First published in 1988, this study explains how certain genres
created by Classical poets were adapted and sometimes transformed
by the poets of the modern world, beginning with the Tudor poets'
rediscovery of the Classical heritage. Most of the long-lived
poetic genres are discussed, from familiar examples like the hymn,
elegy and eulogy, to less familiar topics such as the recusatio
(refusal to write certain kinds of poems), or formal structures
such as priamel. By combining criticism with literary history, the
author explores the degree to which certain poets were consciously
imitating models, and demonstrates how various generic forms
reflect the literary concerns of individual poets as well as the
general concerns of their age. The poets discussed range over the
whole of Graeco-Roman antiquity, and in English from Wyatt to Yeats
and Auden. A detailed and fascinating title, this study will appeal
to teachers and students of both English and Classical literature.
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