Classical Studies / Literature & Criticism / Poetry
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Symposion of Praise Wisconsin Studies in Classics, Patricia A. Rosenmeyer, General Editor
Horace's later lyric poetry, Odes IV,
which focuses on praising Augustus; the imperial family, and
other political insiders, has often been treated more as propaganda
than art. But in A Symposion of Praise, Timothy Johnson
examines the richly textured ambiguities of Odes IV that
engage the audience in the communal or "sympotic" formulation
of Horace's praise. Through this wider lens of Horatian lyric,
Johnson provides a critical reassessment of the nature of public
and private in ancient Rome. A Symposion of Praise
will be of interest to historians of the Augustan period and
its literature, and to scholars interested in the dynamics between
personal expression and political power. "A wonderfully complex and nuanced
picture of Horace's poetry." "A distinctive and original contribution to Horatian studies. It achieves a striking new theoretical conceptualization of traditional issues and is imbued with a sense of subtlety and humor appropriately Horatian in spirit."—Eleanor Leach, Indiana University Timothy Johnson
is associate professor of classics at the University of Florida.
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