By H. J. Rose

Description

This edition provides complete analyses of all known major works of Latin literature, setting them in their historical context and alongside their contemporaries, rating their relative importance in their own time and in later periods, and exploring their influence on subsequent literatures and Western civilization.

Each known work is discussed and analyzed: content, chronology, genre, significance, meaning, genetic relationship to other works, ancient and modern scholarship, and influence.

This text is a must for anyone who teaches or reads Latin and/or Modern Literature.

Special Features

• Indispensable reference tool for teachers and students
• Unique, affordable, comprehensive edition
• Astute and sensitive analysis
• Unsurpassed in scholarship and usefulness
• Extensive bibliography by Professor E. Courtney
• All authors of Pagan and Christian Latin literature including:

  Augustine, Boethius, Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Horace, Livy, Lucretius, Martial, Ovid, Plautus, Servius, Terence, Vergil

Author Bio

H.J. Rose (1883-1961) was a gifted, well-known Rhodes scholar who received B.A.’s from McGill and Oxford. His talent for clear communication; his expertise in ancient religion; and his immense learning in folklore, folktales and anthropology enabled him to publish a wide variety of insightful resources suitable for general readers and experts alike. In addition to the companion volumes A Handbook of Greek Literature and A Handbook of Latin Literature, Rose’s publications include: Primitive Culture in Greece (London, 1925); Primitive Culture in Italy (London, 1926, repr. 1971); Modern Methods in Classical Mythology (St. Andrews, 1930); Ancient Greek Religion (London, 1948); Ancient Roman Religion (London, 1949); Gods and Heroes of the Greeks (London, 1957, many reprints); Outline of Classical Literature for Students of English (London, 1959, repr. 1961).

Comments and Reviews

[Rose's] book in fact has its value as a dictionary of Latin literature besides that of a history.

— (London) Times Literary Supplement