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Promised Verse: Poets in the Society of Augustan Rome Hardback - 1993

by Peter White

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  • Title Promised Verse: Poets in the Society of Augustan Rome
  • Author Peter White
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 330
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harvard University Press, Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1993
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780674715257 / 067471525X
  • Weight 1.43 lbs (0.65 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.58 x 6.43 x 1.11 in (24.33 x 16.33 x 2.82 cm)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Poets, Latin, Rome - In literature
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 93009190
  • Dewey Decimal Code 871.010
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Harvard, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Near Fine/Near Fine 1st ed 1993 Harvard hardback, unclipped DJ, a little edge-rubbing wear to jacket, bright and unmarked throughout. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2kg. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 067471525X. ISBN/EAN: 9780674715257. 84cxrarebooks is the trading name of Cambridge-based bookseller Marino Guida, with 25 years experience in the trade. We guarantee the condition of all our books. Further images or a short video presentation of any book can be arranged on request. We send tax-free and tariff-free to EU, US/Canada and Australia/NZ with insurance included for peace of mind. Inventory No: 098723.. 9780674715257
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Harvard University Press. 1993. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Book is fine. Light sunning to panels of DJ. Small sticker stain to rear panel of DJ. 2 small tears to DJ.; It served a poet well indeed to have Augustus for a friend. And if Augustus were a friend of poets? All the better for the great glory of Roman letters. It is this arrangement, complicated by questions of influence and accommodation and simple human susceptibility to the blandishments of power, that Peter White explores in "Promised Verse". Combining social history and literary interpretation, this book reveals the circumstances of poetic production in the golden era of Virgil, Ovid, Horace, Tibullus, and Propertius. Peter White takes a close look at the relationship between the Augustan poets and the men of wealth and status who befriended them - and rewarded their literary efforts with money, gifts, and the benefits of illustrious connection. These ties - between, for instance, Horace and Maecenas - appear as… Read more
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Harvard University Press. 1993. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Book is fine. DJ protected in mylar.; It served a poet well indeed to have Augustus for a friend. And if Augustus were a friend of poets? All the better for the great glory of Roman letters. It is this arrangement, complicated by questions of influence and accommodation and simple human susceptibility to the blandishments of power, that Peter White explores in "Promised Verse". Combining social history and literary interpretation, this book reveals the circumstances of poetic production in the golden era of Virgil, Ovid, Horace, Tibullus, and Propertius. Peter White takes a close look at the relationship between the Augustan poets and the men of wealth and status who befriended them - and rewarded their literary efforts with money, gifts, and the benefits of illustrious connection. These ties - between, for instance, Horace and Maecenas - appear as part of an elaborate system of social conventions, a system of mutual… Read more
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Harvard University Press. 1993. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Book is fine. DJ has very light shelfwear.; It served a poet well indeed to have Augustus for a friend. And if Augustus were a friend of poets? All the better for the great glory of Roman letters. It is this arrangement, complicated by questions of influence and accommodation and simple human susceptibility to the blandishments of power, that Peter White explores in "Promised Verse". Combining social history and literary interpretation, this book reveals the circumstances of poetic production in the golden era of Virgil, Ovid, Horace, Tibullus, and Propertius. Peter White takes a close look at the relationship between the Augustan poets and the men of wealth and status who befriended them - and rewarded their literary efforts with money, gifts, and the benefits of illustrious connection. These ties - between, for instance, Horace and Maecenas - appear as part of an elaborate system of social conventions, a system of… Read more
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