The Daring Muse : Augustan Poetry Reconsidered (Paperback)

List of illustrations; A note on editions; Preface; Introduction; 1. Appetite, imperialism and the fair variety of things; 2. Some origins of Augustan practice: Civil War verse and its implications; 3. Generic self-sconsciousness: from closed to open forms; 4. The new Augustans and the Roman poets; 5. Charivari and metamorphosis; 6. Metamorphosis, pleasure and pain: the threat of the end; 7. Character, style, language: the two voices of Augustan poems; 8. Augustan voice and Augustan verse; Notes; Index.