Propertius : Elegies
Overview
Propertius' fourth book is his most challenging and innovative. It disrupts genre; dislocates time and order; and meditates on gender, perception and history. A sort of postmodernism combines with narrative and structural verve, incisively physical writing and a gallery of colourful characters. This edition makes a demanding and rewarding text more accessible and more intelligible. The text is new; help and fresh ideas are offered on the text and meaning of words. A wide range of literary, inscriptional and archaeological material is used to illuminate this many-sided poetry. Much more space is given than in previous editions to literary interpretation and historical contextualization, in the light of modern work. The book is approached as a dynamic sequence of poems rather than a collection. The edition should be valuable to both students and scholars.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780521525619
- ISBN-10: 0521525616
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: October 2006
- Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.68 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.85 pounds
- Page Count: 272
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