How to Read a Latin Poem: If You Can't Read Latin Yet

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William Fitzgerald (Professor of Latin Language & Literature, King's College London)

How to Read a Latin Poem

If You Can't Read Latin Yet

William Fitzgerald (Professor of Latin Language & Literature, King's College London)

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Oxford University Press
21 February 2013

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: poetry & poets; History; Latin

Latin is very much alive in the poetry written by the great Latin poets, and this book is about their poetry, their language, and their culture. Fitzgerald shows the reader with little or no knowledge of the Latin language how it works as a unique vehicle for poetic expression and thought. Moving between close analysis of particular Latin poems and more general discussions of Latin poets, literature, and society, Fitzgerald gives the un-Latined reader an insider's view of how Latin poetry feels and what makes it worth reading, even today. His book explores what can be said and done in a poetry and a language that are both very different from English and yet have profoundly influenced it. He takes the reader through the whole range of Latin poetry from the trivial, obscene, and vicious, to the sublime, the passionate, and the uplifting. Individual chapters focus on particular authors (such as Vergil and Horace) or on themes (love, hate, civil war), and together they explain why we should care about what the poets of ancient Rome had to say. If you have ever wondered what all the fuss was about, see for yourselves!

By: William Fitzgerald (Professor of Latin Language & Literature King's College London)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 221mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 496g
ISBN: 9780199657865
ISBN 10: 0199657866
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 21 February 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

<br>William Fitzgerald is Professor of Latin at King's College, London.<br>

Reviews for How to Read a Latin Poem: If You Can't Read Latin Yet

William Fitzgerald is a distinguished professor of Latin. He writes with charm and lucidity [...] This books helps remind one of how poetry can be incredibly rich without being incomprehensible. Charles Moore, Daily Telegraph mercurial and bold. Fitzgerald animates the dead language, covering acres but often highlighting details, such as the expressive power of word order, or English derivations ... This attempt to return to Latin without being elitist and stuffy highlights a fault line in our discipline. The glass ceiling is still there; this book helps to demonstrate how we might smash it and why we should. Roger Rees, Times Higher Education William Fitzgerald's book on Latin poetry for those who can't read Latin yet takes us right to the heart of Latin literature [...] Fitzgerald's book makes demands, but the dividends are immense. The Scotsman, Michael Kerrigan