Introspection and Engagement in Propertius

Auteur: Wallis, Jonathan (University of Tasmania)
Editeur: Cambridge University Press
Argues that Propertius' third book re-invents Latin love-elegy, in competition with Horatian lyric and Virgilian epic, as part of an ambitious claim to Augustan pre-eminence. Uses detailed readings of individual elegies to explore elegy's engagement with emerging Augustan mores.

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Argues that Propertius' third book re-invents Latin love-elegy, in competition with Horatian lyric and Virgilian epic, as part of an ambitious claim to Augustan pre-eminence. Uses detailed readings of individual elegies to explore elegy's engagement with emerging Augustan mores.
ISBN / EAN 9781108417174
Auteur Wallis, Jonathan (University of Tasmania)
Editeur Cambridge University Press