| #1298366 in Books | Bristol Classical Press | 1998-01-01 | 1998-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.3 x5.50l,1.02 | File type: PDF | 333 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Is It Horace, Or ...?|By Marcabru|Hit and miss. Some of the translations glow; some even streak across the page like a rocket; others are simply fair. Many of these translations are "dynamic equivalence" translations--that is, they aim for the spirit of Horace, not necessarily the poet's actual words. The results are sometimes like looking at old paintings that've been restore||"McClatchy's fellow poets have succeeded where many a scholar has failed. . . . The resulting collection is . . . a wonderfully varied tribute to the mercurial poet it honors."--Amanda Kolson Hurley, Times Literary Supplement| |
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The Odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. This edition of the Odes was first published in the outstanding ‘red Macmillan' series, in which it finally replaced the late nineteenth century edition of T.E. Page.
Quinn's edition is designed to meet the need for a modern approach to students in upper school and university. He begins with the assumption that Horace is a major poet, and that the Odes should be re...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Horace: Odes (Latin Texts) | Horace. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
