{"product_id":"the-cambridge-history-of-classical-literature-volume-2-latin-literature-part-4-the-early-principate-paperback-9780521273725","title":"The Cambridge History of Classical Literature: Volume 2, Latin Literature, Part 4, The Early Principate (Paperback) 9780521273725","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge History of Classical Literature: Volume 2, Latin Literature, Part 4, The Early Principate\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA detailed portrait of the 'Silver' Age of Latin literature.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eE. J. Kenney (Edited by), W. V. Clausen (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521273725, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 14 July 1983\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.368 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Perfection is finality; finality is death'. The poets and prose writers of the first and early second centuries AD were not deterred by the towering stature of their Augustan predecessors from attempting new and often brilliant variations on the now traditional themes and genres. The so-called 'Silver' Age of Latin literature has tended to be characterized in terms of dismissive or question- begging stereotypes - 'decadent', 'rhetorical', 'baroque', 'mannerist' - as a substitute for close critical argument. From the sympathetic but searching appraisals in this volume the best writers of the age - Lucan, Seneca, Statius, Juvenal, Tacitus - emerge as men having something important to say and not merely technicians preoccupied with the most extravagant or paradoxical way of saying it. Complementary to these central figures as giving the age its special character and atmosphere are the minor poets, the satirists, the scholars and rhetoricians, the lesser historians, epistolographers and technical writers, whose varied activity provides the background to the main developments. The whole offers a detailed portrait of the literary interests of an age that was of necessity becoming increasingly more conscious of the past and of the problems of coping with its cultural heritage.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Challenge and response D. W. T. C. Vessey\u003cbr\u003e 2. Persius Niall Rudd\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Younger Seneca C. J. Herington\u003cbr\u003e 4. Lucan J. C. Bramble\u003cbr\u003e 5. Flavian epic D. W. T. C. Vessey\u003cbr\u003e 6. Martial and Juvenal J. C. Bramble\u003cbr\u003e 7. Minor poetry F. R. D. Goodyear\u003cbr\u003e 8. Prose satire F. R. D. Goodyear\u003cbr\u003e 9. History and biography F. R. D. Goodyear\u003cbr\u003e 10. Technical writing F. R. D. Goodyear\u003cbr\u003e 11. Rhetoric and scholarship F. R. D. Goodyear\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary essays [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary essays\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20essays%20%5BDNF%5D%22\"\u003eDNF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006967959832,"sku":"9780521273725","price":44.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521273725i_2f477876-096f-4cd2-a914-288e641cb071.jpg?v=1691374333","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-history-of-classical-literature-volume-2-latin-literature-part-4-the-early-principate-paperback-9780521273725","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}