David Alexander West
Biographic Data
| ID | 9317770 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Alexander West |
| GIVEN NAMES | David Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | West |
| SIGNATURE | WEST D A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Poetry and politics in the age of Augustus
Creative Imitation and Latin Literature
The poets and prose-writers of Greece and Rome were acutely conscious of their literary heritage. They expressed this consciousness in the regularity with which, in their writings, they imitated and alluded to the great authors who had preceded them. Such imitation was generally not regarded as plagiarism but as essential to the creation of a new literary work: imitating one's predecessors was in no way incompatible with originality or progress. …
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Creative Imitation and Latin Literature
The poets and prose-writers of Greece and Rome were acutely conscious of their literary heritage. They expressed this consciousness in the regularity with which, in their writings, they imitated and alluded to the great authors who had preceded them. Such imitation was generally not regarded as plagiarism but as essential to the creation of a new literary work: imitating one's predecessors was in no way incompatible with originality or progress. …
Poetry and politics in the age of Augustus
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