Research Catalog

Title

The fragmentary Latin poets / edited with commentary by Edward Courtney.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

Courtney, E. (Edward), 1932-

Description

xxv, 540 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"To understand fully the development of Latin poetry, one has to consider not only the prominent figures whose works survive entire, but also the writers known to us only in fragments, usually small, from quotations. The fragments of the non-dramatic poets have been collected by Baehrens, Morel, and Buchner, but only a few have ever received a commentary. This book revises the texts, taking advantage of much earlier work now forgotten, and provides the necessary interpretative and illustrative material. By building up, wherever possible, a picture of each writer, Professor Courtney places these writers in relation to the development of Latin poetry and thus gathers together information at present widely scattered and not easy to locate. While omitting some material which does not contribute to the focus of the book, he adds some writers not usually included in this corpus - particularly Tiberianus, the so-called De Bello Actiaco, and the minor works of Ennius. This paperback edition brings the work up to date in the light of recent discussions."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Fragment
• Latin poetry
• Lost literature > Rome

Genre/Form

• Commentaries (form)
• Poems (texts)
• Anthologie.
• Kommentar.

Note

• Originally published: 1993.
• "Addenda to the paperback edition": p. [499]-536.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0199265798 (pbk)

LCCN

^^2004268659

OCLC

• 52327241
• SCSB-12516614

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library