Time and the Erotic in Horace's Odes

"This study has much to offer specialists in the field of Horatian poetry in particular and of Augustan literature generally: its nuanced, insightful and provocative close readings of various poems; its successful efforts at problematizing both the poet/lover's perspective and the tendency of Horace's leading modern interpreters to adopt this perspective uncritically; its recognition that certain innovative, feminist perspectives pioneered in theoretically grounded studies of modern literature can prove helpful both in dealing with Horace's texts and in comprehending the limitations of traditional Horatian criticism."--Judith P. Hallett, University of Maryland

Ronnie Ancona is Assistant Professor of Classics and Director, Master of Arts in the Teaching of Latin, at Hunter College.