{"product_id":"horaces-iambic-criticism-timothy-s-johnson-9789004215238","title":"Horace's Iambic Criticism: Casting Blame (Iambik\u0026#275; Poi\u0026#275;sis)","description":"To date the positive value of Horace's iambic criticism has been underestimated, and overall Horace has been tamed too much. By examining the relationship of the iambic tradition with ritual, this book studies how Horace's \u003ci\u003eEpodes\u003c\/i\u003e are more than partisan (consolidating Octavian's victory by projecting hostilities onto powerless others) but meta-partisan (forming fractured entities into a diversified unity). As Horace moves through his iambics to lyrics (\u003ci\u003eEpodes\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eOdes\u003c\/i\u003e), he stages acts of aggression and retaliation along with attempts at resistance and reconciliation so that this shifting back and forth creates a correspondence between perspectives. Unity develops from diversity, \u003ci\u003epolyeideia\u003c\/i\u003e. This is the point at which Horace socializes literary criticism (\u003ci\u003eArs Poetica\u003c\/i\u003e): \u003ci\u003esocietas\u003c\/i\u003e becomes the \u003ci\u003etelos\u003c\/i\u003e of his poetics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy S. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004215239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004215238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.45h x 6.30w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2012","brand":"Timothy S. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48799086772479,"sku":"9789004215238","price":211.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/horaces-iambic-criticism-timothy-s-johnson-9789004215238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}