Time and the Erotic in Horace's Odes
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In Horace's Odes love cannot last. Is the poet unromantic, as some critics claim? Is he merely realistic? Or is he, as Ronnie Ancona contends, relating the erotic to time in a more complex and interesting way than either of these positions allows? Rejecting both the notion that Horace fails as a love poet because he undermines the romantic ideal that love conquers time and the notion that he succeeds becauses he eschews illusions about love's ability...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0822314762
ISBN13:9780822314769
Release Date:October 1994
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:200 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"
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