The Jeweled Style: Poetry and Poetics in Late Antiquity by Roberts, Michael

Cornell University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989. Hardcover. VG/VG (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). Light cloth boards, dark blue title block with gilt lettering; blue illustrated dj, mylar cover; xiii, 182 pp; bw illustration. "This work offers a new approach to the Latin poetry of late antiquity, one centering on an aesthetic quality common to both the literature and the art of the period--the polychrome patterning of words and phrases or of colors and shapes. In the author's view, the writer or artist of this period works as a jeweler, carefully setting compositional units in a geometric framework, consistently demonstrating a preference for effects of patterning over realistic representation, and for a unity situated at a higher level than the literal, historical sequence of the narrative. The introductory chapter is followed by an anthology of representative narrative and descriptive poetry from the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. Next, the… Read More

Cornell University Press, 1989-05-24. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. A tiny patch of sticker damage on the top edge of the front pastedown. The dust jacket shows some very light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. xiii, 182pp.

Cornell University Press, 1989. Bound in cloth, with dust jacket. . -(very) good.-(Name in ink on tje fly leaf, a few markings in pencil, but otherwise the book is in very good condition.). ISBN 0801422655.

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xiii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Subject: Latin poetry History and criticism. Latin language Metrics and rhythmics. Christian poetry, Latin History and criticism. Christianity and literature Rome. Latin language Style.

Hardback. New. <p>In <i>The Jeweled Style</i>, Michael Roberts offers a new approach to the Latin poetry of late antiquity, one centering on an aesthetic quality common to both the literature and the art of the period...</p>

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Cornell Univ Pr, 1989. Hardcover. New. 200 pages. 9.30x6.30x1.00 inches.

Cornell Univ Pr, 1989. Hardcover. New. 200 pages. 9.30x6.30x1.00 inches.

Cornell University Press, 1989-05-24. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!