The Anxiety of Self-Repetition – Autothematic Motifs in Horace's Odes 4.1 Cover Image

Lęk przed wtórnością – motywy autotematyczne w pieśni IV 1 Horacego
The Anxiety of Self-Repetition – Autothematic Motifs in Horace's Odes 4.1

Author(s): Radosław Piętka
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Komitet Nauk o Kulturze Antycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Horace; Ode 4.1; self-quotation

Summary/Abstract: Allusions to Horace’s earlier poems seem to indicate that in Odes 4.1 the subject’s reluctance to return to love expresses the poet’s doubts whether he should return to writing.

  • Issue Year: 62/2007
  • Issue No: 1+2
  • Page Range: 54-66
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish