THE fascination of Latin poetry is to many inexplicable. Its detects as literature have been often pointed out. It has been pronounced an exotic from first to last; its forms, subjects, and much of ...

ROMAN poetry begins in 514 (about 240 B. C.) with Livius Andronicus, who translated the Odyssey into Saturnian verse, — a work about which we know nothing that is interesting except that Horace ...

Ovid, poet of love: Many anonymous works written after his death came to be ascribed to him, “whether or not their authors were trying to imitate his style or not,” according to Ralph ...

Here’s the answer to a hypothetical “Jeopardy” query: “Who are Pablo Neruda and, um…?” And now, the question: “Which modern Latin American poets could an average U.S. reader likely name without using ...

Prof. Emeritus W. Ralph Johnson, a distinctive critic of Latin poetry and the renowned University of Chicago author of multiple books on Latin and comparative literature, passed away on April 13. He ...

Poetry isn't just for highbrow bookworms and literature buffs. Recently, Instagram phenomenons like poet Rupi Kaur and her 4.4 million followers, as well as inspiring trailblazers like Amanda Gorman, ...

(Left to right) Marta López Luaces, Lizabel Mónica, Azahara Palomeque, and Mercedes Roffé read their poetry at the Kelly Writers House event. Credit: Maria Murad Kelly Writers House hosted its ...

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