Lays Of Ancient Rome: With Ivry And The Armada
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Reading copy with markings
Condition remarks: fep clipped.
A landmark work of Victorian narrative poetry, Lays of Ancient Rome: With Ivry and the Armada presents a stirring collection of ballads in which Thomas Babington Macaulay resurrects the heroic legends of early Roman history with thunderous, martial energy. The four Roman lays — including the celebrated Horatius, which chronicles the legendary defense of a bridge against the Etruscan army — are composed in the tradition of ancient oral poetry, imagined as the songs that common Roman citizens might have sung to honor their ancestors. Macaulay's verse is bold and rhythmically propulsive, designed to evoke the visceral excitement of battle and the timeless power of patriotic sacrifice. The volume also includes two additional ballads, Ivry and The Armada, which bring the same rousing, triumphant tone to pivotal moments in European history — the Huguenot victory at the Battle of Ivry and England's defeat of the Spanish Armada. Together, these poems illustrate Macaulay's genius for transforming historical drama into accessible, emotionally charged verse that has captivated readers since its first publication in 1842.
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
Format: Hardback
Published: 1850, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Reading copy with markings
Condition remarks: fep clipped.
A landmark work of Victorian narrative poetry, Lays of Ancient Rome: With Ivry and the Armada presents a stirring collection of ballads in which Thomas Babington Macaulay resurrects the heroic legends of early Roman history with thunderous, martial energy. The four Roman lays — including the celebrated Horatius, which chronicles the legendary defense of a bridge against the Etruscan army — are composed in the tradition of ancient oral poetry, imagined as the songs that common Roman citizens might have sung to honor their ancestors. Macaulay's verse is bold and rhythmically propulsive, designed to evoke the visceral excitement of battle and the timeless power of patriotic sacrifice. The volume also includes two additional ballads, Ivry and The Armada, which bring the same rousing, triumphant tone to pivotal moments in European history — the Huguenot victory at the Battle of Ivry and England's defeat of the Spanish Armada. Together, these poems illustrate Macaulay's genius for transforming historical drama into accessible, emotionally charged verse that has captivated readers since its first publication in 1842.