Charles Martindale is Professor of Latin in the University of Bristol.

His style is bold, full of asides, playful, and sometimes aphoristic; he can be confrontational and provocative and is always alert to semantic richness and eager to exploit its effects in English and Latin... The readings of Horace, Catullus, Propertius, Virgil, Lucretius, Ovid and Lucan contained in the book show what a skilled close reader Martindale is, combining a wide learning with a remarkable imaginative force.

• 1. Immanuel Kant and Aesthetic Judgement (Horace) ; 2. Content, Form, and Frame (Catullus, Horace, Propertius) ; 3. Distinguishing the Aesthetic: Politics and Art (Virgil, Horace) ; 4. The Aesthetic Turn: Latin Poetry and Aesthetic Criticism (Lucretius, Ovid, Lucan)

Charles Martindale is Professor of Latin in the University of Bristol.

His style is bold, full of asides, playful, and sometimes aphoristic; he can be confrontational and provocative and is always alert to semantic richness and eager to exploit its effects in English and Latin... The readings of Horace, Catullus, Propertius, Virgil, Lucretius, Ovid and Lucan contained in the book show what a skilled close reader Martindale is, combining a wide learning with a remarkable imaginative force.

• 1. Immanuel Kant and Aesthetic Judgement (Horace) ; 2. Content, Form, and Frame (Catullus, Horace, Propertius) ; 3. Distinguishing the Aesthetic: Politics and Art (Virgil, Horace) ; 4. The Aesthetic Turn: Latin Poetry and Aesthetic Criticism (Lucretius, Ovid, Lucan)

Charles Martindale is Professor of Latin in the University of Bristol.

His style is bold, full of asides, playful, and sometimes aphoristic; he can be confrontational and provocative and is always alert to semantic richness and eager to exploit its effects in English and Latin... The readings of Horace, Catullus, Propertius, Virgil, Lucretius, Ovid and Lucan contained in the book show what a skilled close reader Martindale is, combining a wide learning with a remarkable imaginative force.

• 1. Immanuel Kant and Aesthetic Judgement (Horace) ; 2. Content, Form, and Frame (Catullus, Horace, Propertius) ; 3. Distinguishing the Aesthetic: Politics and Art (Virgil, Horace) ; 4. The Aesthetic Turn: Latin Poetry and Aesthetic Criticism (Lucretius, Ovid, Lucan)