Catullus
1st Edition
Published on 20. March 2009
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-4051-1889-7 (ISBN)
Description
Catullus is one of the liveliest and most appealing Roman poets. His emotion, charm, and apparent spontaneity resonate with readers as strongly today as in antiquity. This sophisticated literary and historical introduction brings Catullus to life for the modern reader and presents his poetry in all its variety of emotions, subjects, and styles.
Places Catullus in a social, historical, and literary context
Examines Catallus's style and subjects, and provides a literary introduction to his major themes of love, social life, and politics
Discusses the reception of the poems by translators and interpreters
Places Catullus in a social, historical, and literary context
Examines Catallus's style and subjects, and provides a literary introduction to his major themes of love, social life, and politics
Discusses the reception of the poems by translators and interpreters
Reviews / Votes
"Gaisser (emer., Bryn Mawr College), who has written extensively on ancient Roman poetry and Renaissance Latin literature, has produced an excellent comprehensive guide to the major Roman poet Catullus." (CHOICE, December 2009)"Such a simple and yet profound book could only have been written by someone with the authority conferred by a detailed knowledge of Catullus' work, its transmission and its reception over the ages. ... I consider [it] the best existing survey on Catullus." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, December 2009)
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-1889-7 (9781405118897)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Julia Haig Gaisser is Eugenia Chase Guild Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at Bryn Mawr College, and a past president of the American Philological Association. She is the author of Catullus and His Renaissance Readers (1993), Pierio Valeriano on the Ill Fortune of Learned Men: A Renaissance Humanist and His World (1999), and The Fortunes of Apuleius and the Golden Ass: A Study in Transmission and Reception (2008), and the editor of Catullus in English (2001), and Catullus (2007).
Content
List of Figures viii Preface ix
1 Introduction: The Young Poet in Rome 1
2 Poetry Books 22
3 The Catullan Persona 45
4 What Makes It Poetry 72
5 Poetic Architecture 100
6 Songs for Mixed Voices: Allusions, Intertexts, and Translations 133
7 Receiving Catullus 1: From Antiquity through the Sixteenth Century 166
8 Receiving Catullus 2: England and America 194
Appendix 1 Catullus' Meters 222
Appendix 2 Glossary of Metrical and Rhetorical Terms 223
Bibliography 225
General Index 235
Index of Catullus' Poems 242
1 Introduction: The Young Poet in Rome 1
2 Poetry Books 22
3 The Catullan Persona 45
4 What Makes It Poetry 72
5 Poetic Architecture 100
6 Songs for Mixed Voices: Allusions, Intertexts, and Translations 133
7 Receiving Catullus 1: From Antiquity through the Sixteenth Century 166
8 Receiving Catullus 2: England and America 194
Appendix 1 Catullus' Meters 222
Appendix 2 Glossary of Metrical and Rhetorical Terms 223
Bibliography 225
General Index 235
Index of Catullus' Poems 242