This volume of essays is intended to commemorate the eminent Latin scholar David West, best known for his work on Lucretius, Horace, Virgil and Shakespeare. The contributors – Francis Cairns, Ian Du Quesnay, Bruce Gibson, Alex Hardie, Stephen Harrison, John Moles and Tony Woodman – have aimed to produce close readings of classical texts, paying due attention to historical context and literary tradition in the manner adopted by David West himself. The authors covered are Empedocles, Antisthenes, Callimachus, Lutatius Catulus, Catullus, Horace (Epodes and Odes), Propertius, Virgil (Aeneid), Dio Chrysostom and Hildebert of Lavardin.
| ISBN: | 9780956838155 |
| Publication date: | 20th October 2017 |
| Author: | A. J. Woodman |
| Publisher: | Cambridge Philological Society |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 182 pages |
| Series: | Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume |
| Genres: |
Ancient, classical and medieval texts Poetry by individual poets Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |