W R Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3604665 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W R Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | W R |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Rectory, St Ervan, Cornwall |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1912 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Latin Lover in Ancient Rome: Readings in Propertius and His Genre
Horace and the Dialectic of Freedom: Readings in Epistles 1
Informal in tone and seemingly effortless in movement, Horace's Epistles have haunted and delighted readers for two millennia. W. R. Johnson offers an extraordinarily suggestive new interpretation of Book 1 of the Epistles, an interpretation not only of the poems but of the poet they reveal.Johnson regards the Epistles as the fruit of the poet's search for freedom, clarity of perception, and inner harmony in a complex society. He portrays Horace …
On The Harvard School Forty Years After
On The Harvard School Forty Years After W. R. Johnson It was in the senior year of Latin that I first encountered Virgil's epic (books 1, 2, 4, 6), which was then regarded as an allegorical imitation of Homer, a poem in which a court poet of genius celebrated Augustus, savior of Rome and its empire. Since our main concerns were with syntax, scansion, and vocabulary, we spent little time considering what the poem might mean. Its hero, Aeneas, patr…
Neoteric Poetics
Vergil, Philodemus, and the Augustans
The Epicurean teacher and poet Philodemus of Gadara (c. 110-c. 40/35 BC) exercised significant literary and philosophical influence on Roman writers of the Augustan Age, most notably the poets Vergil and Horace. Yet a modern appreciation for Philodemus' place in Roman intellectual history has had to wait on the decipherment of the charred remains of Philodemus' library, which was buried in Herculaneum by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. As impr…
Horace and the Dialect of Freedom: Readings in "Epistles" 1
Fieldwork, 1996-7: Memphis, Saqqara, Tell el-Amarna, Mons Porphyrites, Qasr Ibrim
D. G. Jeffreys, J. D. Bourriau, W. R. Johnson, Geoffrey T. Martin, Barry Kemp, Paul T. Nicholson, Valerie A. Maxfield, David Peacock, Pamela Rose, Fieldwork, 1996-7: Memphis, Saqqara, Tell el-Amarna, Mons Porphyrites, Qasr Ibrim, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 83 (1997), pp. 1-15
Vertumnus in Love
The Effect of Normative Influence on Union Loyalty: A Regional Comparison
Momentary monsters: Lucan and his heroes
The Idea of Lyric: Lyric Modes in Ancient and Modern Poetry
Fathers and Sons in Virgil's Aeneid: Tum Genitor Natum
Virgil's Poem of the Earth. Studies in the Georgics
Worship and Freedom: A Black Church in Zambia
The Classical World Bibliography of Vergil
Quintilian oder die Kunst des Redens und Schweigens
Darkness Visible: A Study of Vergil's Aeneid
Quintilian as Educator. Selections from the Institutio Oratoria of Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
The Classical Theory of Composition from Its Origins to the Present: A Historical Survey
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Luxuriance and Economy: Cicero and the Alien Style
Tact in the Drusus ode: Horace, odes 4.4
The Bishops and the War
Nature and Man in Holland
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Nature and Man in Holland
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The Bishops and the War
Tact in the Drusus ode: Horace, odes 4.4
The Classical Theory of Composition from Its Origins to the Present: A Historical Survey
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Luxuriance and Economy: Cicero and the Alien Style
Quintilian as Educator. Selections from the Institutio Oratoria of Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
Quintilian oder die Kunst des Redens und Schweigens
Darkness Visible: A Study of Vergil's Aeneid
Worship and Freedom: A Black Church in Zambia
The Classical World Bibliography of Vergil
Virgil's Poem of the Earth. Studies in the Georgics
Fathers and Sons in Virgil's Aeneid: Tum Genitor Natum
The Idea of Lyric: Lyric Modes in Ancient and Modern Poetry
Momentary monsters: Lucan and his heroes
The Effect of Normative Influence on Union Loyalty: A Regional Comparison
Fieldwork, 1996-7: Memphis, Saqqara, Tell el-Amarna, Mons Porphyrites, Qasr Ibrim
D. G. Jeffreys, J. D. Bourriau, W. R. Johnson, Geoffrey T. Martin, Barry Kemp, Paul T. Nicholson, Valerie A. Maxfield, David Peacock, Pamela Rose, Fieldwork, 1996-7: Memphis, Saqqara, Tell el-Amarna, Mons Porphyrites, Qasr Ibrim, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 83 (1997), pp. 1-15
Vertumnus in Love
Horace and the Dialect of Freedom: Readings in "Epistles" 1
Vergil, Philodemus, and the Augustans
The Epicurean teacher and poet Philodemus of Gadara (c. 110-c. 40/35 BC) exercised significant literary and philosophical influence on Roman writers of the Augustan Age, most notably the poets Vergil and Horace. Yet a modern appreciation for Philodemus' place in Roman intellectual history has had to wait on the decipherment of the charred remains of Philodemus' library, which was buried in Herculaneum by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. As impr…
Neoteric Poetics
On The Harvard School Forty Years After
On The Harvard School Forty Years After W. R. Johnson It was in the senior year of Latin that I first encountered Virgil's epic (books 1, 2, 4, 6), which was then regarded as an allegorical imitation of Homer, a poem in which a court poet of genius celebrated Augustus, savior of Rome and its empire. Since our main concerns were with syntax, scansion, and vocabulary, we spent little time considering what the poem might mean. Its hero, Aeneas, patr…
A Latin Lover in Ancient Rome: Readings in Propertius and His Genre
Horace and the Dialectic of Freedom: Readings in Epistles 1
Informal in tone and seemingly effortless in movement, Horace's Epistles have haunted and delighted readers for two millennia. W. R. Johnson offers an extraordinarily suggestive new interpretation of Book 1 of the Epistles, an interpretation not only of the poems but of the poet they reveal.Johnson regards the Epistles as the fruit of the poet's search for freedom, clarity of perception, and inner harmony in a complex society. He portrays Horace …
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