Die römische Liebeselegie. [Original title: The Latin Love Elegy]. - LUCK, G.,
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'The genre discussed in this book is an extraordinary phenomenon: represented by only four poets of note, it flourished for a bare half-century and died without posterity - killed, as Lucks remarks (p.38), by Ovid, who destroyed the mystery which was its essence. Little less extraordinary is the neglect of the genre as a whole by modern scholars. (...) to deal adequately with the Latin elegists calls for an exceptional combination of qualities, and Luck's attractive little books shows clearly that he possesses some of the most important: perception, sensitivity, imagination, a sense of humour.' (E.J. KENNEY in The Classical Review (New Series) on the English original, 1960, pp.224-26).
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Heidelberg, 1961. 244p. Carton cover with dust wrps. Dust wrps a bit worn. Name and date on half title.Antiquarian
'The genre discussed in this book is an extraordinary phenomenon: represented by only four poets of note, it flourished for a bare half-century and died without posterity - killed, as Lucks remarks (p.38), by Ovid, who destroyed the mystery which was its essence. Little less extraordinary is the neglect of the genre as a whole by modern scholars. (...) to deal adequately with the Latin elegists ...
'The genre discussed in this book is an extraordinary phenomenon: represented by only four poets of note, it flourished for a bare half-century and died without posterity - killed, as Lucks remarks (p.38), by Ovid, who destroyed the mystery which was its essence. Little less extraordinary is the neglect of the genre as a whole by modern scholars. (...) to deal adequately with the Latin elegists ...
