{"product_id":"non-lyric-and-lyric-in-horaces-kenneth-draper-9780472133727","title":"Non-Lyric and Lyric in Horace's Odes: The Poetics of Disguise and Infiltration","description":"\u003cp\u003eKenneth Draper's new volume investigates genre, gender, and self-presentation in Horace's first collection of \u003ci\u003eOdes\u003c\/i\u003e. It examines how Horace uses non-lyric genres--elegy, epic, invective, and philosophical discourse--to define his lyric project, responding to the rhetorical challenge of writing in the wake of civil war. It shows how Horace employs a \"poetics of disguise and infiltration\" in his engagement with these other genres. At times, he assimilates his lyric persona to an elegiac one, claiming to share elegy's effeminacy and disinterest in politics. Similarly, he draws on philosophical discourse to present himself as too modest for heavy political themes. In both cases, he turns to clothing metaphors to identify the slight persona as a disguise that he may assume or discard as needed. Through this disingenuous self-presentation, he disavows interest in the masculine modes of epic and invective. Read as reflections on Horace's own infiltration of epic territory, the examined scenes give clues about his motivations: focusing on the characters' self-preservation amid dangers, he reminds readers of the risks and audacity of his project.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Draper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472133721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472133727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Kenneth Draper","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48460300091647,"sku":"9780472133727","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b793bc56-89f9-48b3-aded-f3e49fda5cfd.jpg?v=1777413840","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/non-lyric-and-lyric-in-horaces-kenneth-draper-9780472133727","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}