Statius : Silvae, Paperback by Howell, Anthony; Shepherd, Bill (TRN), Like Ne...
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Statius : Silvae, Paperback by Howell, Anthony; Shepherd, Bill (TRN), Like Ne.... Publius Papinius Statius (c. 45-96 AD) was a prize-winning poet whose reputation remained high until well into the Middle Ages. Anthony Howell, born in 1945, is well known as a performance artist and as poet. Statius : Silvae, Paperback by Howell, Anthony; Shepherd, Bill (TRN), ISBN 0856463876, ISBN-13 9780856463877, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In this delightful homage to the now unfashionable Neapolitan poet, two contemporary poets who share a fascination with his work present their selection of fresh versions from his best-known collection. In their introductions they explore the background to his work and the qualities, literary and human, which drew them to him. Publius Papinius Statius (c. 45-96 AD) was a prize-winning poet whose reputation remained high until well into the Middle Ages. He featured both in Chaucer&;s House of Fame (as `Stace&;) and in Dante&;s Divine Comedy , where he is called `il dolce poeta&;. Anthony Howell, born in 1945, is well known as a performance artist and as poet. He has published eleven collections of poetry, several &; including his Selected Poems (2000) and Dancers in Daylight (2003) &; with Anvil, as well as a novel and other prose works. Bill Shepherd, born in 1935, is a therapeutic counsellor. His Horace: The Complete Odes and Epodes and Propertius: The Poems were published as Penguin Classics in the 1980s. Several collections of his poetry have appeared, including three from Anvil. His most recent is Mother&;s Milk (Menard, 2006).
