Words and the Poet: Characteristic Techniques of Style in Vergil's Aeneid - Lyne, R. O. A. M. (Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Balliol College, Oxford) - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780198152613 - August 27, 1998
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Words and the Poet: Characteristic Techniques of Style in Vergil's Aeneid

Lyne, R. O. A. M. (Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Balliol College, Oxford)

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Words and the Poet: Characteristic Techniques of Style in Vergil's Aeneid

Vergil largely avoided artifices of poetic diction, preferring ordinary language, and using words which conventional poets thought too prosaic or colloquial. This book identifies such diction in Vergil and examines the methods by which he turned this into poetry.

216 pages, bibliography

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 27, 1998
ISBN13 9780198152613
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 220
Dimensions 139 × 217 × 15 mm   ·   296 g
Language English  
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