• Poets in a Landscape is a book by Gilbert Highet, a renowned teacher at Columbia University, known for his scholarship and charisma as a lecturer.
• Highet's book explores the connection between Latin literature and the Italian landscape, delving into the lives and works of seven Roman poets: Catullus, Vergil, Propertius, Horace, Tibullus, Ovid, and Juvenal.
• The author recreates the essence of each poet's work by describing the places they lived and immersing readers in their historical context.
• Alongside the vivid descriptions, Highet provides modern translations of the poets' finest works, making their brilliance accessible to contemporary readers.
• Poets in a Landscape is a unique blend of travel writing, biography, literary criticism, and poetry, making it a perfect introduction to the world of classical literature and the poetic geniuses of ancient Rome.

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