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First published in 1968, Virgil’s Aeneid is to help all who
approach the long and difficult poem seriously (in Latin or in
English) to read it with discerning appreciation. This is not a
handbook, nor is it a commentary: it is a critical description,
from a number of aspects, of a poetic structure. A detailed
analysis of the twelve books is preceded by a preliminary
exploration of the poem’s central purpose, a careful
reconstruction of the historical and artistic circumstances, and a
description of the main outlines of the poem’s structure; two
further chapters provide a discussion of a number of theoretical
problem and an analysis of the verbal fabric. This book will be of
interest to students of classical literature and history.
Latin Explorations, first published in 1963, offers a fresh
approach to Roman poetry from Catullus to Ovid. Traditionally, the
period is divided for specialist studies - Lyric, Epic and Elegy.
In each of them, techniques of interpretation prevail, isolated
from contemporary ideas about poetry and dominated by barriers
between 'textual', 'exegetical' and 'aesthetic' criticism. Kenneth
Quinn discerns in Roman poetry of this period the adolescence,
maturity and decay of a single coherent tradition whose internal
unity surpasses differences of form. His argument attempts to
reverse the dissociation of purely academic research from
appreciative criticism, whilst also incorporating the work of
textual scholars. Each chapter is supported by a detailed analysis
of the texts: nearly 700 lines of poetry are discussed and
translated. Latin Explorations will be of significant value not
only to students of the Classics, but also to the 'Latinless'
general reader who is interested in Roman literature.
Latin Explorations, first published in 1963, offers a fresh
approach to Roman poetry from Catullus to Ovid. Traditionally, the
period is divided for specialist studies - Lyric, Epic and Elegy.
In each of them, techniques of interpretation prevail, isolated
from contemporary ideas about poetry and dominated by barriers
between 'textual', 'exegetical' and 'aesthetic' criticism. Kenneth
Quinn discerns in Roman poetry of this period the adolescence,
maturity and decay of a single coherent tradition whose internal
unity surpasses differences of form. His argument attempts to
reverse the dissociation of purely academic research from
appreciative criticism, whilst also incorporating the work of
textual scholars. Each chapter is supported by a detailed analysis
of the texts: nearly 700 lines of poetry are discussed and
translated. Latin Explorations will be of significant value not
only to students of the Classics, but also to the 'Latinless'
general reader who is interested in Roman literature.
Examining the revolution wrought by Catullus in Latin poetry, this
volume encapsulates the way in which principles of modern literary
criticism could be applied to classical poetry, without ditching
the sound philological scholarship of the classical tradition. In
its day this book led the way in showing the philogically trained
student how to be a critic; equally it can show the critically
trained student the importance of a sound philogical base today.
The "Odes" of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the
Western world. This edition of the "Odes" was first published in
the outstanding 'red Macmillan' series, in which it finally
replaced the late nineteenth century edition of T.E. Page.Quinn's
edition is designed to meet the need for a modern approach to
students in upper school and university. He begins with the
assumption that Horace is a major poet, and that the Odes should be
recognised and enjoyed as poetry. The commentary provides
linguistic aid at the appropriate level but also attempts to
reconstruct the thesis upon which each poem rests, and to interpret
it as a structural and poetic whole for the attentive and
responsive reader.
In How Literature Works important issues of literary theory are
vividly illustrated by application to a wide variety of texts, many
quoted and discussed at length. The theoretical aspects covered
include the structural characteristics of literary texts, the
psychology of the reading process and the social function of
literature. The book also deals with such general questions as the
relationship between literary texts and `objective' prose and the
relationship between poems written to work as songs and those in
which the lyric form is used to develop an argument: the singing
and the speaking voice.
Catullus, who lived from about 84 to 54 BC, was one of ancient
Rome's most gifted, versatile and passionate poets. Living at a
time of radical social change at the end of the Roman Republic, he
belonged to a group of young poets who embraced Hellenistic forms
to forge a new literary style, the so-called 'neoterics'.This
comprehensive edition includes the complete, unabridged and
unbowdlerised poems and is the definitive student edition of
Catullus' work. The extensive introduction covers topics including
the role of Catullus' literary paramour Lesbia, the few
biographical certainties known about Catullus' life and other
figures from the contemporary political scene. In addition to this,
there is a brief overview of the poems' textual history, discussion
of Catullus' style across the collection and linguistic discussions
of morphology, vocabulary, syntax and metre.The commentary notes
include individual introductions and bibliographies to each poem,
as well as line by line notes which translate difficult phrases and
gloss obscure words. In addition to this, more detailed
explanations of poetic, structural and contextual points are also
provided.
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