Musa Pedestris

Metre and Meaning in Roman Verse

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Llewelyn Morgan

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A characteristic of Greek and Latin poetry (sometimes an intimidating one) is the variety of metrical shapes it can adopt. Llewelyn Morgan offers an accessible account of some of the most common of these metres in Roman poetry, and explains how the poets can exploit them to support, supplement, or indeed drive the meaning of the poems they carry. Metre is revealed as an aspect of Roman poetry which is every bit as creative as its word play, and new insights are given to a range of Roman poems, from reassessments of familiar poems by Catullus and Horace to explanations of the remarkable artistry underlying less mainstream works by Martial, Statius, and Lucilius.

Author Biography:

Llewelyn Morgan is University Lecturer in Classical Languages and Literature, Oxford University and a Fellow of Brasenose College

Release date NZ

December 9th, 2010

Author

Llewelyn Morgan

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

424

Dimensions

150x223x30

ISBN-13

9780199554188

Product ID

6925172

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