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Catullus

Poems, Books, Readers

Tony Woodman editor Ian M le M Du Quesnay editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:26th Oct '17

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This book provides specially commissioned in-depth discussions of the poetry of Catullus from ten leading Latin scholars.

In this book, a sequel to Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace (Cambridge, 2002), ten leading Latin scholars provide specially commissioned in-depth discussions of the poetry of Catullus, one of ancient Rome's most favourite and best loved poets.In this book, a sequel to Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace (Cambridge, 2002), ten leading Latin scholars provide specially commissioned in-depth discussions of the poetry of Catullus, one of ancient Rome's most favourite and best loved poets. Some chapters focus on the collection as a whole and the interrelationship of various poems; others deal with intertextuality and translation, and Catullus' response to his Greek predecessors, both classical and Hellenistic. Two of the key subjects are the communication of desire and the presentation of the real world. Some chapters provide analyses of individual poems, while others discuss how Catullus' poetry was read by Virgil and Ovid. A wide variety of critical approaches is on offer, and in the Epilogue the editors provide a provocative survey of the issues raised by the volume.

'The essays, all newly commissioned, are by an impressive range of leading classicists.' The Times Literary Supplement

ISBN: 9781108438544

Dimensions: 230mm x 153mm x 18mm

Weight: 480g

317 pages