The purpose of this edition is to demonstrate the quality and interest of book VI: the intellectual curiosity of the analyst of earthquakes, volcanoes and marvellous phenomena, the rhetorical and philosophical powers of a thinker who wants to make his interpretation of Epicureanism both cogent and vivid, the deep humane compassion of the chronicler of the Plague at Athens, the sheer brilliance of the poet whose verse inspired all later writers in the tradition.
This edition of the book is designed to make the poem accessible to readers who have not picked up Lucretius before and so the background has been treated as fully as possible. Latin text with facing-page translation.
| ISBN: | 9780856685002 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1991 |
| Author: | John Godwin |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press an imprint of Oxbow Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Aris & Phillips Classical Texts |
| Genres: |
Ancient, classical and medieval texts Literary studies: poetry and poets |
The purpose of this edition is to demonstrate the quality and interest of book VI: the intellectual curiosity of the analyst of earthquakes, volcanoes and marvellous phenomena, the rhetorical and philosophical powers of a thinker who wants to make his interpretation of Epicureanism both cogent and vivid, the deep humane compassion of the chronicler of the Plague at Athens, the sheer brilliance of the poet whose verse inspired all later writers in the tradition. This edition of the book is designed to make the poem accessible to readers who have not picked up Lucretius before and so the background has been treated as fully as possible.
Lucretius features in the following genres: Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Literary studies: poetry and poets
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Lucretius was written by John Godwin and published by Liverpool University Press an imprint of Oxbow Books
Lucretius has 208 pages
Yes it is part of Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series