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Classical genres and English poetry / William H. Race.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Race, William H., 1943- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxfordshire, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2014.
Series:Routledge revivals.
Subjects:
English poetry > Classical influences.
Classicism > Great Britain.
Classical poetry > History and criticism.
Literary form.
Classical poetry.
Classicism.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Modifying the poetic tradition : the Recusatio
  • 2. Introducing a subject : the Priamel
  • 3. Poetry and the visual arts : the Ekphrasis
  • 4. The rhetoric of lament and consolation
  • 5. The argument of Carpe-diem poems
  • 6. Forms of Persuasion in hymns
  • 7. Praise and counsel : eulogy.

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