Critical Essays on Roman Literature: Elegy and LyricJohn Patrick Sullivan |
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... regarded as a prime requisite of poetry . They , rather than Ovid , awakened in him the impression that a passionate feeling inspired their verse . Finding them superior to Ovid in the quality of their feeling , he considered them ...
... regarded as a prime requisite of poetry . They , rather than Ovid , awakened in him the impression that a passionate feeling inspired their verse . Finding them superior to Ovid in the quality of their feeling , he considered them ...
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... regarded as a function of style , sincerity has come to be regarded as a function of person- ality . Before judging a Roman poet by modern standards we must be careful to understand him by the standards of which he was himself conscious ...
... regarded as a function of style , sincerity has come to be regarded as a function of person- ality . Before judging a Roman poet by modern standards we must be careful to understand him by the standards of which he was himself conscious ...
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... regarded as completely successful . The poet's sin- cerity is immaterial here : it does not matter whether he says what he does not think or does not think what he is saying . It is illuminating to compare Horace's political poetry with ...
... regarded as completely successful . The poet's sin- cerity is immaterial here : it does not matter whether he says what he does not think or does not think what he is saying . It is illuminating to compare Horace's political poetry with ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION J P Sullivan Lincoln College page I | 13 |
DOCTE CATULLE K F Quinn University of 31 | 31 |
Tersus atque elEGANS J P Elder | 65 |
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