Although many fine editions have appeared, both ancient and modern, of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura", the one aspect of his style, "imagery", which forms the subject of this thesis, has not hitherto been adequately treated. Different editors have different views on Lucretius. Bailey holds that the most important single characteristic of Lucretius is his lofty and noble diction. Smith sees in the archaic tone of the poem the keynote of Lucretius' style. All, however, agree that the poem presents an uninterrupted sucession of varied and colourful pictures.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.109734 |
| Date | January 1953 |
| Creators | Vallillee, Gerald. R. |
| Contributors | Carruthers, C. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts. (Department of Literature.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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