Propertius: Elegies Book IV

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-521-81957-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

Reihe: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

Propertius' fourth book is his most challenging and innovative. It disrupts genre; dislocates time and order; and meditates on gender, perception and history. A sort of postmodernism combines with narrative and structural verve, incisively physical writing and a gallery of colourful characters. This edition makes a demanding and rewarding text more accessible and more intelligible. The text is new; help and fresh ideas are offered on the text and meaning of words. A wide range of literary, inscriptional and archaeological material is used to illuminate this many-sided poetry. Much more space is given than in previous editions to literary interpretation and historical contextualization, in the light of modern work. The book is approached as a dynamic sequence of poems rather than a collection. The edition should be valuable to both students and scholars.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Propertius

Hutchinson, Gregory

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Lateinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; SEX. PROPERTI LIBER QUARTVS; Commentary.

Über Autor(innen)

Hutchinson, Gregory
Gregory Hutchinson is Professor of Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Exeter College. His most recent publications include Cicero's Correspondence: A Literary Study (1998) and Greek Lyric Poetry (2001).