| Poets in a Landscape Contributor(s): Highet, Gilbert (Author), Putnam, Michael C. J. (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 1590173384 ISBN-13: 9781590173381 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 Annotation: Gilbert Highet was a legendary teacher at Columbia University, admired for his scholarship and his charisma as a lecturer. "Poets in a Landscape "is his delightful exploration of both Latin literature and the Italian landscape. As Highet writes in his introduction, "I have endeavored to recall some of the greatest Roman poets by describing the places were they lived, recreating their characters and evoking the essence of their work." The poets are Catullus, Vergil, Propertius, Tibullus, Ovid, and Juvenal. Highet sketches the stories of the poets' lives and fills in the historical background, while offering crisp modern translations of their finest work and memorably vivid descriptions of the natural world. The result is an entirely sui generis amalgam of travel writing, biography, criticism, and pure poetry--altogether an unexcelled introduction to the world of the classics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009036325 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.16" W x 8.02" (0.64 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gilbert Highet was a legendary teacher at Columbia University, admired both for his scholarship and his charisma as a lecturer. Poets in a Landscape is his delightful exploration of Latin literature and the Italian landscape. As Highet writes in his introduction, "I have endeavored to recall some of the greatest Roman poets by describing the places were they lived, recreating their characters and evoking the essence of their work." The poets are Catullus, Vergil, Propertius, Horace, Tibullus, Ovid, and Juvenal. Highet brings them life, setting them in their historical context and locating them in the physical world, while also offering crisp modern translations of the poets' finest work. The result is an entirely sui generis amalgam of travel writing, biography, criticism, and pure poetry--altogether an unexcelled introduction to the world of the classics. |