Introspection and Engagement in Propertius
Jonathan (University of Tasmania) Wallis
Cambridge University Press, 2018
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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-13
- 9781108417174
- ISBN-10
- 1108417175
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2018
- Publication date
- 2018-04-12
- Pages
- 248
- Dimensions
- 217x149x18
- Weight
- 416