Latin Language Reference, Ancient Roman Poetry - Literary Criticism, Prosody

A Guide to Latin Meter and Verse Composition (Anthem Classics and Classical Studies)

Name: A Guide to Latin Meter and Verse Composition (Anthem Classics and Classical Studies)
Author: David J. Califf
ISBN: 9781898855729

by David J. Califf, John Traupman

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Overview

This textbook is the first comprehensive guide to Latin verse composition to be published in over one hundred years. It combines a detailed analysis of the Roman poets' metrical practices with a series of graduated exercises designed to train the student in the composition of original Latin verse.

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About the Author, David J. Califf

Dr David J Califf teaches Latin at the Academy of Notre Dame in Villanova, Pennsylvania. He has published widely on Latin poetry and verse composition, and a number of his Latin poems have appeared in The Classical Outlook.