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Horace's Poetic Journey: A Reading of Odes 1-3
by David H. Porter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0691067023
- ISBN 13
- 9780691067025
- Seller
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Brooktondale, New York, United States
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About This Item
Volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9", is bound in dark brown, with gilt-lettered black spine label. Gift inscription and date appear at top of front flyleaf. Book is otherwise in fine condition, with firm binding, clean and bright pages. Dust jacket has small spot at lower outside corner, with darkening to spine and edges of panels. xiv/281 pages.
"David Porter's approach Horace's most important lyric collection is through a close sequential reading of the eighty-eight poems in "Odes" 1-3. Taking into account the way an ancient book was read or recited, this view of the work as a continuously unfolding creation reveals a strong sense of forward movement and of thematic development, at times almost narrative flow. While earlier studies have shown that Horace intended these three books to be read as a unit, this fresh reading of the collection demonstrates the degree to which Horace has wrested harmony from dissonance and unity from multiplicity."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Palimpsest Scholarly Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2457
- Title
- Horace's Poetic Journey: A Reading of Odes 1-3
- Author
- David H. Porter
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0691067023
- ISBN 13
- 9780691067025
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, Nj
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Classical Antiquity
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Palimpsest Scholarly Books
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Brooktondale, New York
About Palimpsest Scholarly Books
Palimpsest Scholarly Books & Services is a new online bookstore founded and managed by Dr. Raul Delgado-Rodriguez, a Harvard-trained comparatist. It specializes in the buying and selling of scholarly and rare books, as well as providing services for collectors of such books, including the appraisal of private collections. We have titles across a broad range of fields and cultures. We specialize in providing uncommon foreign-language works.
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