{"product_id":"9780856463877","title":"Statius: Silvae","description":"\u003cbr\u003eIn this delightful homage to the now unfashionable Neapolitan poet, two contemporary poets who share a fascination with his work present their selection of fresh versions from his best-known collection. In their introductions they explore the background to his work and the qualities, literary and human, which drew them to him.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePublius Papinius Statius (c. 45-96 AD) was a prize-winning poet whose reputation remained high until well into the Middle Ages. He featured both in Chaucer’s \u003ci\u003eHouse of Fame\u003c\/i\u003e (as Stace’) and in Dante’s\u003ci\u003e Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, where he is called il dolce poeta’.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnthony Howell, born in 1945, is well known as a performance artist and as poet. He has published eleven collections of poetry, several – including his \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and\u003ci\u003e Dancers in Daylight\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) – with Anvil, as well as a novel and other prose works.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBill Shepherd, born in 1935, is a therapeutic counsellor. \u003ci\u003eHis Horace: The Complete Odes and Epodes\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Propertius: The Poems\u003c\/i\u003e were published as Penguin Classics in the 1980s. Several collections of his poetry have appeared, including three from Anvil. His most recent is \u003ci\u003eMother’s Milk\u003c\/i\u003e (Menard, 2006).\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Carcanet Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027185942768,"sku":"9780856463877","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780856463877_p0.jpg?v=1763828345","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780856463877","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}