Designs on Truth: The Poetics of the Augustan Mock-Epic

by Gregory G. Colomb

Book Overview

Designs on Truth provides a reinterpretation of Augustan poetry, not as works to be defended before the court of Matthew Arnold and the Romantic tradition but as works that examine the rich relationships among text, culture, and world.

In Designs on Truth, Gregory Colomb identifies the characteristics of the mock-epic and argues that the form had developed formal expectations. In making this argument, he explains the intentions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271026278
• ISBN13: 9780271026275
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.0"