information). Artikel-Nr. 24207

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