Silvae : a selection /
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| Author / Creator: | Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius) |
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| Uniform title: | Silvae. Selections. English |
| Imprint: | London : Anvil Press Poetry, 2007. |
| Description: | 93 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7191778 |
| Summary: | In this delightful homage to the now unfashionable Neapolitan poet, two contemporary poets who share a fascination with his work present their selection of fresh versions from his best-known collection. In their introductions they explore the background to his work and the qualities, literary and human, which drew them to him. Publius Papinius Statius (c. 45-96 AD) was a prize-winning poet whose reputation remained high until well into the Middle Ages. He featured both in Chaucer's House of Fame (as `Stace') and in Dante's Divine Comedy , where he is called `il dolce poeta'. Anthony Howell, born in 1945, is well known as a performance artist and as poet. He has published eleven collections of poetry, several - including his Selected Poems (2000) and Dancers in Daylight (2003) - with Anvil, as well as a novel and other prose works. Bill Shepherd, born in 1935, is a therapeutic counsellor. His Horace: The Complete Odes and Epodes and Propertius: The Poems were published as Penguin Classics in the 1980s. Several collections of his poetry have appeared, including three from Anvil. His most recent is Mother's Milk (Menard, 2006). |
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| Physical Description: | 93 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0856463876 9780856463877 |