278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1979, Texts and Contexts identifies those classics of Roman literature which deserve to survive because of their intrinsic quality and their lasting significance. The most important of these texts are placed in the context of the tradition which each represents and which each group of texts, taken together, constitutes. Four main streams of tradition are identified: the poet as... Read more
1. What? When? Why? and How? 2. The Poet as Storyteller 3. The Poet as Teacher 4. The Poet as Himself 5. The Uses of Prose
Biography
Kenneth Quinn, at the time of this publication, was Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto, Canada.
