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The Poetics of Latin Didactic: Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid, Manilius Volk, Katharina (, Assistant Professor of Classics, Columbia University)
The Poetics of Latin Didactic: Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid, Manilius
Volk, Katharina (, Assistant Professor of Classics, Columbia University)
This is a study of ancient didactic poetry, a type of literature which uses verse as the medium for teaching theoretical knowledge or practical skills. Volk combines a general discussion of didactic poetry as a genre in Greek and Latin literature with detailed interpretations of four famous Latin didactic poems by Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid, and Manilius.
304 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 29, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199245505 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 224 × 147 × 31 mm · 467 g |
| Language | English |