Tom Keeline
Biographic Data
| ID | 4684954 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tom Keeline |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tom |
| FAMILY NAME | Keeline |
| SIGNATURE | KEELINE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington University in St. Louis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Prose Rhythm, Latin
Classical Latin prose, like classical Latin poetry, had perceptible rhythms based on patterns of long and short syllables, called clausulae. Individual Latin authors had individual rhythmic preferences. Attention to these preferences can yield more sensitive close readings and sometimes help adjudicate questions about, for example, the attribution of doubtful works.
"Joseph Bardwell Lyman's "Historia Erotica
The Literary Artistry of Terentianus Maurus
Terentianus Maurus, a North African writing probably in the third century a.d. , bequeathed to posterity a preface and three polymetric poems: De litteris, De syllabis and De metris . The poems’ titles reflect their content, the first two covering the pronunciation of letters and syllables and the third discussing the details of a bewildering array of metres. Unpromising subject matter for poetry? On the contrary. Terentianus Maurus uses this raw…
Auceps syllabarum
In this article we describe a series of computer algorithms that generate prose rhythm data for any digitised corpus of Latin texts. Using these algorithms, we present prose rhythm data for most major extant Latin prose authors from Cato the Elder through the second century a.d . Next we offer a new approach to determining the statistical significance of such data. We show that, while only some Latin authors adhere to the Ciceronian rhythmic cano…
Model or Anti-model
It is often assumed that Pliny the Younger refers to his uncle and adoptive father, Pliny the Elder, with unquestioning admiration. I argue that there is instead a deep ambivalence in the Younger's references to the Elder, especially in the triptych Ep. 3.5, 6.16, and 6.20, but also elsewhere in the Epistles. Far from trying to construct a literary monument to his uncle's memory, Pliny deliberately chips away at that ideal image. In his subtle cr…
A Poet on the Margins
Towards a New Edition of Ovid’s Ibis
I show that the standard edition of Ovid’s Ibis , La Penna 1957, needs to be updated. Based on a fresh examination of the oldest manuscripts, my article demonstrates that La Penna’s tripartite stemma is untenable. A new bipartite stemma is proposed and justified, which results in a reappraisal of variants. I likewise show that a late humanist manuscript may preserve extra-stemmatic readings; these readings must be carefully considered. I also dis…
A Poet on the Margins
Model or Anti-model
It is often assumed that Pliny the Younger refers to his uncle and adoptive father, Pliny the Elder, with unquestioning admiration. I argue that there is instead a deep ambivalence in the Younger's references to the Elder, especially in the triptych Ep. 3.5, 6.16, and 6.20, but also elsewhere in the Epistles. Far from trying to construct a literary monument to his uncle's memory, Pliny deliberately chips away at that ideal image. In his subtle cr…
Towards a New Edition of Ovid’s Ibis
I show that the standard edition of Ovid’s Ibis , La Penna 1957, needs to be updated. Based on a fresh examination of the oldest manuscripts, my article demonstrates that La Penna’s tripartite stemma is untenable. A new bipartite stemma is proposed and justified, which results in a reappraisal of variants. I likewise show that a late humanist manuscript may preserve extra-stemmatic readings; these readings must be carefully considered. I also dis…
Auceps syllabarum
In this article we describe a series of computer algorithms that generate prose rhythm data for any digitised corpus of Latin texts. Using these algorithms, we present prose rhythm data for most major extant Latin prose authors from Cato the Elder through the second century a.d . Next we offer a new approach to determining the statistical significance of such data. We show that, while only some Latin authors adhere to the Ciceronian rhythmic cano…
Towards a New Edition of Ovid’s Ibis
I show that the standard edition of Ovid’s Ibis , La Penna 1957, needs to be updated. Based on a fresh examination of the oldest manuscripts, my article demonstrates that La Penna’s tripartite stemma is untenable. A new bipartite stemma is proposed and justified, which results in a reappraisal of variants. I likewise show that a late humanist manuscript may preserve extra-stemmatic readings; these readings must be carefully considered. I also dis…
A Poet on the Margins
Model or Anti-model
It is often assumed that Pliny the Younger refers to his uncle and adoptive father, Pliny the Elder, with unquestioning admiration. I argue that there is instead a deep ambivalence in the Younger's references to the Elder, especially in the triptych Ep. 3.5, 6.16, and 6.20, but also elsewhere in the Epistles. Far from trying to construct a literary monument to his uncle's memory, Pliny deliberately chips away at that ideal image. In his subtle cr…
Auceps syllabarum
In this article we describe a series of computer algorithms that generate prose rhythm data for any digitised corpus of Latin texts. Using these algorithms, we present prose rhythm data for most major extant Latin prose authors from Cato the Elder through the second century a.d . Next we offer a new approach to determining the statistical significance of such data. We show that, while only some Latin authors adhere to the Ciceronian rhythmic cano…
The Literary Artistry of Terentianus Maurus
Terentianus Maurus, a North African writing probably in the third century a.d. , bequeathed to posterity a preface and three polymetric poems: De litteris, De syllabis and De metris . The poems’ titles reflect their content, the first two covering the pronunciation of letters and syllables and the third discussing the details of a bewildering array of metres. Unpromising subject matter for poetry? On the contrary. Terentianus Maurus uses this raw…
"Joseph Bardwell Lyman's "Historia Erotica
Prose Rhythm, Latin
Classical Latin prose, like classical Latin poetry, had perceptible rhythms based on patterns of long and short syllables, called clausulae. Individual Latin authors had individual rhythmic preferences. Attention to these preferences can yield more sensitive close readings and sometimes help adjudicate questions about, for example, the attribution of doubtful works.
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