Imagery of Colour and Shining in Catullus, Propertius, and Horace

Jacqueline Clarke (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

337 Seiten

2003
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-5672-0 (ISBN)

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In recent years there has been growing interest in the concepts of pictorial vividness («enargeia») and pictorial description («ekphrasis») in the works of ancient writers. Colour imagery can play a significant part in such pictorial effects. This book explores the visual and stylistic contributions that words for colour and shining make to the poetry of Catullus, Propertius, and Horace. First, the instances of colour usage by the three poets are analyzed and compared with the colour imagery of other ancient poets and artists. «Colour readings» of selected poems follow, illustrating how colours are employed by these poets to heighten the visual impact of their poems and influence the reader’s emotional responses. This book fills a gap in the scholarship on colour in ancient poetry and provides fresh perspectives on the work of three important poets.

The Author: Jacqueline Clarke is Lecturer in Classics at the Centre for European Studies and General Linguistics at Adelaide University, Australia. She received her B.A. (Hons) from the University of Newcastle, Australia, in 1987 and her Ph.D. in classics from Adelaide University in 1999.

Reihe/Serie	Lang Classical Studies ; 13
Reihe/Serie	Lang Classical Studies ; 13
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	600 g
Themenwelt	Literatur
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Latein / Altgriechisch
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-8204-5672-1 / 0820456721
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-5672-0 / 9780820456720
Zustand	Neuware