Prose Rhythm in Latin Literature of the Roman Empire - First Century BC to Fourth Century AD (Studies in Classics S.)

Prose Rhythm in Latin Literature of the Roman Empire - First Century BC to Fourth Century AD (Studies in Classics S.)

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 312 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780773466678
  • DDC分類 870.9

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This work provides an assessment of the ancient and modern evidence on Latin prose rhythm. It covers the theories of Greek and Roman rhetoricians and literary critics, and includes discussions of the methodologies crafted by German, French, and Italian scholars since 1881 to analyze prose rhythm.

Contents

Terminology and the nature of prose rhythm - definition and types - metrical cadences, accentual cadences, "Cursus Mixtus", the clausula, internal rhythm, periodic style, the "Kolon", the "Komma"; ancient discussions of prose rhythm -rhetoricians and literary critics - Aristotle, Theophrastus, Cicero, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Quintilian, Hermogenes, Martianus Capella, grammarians -Terentianus Maurus, Sacerdos, "Cassius Bassus", "Probus Minor", Diomedes, others; modern theories on Roman prose rhythm - non-comparative studies - Wust, Norden and Wolff, Meyer and Di Santi, Laurand, Blass and May, Zander, Havet, Zielinski, Bayard and Charpin, comparative studies - external method - Bornecque, De Groot, Hagendahl, Oberhelman, Aumont, comparative studies - internal method - Novotny, Broadhead, Primmer, Dangel, Aili; colometry and internal rhythm - Fraenkel; Hijmans, Zernial, Habinek, Straterhoff, appendix; a survey of prose rhythms in Roman literature; conclusions.