Polyhymnia: The Rhetoric of Horatian Lyric Discourse - Couverture rigide

Davis, Gregson

 
9780520070776: Polyhymnia: The Rhetoric of Horatian Lyric Discourse
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0520070771 ISBN 13 : 9780520070776
Editeur : University of California Press, 1991

Synopsis

Horace's Odes have a surface translucency that belies their rhetorical sophistication. Gregson Davis brings together recent trends in the study of Augustan poetry and critical theory and deftly applies them to individual poems. Exploring four rhetorical strategies-what he calls modes of assimilation, authentication, consolation, and praise and dispraise-Davis produces enlightening, new interpretations of this classic work.

Polyhymnia, named after one of the Muses invoked in Horace's opening poem, revises the common image of Horace as a complacent, uncomplicated, and basically superficial singer. Focusing on the artistic persona-the lyric "self" that is constituted in the text-Davis explores how the lyric speaker constructs subtle "arguments" whose building-blocks are topoi, recurrent motifs, and generic conventions. By examining the substructure of lyric argument in groupings of poems sharing similar strategies, the author discloses the major principles that inform Horatian lyric composition.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gregson Davis is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Cornell University.

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
1991
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520070771
ISBN 13 
9780520070776
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
293
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Personne responsable
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