Tradition and Originality in Roman Poetry

By Gordon Willis Williams

This book sets out to reveal the essential nature of Roman poetry and the ways in which individual, highly conscious of inheriting an identifiable tradition, managed to achieve an originality of their own. Williams focuses particularly on the Augustan poets, with all quotations given in Latin and English.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198143478
• ISBN13: 9780198143475
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 820 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"