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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2023.
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| Col·lecció: | Cambridge classical studies.
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| Accés en línia: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039789 |
Taula de continguts:
- 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.