Horace's Carmen Saeculare: Ritual Magic and the Poet`s Art - Couverture souple

Putnam, Michael C. J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 030018266X ISBN 13 : 9780300182668

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This is the first book devoted to Horace's Carmen Saeculare, a poem commissioned by Roman emperor Augustus in 17 B.C.E. for choral performance at the Ludi Saeculares, the Secular Games. The poem is the first fully preserved Latin hymn whose circumstances of presentation are known, and it is the only lyric of Horace we can be certain was first presented orally.

Michael C. J. Putnam offers a close and sensitive reading of this hymn, shedding new light on the richness and virtuosity of its poetry, on the many sources Horace drew on, and on the poem's power and significance as a public ritual. A rich and compelling work, this poem is a masterpiece, Putnam shows, and it represents a crucial link in the development of Rome's outstanding lyric poet.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 030018266X
• ISBN 13: 9780300182668
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 190
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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