Odes of Horace: A Critical Study

by Henry Steele Commage Jr. and Steele Commager

Book Overview

In The Odes of Horace, Steele Commager examines the odes with particular attention both to their language and structure and to the effect a poem is intended to, or does, produce. Horace?s conciseness and apparent clarity phrase by phrase tempt us into believing that there is an equally concise and clear meaning to be assigned to a poem, or even to his thought as a whole. Yet Horace has no systematic philosophy to impart; his poems record only an imaginative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806127295
• ISBN13: 9780806127293
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"