The Poetics of Latin Didactic: Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid, Manilius

by Katharina Volk

This is a study of ancient didactic poetry, a type of literature which uses verse as the medium for teaching theoretical knowledge or practical skills. Volk combines a general discussion of didactic poetry as a genre in Greek and Latin literature with detailed interpretations of four famous Latin didactic poems by Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid, and Manilius.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199245509
• ISBN13: 9780199245505
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.7"