Oxbow Books - Aspects of the Language of Latin Poetry edited by J. N. Adams

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Aspects of the Language of Latin Poetry

edited by J. N. Adams

Thirteen essays which show how classical poets combined the numerous elements of Latin verse language to create a medium that could encompass satire, epic and lyric. The broad areas covered are word order, Greek influence and technical vocabularies, syntax, and stylistic and generic variation, and particular authors examined include Horace, Lucretius, Virgil, Juvenal, Catullus, Tibullus and Ovid. 447p (Oxford UP/British Academy 1999)

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Aspects of the Language of Latin Poetry

edited by J. N. Adams