{"product_id":"poets-in-a-landscape-9781590173381","title":"Poets in a Landscape","description":"Gilbert Highet was a legendary teacher at Columbia University, admired both for his scholarship and his charisma as a lecturer.\u003ci\u003e Poets in a Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e is his delightful exploration of Latin literature and the Italian landscape. As Highet writes in his introduction, \"I have endeavored to recall some of the greatest Roman poets by describing the places were they lived, recreating their characters and evoking the essence of their work.\" The poets are Catullus, Vergil, Propertius, Horace, Tibullus, Ovid, and Juvenal. Highet brings them life, setting them in their historical context and locating them in the physical world, while also offering crisp modern translations of the poets' finest work. The result is an entirely sui generis amalgam of travel writing, biography, criticism, and pure poetry--altogether an unexcelled introduction to the world of the classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590173381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.16w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 247\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gilbert Highet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44833761820853,"sku":"9781590173381","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_744ab6be-b86d-4d8b-a3c0-88e43163ad34.jpg?v=1732030021","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/poets-in-a-landscape-9781590173381","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}