Francis Cairns is Professor of Classical Languages at The Florida State University. He has written numerous articles and books on Greek and Latin literature, including Propertius: The Augustan Elegist, Virgil's Augustan Epic and Tibullus: A Hellenistic Poet at Rome. He is editor of PLLS.

• Preface Abbreviations Addenda Part One: Genres and Topoi 1. In Media Res 2. The Antiquity and Development of the Genres 3. The Categories of Genres 4. Originally in the use of Topoi Part Two: The Constructive Principles of Genre 5. Inversion 6. Reaction 7. Inclusion 8. Speaker-variation 9. Addressee-variation Notes and References Translations Index of Genres and Examples General Index Postscript to the Revised Edition

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Francis Cairns is Professor of Classical Languages at The Florida State University. He has written numerous articles and books on Greek and Latin literature, including Propertius: The Augustan Elegist, Virgil's Augustan Epic and Tibullus: A Hellenistic Poet at Rome. He is editor of PLLS.

• Preface Abbreviations Addenda Part One: Genres and Topoi 1. In Media Res 2. The Antiquity and Development of the Genres 3. The Categories of Genres 4. Originally in the use of Topoi Part Two: The Constructive Principles of Genre 5. Inversion 6. Reaction 7. Inclusion 8. Speaker-variation 9. Addressee-variation Notes and References Translations Index of Genres and Examples General Index Postscript to the Revised Edition

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Francis Cairns is Professor of Classical Languages at The Florida State University. He has written numerous articles and books on Greek and Latin literature, including Propertius: The Augustan Elegist, Virgil's Augustan Epic and Tibullus: A Hellenistic Poet at Rome. He is editor of PLLS.

• Preface Abbreviations Addenda Part One: Genres and Topoi 1. In Media Res 2. The Antiquity and Development of the Genres 3. The Categories of Genres 4. Originally in the use of Topoi Part Two: The Constructive Principles of Genre 5. Inversion 6. Reaction 7. Inclusion 8. Speaker-variation 9. Addressee-variation Notes and References Translations Index of Genres and Examples General Index Postscript to the Revised Edition

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