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Musa pedestris [electronic resource] : metre and meaning in Roman verse / Llewelyn Morgan

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Morgan, Llewelyn
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 412 pages)
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.The Hendecasyllable: An Abbreviated History -- 2.Iambics: The Short and the Long of it -- 3.`Narrower circuits': The Sapphic Stanza -- 4.The Dactylic Hexameter and its Detractors.
Summary
An accessible account of some of the most common metres in Roman poetry, explaining how the poets can exploit them to support supplement, or drive the meaning of the poems they carry. The study brings new insight to a range of poems, from the works of Catullus and Horace to those of Martial, Statius, and Lucilius.
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ISBN
9780191594991 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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