Jacqueline Clarke

Imagery of Colour and Shining in Catullus, Propertius, and Horace

Buch

In recent years there has been growing interest in the concepts of pictorial vividness (enargeia) and pictorial description (ekphrasis) in the works of ancient writers. Colour imagery can play a significant part in such pictorial effects. This book explores the visual and stylistic contributions that words for colour and shining make to the poetry of Catullus, Propertius, and Horace. First, the instances of colour usage by the three poets are analyzed and compared with the colour imagery of other ancient poets and artists. Colour readings of selected poems follow, illustrating how colours are employed by these poets to heighten the visual imp… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-8204-5672-0
EAN: 9780820456720
Produktnummer: 19045732
Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Seitenangabe: 337 S.
Masse: H16.2 cm x B23.7 cm x D2.3 cm 600 g
Gewicht: 600
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

The Author: Jacqueline Clarke is Lecturer in Classics at the Centre for European Studies and General Linguistics at Adelaide University, Australia. She received her B.A. (Hons) from the University of Newcastle, Australia, in 1987 and her Ph.D. in classics from Adelaide University in 1999.