Musa Pedestris : Metre and Meaning in Roman Verse

Name: Musa Pedestris
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780199554188
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ISBN: 9780199554188

by Llewelyn Morgan

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0199554188

ISBN-13 9780199554188

Publisher Oxford University Press

Imprint Oxford University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 9th, 2010

Print length 424 Pages

Weight 662 grams

Dimensions 22.60 x 14.70 x 2.60 cms

Product Classification: Historical & comparative linguistics Literary studies: classical, early & medieval Literary studies: poetry & poets

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An accessible account of some of the most common metres in Roman poetry, explaining how the poets can exploit them to support, supplement, or drive the meaning of the poems they carry. The study brings new insight to a range of poems, from the works of Catullus and Horace to those of Martial, Statius, and Lucilius.

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.

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