Theocritus: Select Poems - Couverture souple

Theocritus; Dover, Kenneth J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0865162042 ISBN 13 : 9780865162044

Editeur : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,U.S., 1971

Synopsis

This selection of the poems of Theocritus clearly illustrates his creative genius and rare powers of observation. Dover's introduction and extensive notes offer revealing insights into both the writing and the life and times of the poet.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume offers a wide selection of Theocritus Idylls and a number of the Epigrams assigned to him in Greek Anthology. It includes most of the poems usually considered authentically Theocritean. Basing himself firmly on the definitive and extensive commentary of A.S.F. Gow, the author helps students cope with the difficulties they are likely to first encounter with the poet -- his dialect, his large (especially botanical and zoological) vocabulary, his typically Hellenistic wealth of allusion to earlier Greek literature, and the difficulties of interpreting what Dover refders to as his 'emotional temperature'. The Introduction and Commentary will enable readers to read Theocritus for the first time; help them understand what the Greek means not only in terms of translation from one language into another but also in terms of literary, mythological, ethical and sensory associations. This is sine qua non for reading Theocritus.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1971
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0865162042
• ISBN 13: 9780865162044
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 395
• Éditeur: Dover Sir Kenneth J.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible