SOUND, SENSE & RHYTHM--Listening to Greek & Latin Poetry. (First Edn.)

by Edwards, Mark

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Princeton, N.J.:: Princeton Univ.,, 2002. Both the dust jacket & book are in rather good condition.. index. Based on author's 1998 Martin Classical Lectures at Oberlin, examining how Aeschylus used lyric meters to convey mood & meaning; how Propertius & other Roman poets used the Latin language to achieve effects; how Homer kept hearers' attention while moving from one scene to another. Edwards shows that Tennyson & contemporary poets used Homeric style, word order, & ancient lyric meters.