A short introduction to Horace’s Ode 4.2, which is dedicated to Augustus the deliverer of the Roman state. The introduction includes a discussion of the poem’s images, motifs, and themes. Read Article
It is our task as critics to identify the facts of the Bacchae and to understand how those facts guide the play through an internal necessity towards its tragic conclusion. Read Article
Aristotle grounds art, and in particularly poetry, as an imitative art through which we come to know better the world around us. Read Article
The function of literary critcism is to determine what is of value within a work of literature, and how a work of literature reflects reality. Read Article