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T.S. Johnson has now augmented his previous studies on various aspects of Horace’s lyric output 1) with a monograph that puts forward a novel interpretation of the iambic strain that recurs throughout the poet’s corpus. ‘Iambic’ in this account is defined not by meter, but by the genre of invective ( iambos ). Although the main focus of the exposition is on the Epodes and select Odes (Chapters 1 through 5), a final chapter is devoted to the Ars Poetica , primarily with respect to the opening and closing denigrations of the poor artist and the demented poetaster, respectively. Passages from the Satires and Epistles are frequently brought into play in support of the author’s central argument. This thoroughly researched study develops a nuanced interpretation of Horatian invective that challenges the prevailing view of a radical disparity between the early iambic (‘hard’) detraction found in the Epodes and the later inoffensive (‘soft’) slander as represented by certain odes targeting amatory figures. Eschewing the assumption of a marked divide between iambic and lyric modalities, Johnson sets out to make the case that Horace integrates these seemingly incongruous strains into a discursive whole (‘fusion’ is a favorite word in his
Mnemosyne – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2013
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