Horace and the gift economy of patronage /
This innovative study explores selected odes and epistles by the late-first-century poet Horace in light of modern anthropological and literary theory. Phebe Lowell Bowditch looks in particular at how the relationship between Horace and his patron Maecenas is reflected in these poems' themes an...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2001.
|
| Series: | Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Classics and contemporary thought ; 7. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
Full text (Emmanuel users only) |
| Summary: | This innovative study explores selected odes and epistles by the late-first-century poet Horace in light of modern anthropological and literary theory. Phebe Lowell Bowditch looks in particular at how the relationship between Horace and his patron Maecenas is reflected in these poems' themes and rhetorical figures. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 281 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-268) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780520925892 0520925890 141752393X 9781417523931 1597346616 9781597346610 0520226011 9780520226012 0520226038 9780520226036 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |