Reading Pope's Imitations of Horace

Reading Pope's Imitations of Horace
Author: Jacob Fuchs
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1989
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780838751480

This study reclaims Pope's meaning in each successive imitation by focusing on the differences between Horace's Latin poems and Pope's English versions. It considers not only Pope's expression of concerns about his own world but also the contemporary reputation of the Roman Augustan Age and of Augustus and Horace.

Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot

Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
Author: Alexander Pope
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2018-06-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781721918362

Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot by Alexander Pope Leopold is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

The Epistles of Horace Book I

The Epistles of Horace Book I
Author: Horace
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2013-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107683742

Originally published in 1888, this book contains the Latin text of the first book of Horace's Epistulae. Distinguished classicist Shuckburgh includes a biography of the poet and commentaries on each of the 20 poems in the book, as well as a brief synopsis of each letter. This book will be of value to anyone interested in Horace or in Augustan poetry more generally.

Horace Between Freedom and Slavery

Horace Between Freedom and Slavery
Author: Stephanie McCarter
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2015-12-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0299305740

During the Roman transition from Republic to Empire in the first century B.C.E., the poet Horace found his own public success in the era of Emperor Augustus at odds with his desire for greater independence. In Horace between Freedom and Slavery, Stephanie McCarter offers new insights into Horace's complex presentation of freedom in the first book of his Epistles and connects it to his most enduring and celebrated moral exhortation, the golden mean. She argues that, although Horace commences the Epistles with an uncompromising insistence on freedom, he ultimately adopts a middle course. She shows how Horace explores in the poems the application of moderate freedom first to philosophy, then to friendship, poetry, and place. Rather than rejecting philosophical masters, Horace draws freely on them without swearing permanent allegiance to any—a model for compromise that allows him to enjoy poetic renown and friendships with the city's elite while maintaining a private sphere of freedom. This moderation and adaptability, McCarter contends, become the chief ethical lessons that Horace learns for himself and teaches to others. She reads Horace's reconfiguration of freedom as a political response to the transformations of the new imperial age.

Pope and Horace

Pope and Horace
Author: Frank Stack
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1985-10-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521266955

The thrust of the book is to emphasize the radical nature of Pope's interpretation of Horace, an engagement both dynamic and changing.