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N. Gregson Davis, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Humanities

N. Gregson Davis

Please note: N. has left the "Classical Studies" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

My primary field of research in Classical Studies is ancient Greek and Latin poetry, and the focus of my published work is on the interpretation of the poetry of the major Augustan poets, Horace, Vergil and Ovid. I also pursue research in contemporary Caribbean Literature, with special emphasis on the Francophone and Anglophone literary traditions (particularly the poetry of the Martinican, Aimé Césaire, and the St.Lucian nobel laureate, Derek Walcott). My current research explores the interconnections between philosophy (especially ethics), rhetoric and poetry in Augustan and eary Imperical Latin literature.

Contact Info:
Office Location:  233G Allen Building, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:  (919) 684-3779
Email Address: send me a message
Web Page:  http://www.duke.edu/web/classics/~gdav

Teaching (Spring 2024):

  • LATIN 768S.01, SEMINAR LAT LIT II (TOP) Synopsis
    Allen 229, Th 01:25 PM-03:55 PM
Office Hours:

W 4:30 to 5:30 PM
Office Location Allen 233E
Education:

Ph.D.University of California - Berkeley1969
B.A. Harvard University1960
Research Interests:

Greek and Latin Poetry; francophone and anglophone Caribbean Literature; rhetoric; semiotics; pragmatics; reception of Classics in Caribbean literature

Keywords:

Caribbean literature (English) • Caribbean literature (French) • Latin literature • Martinican literature (French)

Bio

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

    Recent Publications   (More Publications)

    1. Davis, G, POLYHYMNIA: THE RHETORIC OF HORATION LYRIC DISCOURSE (January, 2023), pp. 1-282, University of California Press, ISBN 0520070771 (Berkeley/Los Angeles/ Oxford.)  [abs]
    2. Euphrosyne, edited by Davis, G; Burian, P; Clay, JS, Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, vol. 370 (2020), de Gruyter
    3. Crichlow, MA; Davis, G, Introduction, South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 115 no. 3 (July, 2016), pp. 437-440, Duke University Press [doi]
    4. Davis, G, Forging a caribbean literary style: Vulgar eloquence and the language of césaire's cahier d'un retour au pays natal, South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 115 no. 3 (July, 2016), pp. 457-467, Duke University Press [doi]
    5. Davis, G, Journal of a Homecoming, in Cahier d'un retour au pays natal by Aimé Césaire (2016), Duke University Press (translated by Davis, G.)  [abs]


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