David H. Porter
Horace's Poetic Journey: A Reading of Odes 1-3.
Princeton University Press, 1987. First edition. 0691067023 xiv/281 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9", is bound in dark brown, with gilt-lettered black spine label. Gift inscription and date appear at top of front flyleaf. Book is otherwise in fine condition, with firm binding, clean and bright pages. Dust jacket has small spot at lower outside corner, with darkening to spine and edges of panels. 
"David Porter's approach Horace's most important lyric collection is through a close sequential reading of the eighty-eight poems in "Odes" 1-3. Taking into account the way an ancient book was read or recited, this view of the work as a continuously unfolding creation reveals a strong sense of forward movement and of thematic development, at times almost narrative flow. While earlier studies have shown that Horace intended these three books to be read as a unit, this fresh reading of the collection demonstrates the degree to which Horace has wrested harmony from dissonance and unity from multiplicity."