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Song exchange in Roman pastoral /

Agonistic or friendly song exchange in idyllic settings forms the very heart of Roman pastoral. By examining in detail the evolution of a wide variety of literary, linguistic, stylistic, and metrical features, the present book focuses on how politics, panegyrics, elegy, heroic, and didactic poetry f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Karakasis, Evangelos
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2011.
Colección:Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Agonistic or friendly song exchange in idyllic settings forms the very heart of Roman pastoral. By examining in detail the evolution of a wide variety of literary, linguistic, stylistic, and metrical features, the present book focuses on how politics, panegyrics, elegy, heroic, and didactic poetry function as guest genres within the pastoral host genre, starting from Vergil and continuing with Calpurnius Siculus, the Einsiedeln Eclogues and Nemesianus.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 385 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-368) and index.
ISBN:9783110227079
311022707X
1283165147
9781283165143
ISSN:1868-4785 ;