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Paperback / softback. New. A reader of the epyllion by Dracontius, the elegy by Maximianus, and the epigram by Luxorius should not expect that these works -- and these new embodiments of the 'old' genres -- will be wholly identical with their 'archetypes'. Were it so, it would mean that we read but second-rate versifiers, indeed. We may expect rather that thanks to the reading of Dracontius's epyllion, Maximianus's elegy, and Luxorius's epigram our understanding of these very genres may become fuller and deeper than if it was narrowed only to the study of the 'classical phase' of the Roman literature. Therefore, I have decided to employ in the title of my book the expression genres rediscovered. I have found it fair to emphasize that the poets whose works have been studied here merit appreciation for their creativity, and indeed courage, in reusing and reinterpreting the classical -- and truly classic -- literary heritage. In addition, I have found it similarly…
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Genres Rediscovered: Studies in Latin Miniature Epic, Love Elegy, and Epigram of the Romano-Barbaric Age Paperback - 2010
by Anna Maria Wasyl
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- Title Genres Rediscovered: Studies in Latin Miniature Epic, Love Elegy, and Epigram of the Romano-Barbaric Age
- Author Anna Maria Wasyl
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- Pages 292
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Jagiellonian University Press, Krakow
- Date 2010
- ISBN 9788323330899 / 8323330891
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
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