Volume 32, Number 16 · October 24, 1985
Caviar to the General
By Bernard Knox
Pindar
by D.S. Carne-Ross
Yale University Press, 195 pp., $7.95 (paper)
Pindar is the first book in a new series, edited by John Herington for the Yale University Press, which aims to close a gap. It is the gap between 'the classical masters of Greece and Rome, those models of concision, elegance, and understanding of the human condition' and 'a sort of industrial complex, processing those masters into an annually growing output of technical articles and monographs.' The editor sees a need for the kind of book that will direct 'the general reader not to the pyramid of secondary literature piled over the burial places of the classical writers but to the living faces of the writers themselves, as perceived by a scholar-humanist with a deep knowledge of, and love for, his subject.' For his authors he looked for 'men and women possessed of…a love for literature in other languages, extending into modern times; a vision that extends beyond academe to contemporary life itself; and above all an ability to express themselves in clear, lively, and graceful English.'
Review, 3440 words
To read the full text of this piece, please choose one of the following options:
|
If you are already a subscriber to the Review's electronic edition, please sign in: |
To subscribe to the electronic edition, please press the button below. |
To purchase access to this article for $3, please press the button below. |