Carpe diem : the poetics of presence in Greek and Latin literature /

Carpe diem - 'eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die!' - is a prominent motif throughout ancient literature and beyond. This is the first book-length examination of its significance and demonstrates that close analysis can make a key contribution to a question that is central to lite...

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Tác giả chính: Rohland, Robert A. (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Loạt:Cambridge classical studies.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039789
Mục lục:
  • Introduction : In search of present time
  • The archaeology of Carpe diem : Sardanapallus, monuments, epigrams, and false beginnings
  • A moveable feast : wine storage-places as drinkable calendars in Horace
  • Gathering leaves : Horace, choice of words, cyclical time, and the production of presence
  • The pleasure of images : epigrams and objects 100 BC-AD 100
  • As is the generation of leaves, so are the generations of cows, mice, and gigolos ... : excerpe diem!, or, excerpts of "Carpe diem'
  • Epilogue : echoes of Carpe diem.