Figures of Thought in Roman Poetry by Williams, Gordon - 1980

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Yale University Press, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good, dust jacket badly torn and creased.

Yale University Press, 1980. Hardcover. Very good plus condition with text clean & binding tight / very good plus dust jacket. 295pp.

Yale University Press. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0300024568 . Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Robert Brown). Hard bump to lower edge of front board. Tiny sticker damage to ffep. Else book is VG. DJ has chipping and tears. DJ is somewhat tatty and a bit soiled to rear panel. ; 312 pages; It has long been assumed that the language of Roman poetry was constructed under the dictates of elaborately defined rules of rhetoric, and its content determined according to the system of comparable classifications called invention. This belief has persisted in spite of the difficulty of fitting the works of Catullus, Horace, Virgil, Propertius, and Tibullus into such a rigid scheme. In this book Gordon Williams demonstrates that, although Ovid and his successors did indeed assimilate their poetry to the rhetorical rules devised for prose, the earlier poets employed a quite different method. Williams sees this method as falling into either a metaphorical or metonymic mode,… Read More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Top edge on rear board has a dent, else near fine in a fine dustwrapper.

Yale University Press, 1980. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0300024568

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in like jacket.. Imperial 8vo. xiii, 295 pp. Original red cloth in red dust jacket. From the library of Univ. of Dallas Classics Professor Karl Maurer, with his 9 April 1991 ownership signature in black ink on front flyleaf, and several pencil annotations throughout.

Yale University Press, 1980. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:0300024568

Yale University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0300024568 . Gift inscription from author to G. P. And Philippa Goold on ffep. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ has minor edgewear. DJ spine a bit sunned. ; 312 pages; It has long been assumed that the language of Roman poetry was constructed under the dictates of elaborately defined rules of rhetoric, and its content determined according to the system of comparable classifications called invention. This belief has persisted in spite of the difficulty of fitting the works of Catullus, Horace, Virgil, Propertius, and Tibullus into such a rigid scheme. In this book Gordon Williams demonstrates that, although Ovid and his successors did indeed assimilate their poetry to the rhetorical rules devised for prose, the earlier poets employed a quite different method. Williams sees this method as falling into either a metaphorical or metonymic mode, both of which permitted the poet "to say one thing and… Read More

Yale University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0300024568 . Inscribed by author to R. E. Fantham on ffep : "To Elaine with love from the author. 15. V. 80" top corners bumped. Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has large tear to front panel and creasing. DJ has chipping and tears. DJ is somewhat tatty. ; 312 pages; It has long been assumed that the language of Roman poetry was constructed under the dictates of elaborately defined rules of rhetoric, and its content determined according to the system of comparable classifications called invention. This belief has persisted in spite of the difficulty of fitting the works of Catullus, Horace, Virgil, Propertius, and Tibullus into such a rigid scheme. In this book Gordon Williams demonstrates that, although Ovid and his successors did indeed assimilate their poetry to the rhetorical rules devised for prose, the earlier poets employed a quite different method. Williams sees this method as falling into either a… Read More