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[ SOLD OUT ] SYNDIKUS, H.P., Die Lyrik des Horaz. Band I. Erstes und zweites Buch. Band II. Drittes und viertes Buch. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1989/90. 2nd ed. XII,489;VIII,434p. Paperback. Series: Impulse der Forschung, Band 6/7. Nice copy. 'This interesting and attractive volume contains essays of from four to twenty pages on each of the odes in Horace's first and second books. There is more room for the larger issues than is possible in a conventional commentary; at the same time there is no temptation to jump about from poem to poem, and thus obscure the coherence of organic works of art. (...) The formal and conventional aspects of literature are understood in Germany as nowhere else, and Dr. Syndikus's handling of literary history is exemplary. (...) S. critical comments are not random speculations in the modern manner, but grow naturally out of the evidence. The remarks on structure are sensible and reliable. (...) To sum up, Dr. Syndikus's book is a notable achievement which establishes him among the leading contemporary interpreters of Roman poetry. (...) He has written with a concentration and economy rare in literary studies.' (R.G. M. NISBET on the first volume in The Classical Review (New Series), 1975, pp.212-14). (Antiquarian) (approx. delivery time: undeliverable)