Catullan Questions Revisited
Published on 5. October 2022
188 pages
978-1-009-23575-4 (ISBN)
Description
Catullan Questions Revisited offers a new insight into the brilliant poet who loved an aristocratic girl, attacked Julius Caesar and became a satirical playwright. Insisting on scrupulous use of the primary sources, Peter Wiseman combines textual, historical and even archaeological evidence to explode the orthodox view of Catullus' life and work. 'Lesbia' was not a woman in her thirties, as has been believed for 150 years, but a girl only recently married; Catullus' poems were written for performance, private or public, and it was only in 54 BC, at what he saw as the turning-point of his life, that he collected their texts into a sequence of probably seven volumes. His subsequent literary career, equally successful but much less well attested, was as a 'mime'-dramatist. This book is intended for everyone who is interested in poetry and history, and who does not believe that literary texts exist in a vacuum.
Reviews / Votes
'It is always a pleasure to read Wiseman: the style, the intellect, the ingenuity ... And, although here the reader must take care not to become bedazzled, there is always authentic, welcome erudition. All of which is to say that I enjoyed this book.' W. Jeffrey Tatum, Gnomon 'In light of the wealth of stimuli and suggestions that the volume offers, of the interest of the issues addressed and the breadth of sources and data used, certainly this work will continue to fuel the dialogue between historical criticism and literary criticism on Catullus.' Filomena Bernardo, Exemplaria ClassicaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
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File size
6,80 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-009-23575-4 (9781009235754)
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Catullan Questions Revisited
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Catullan Questions Revisited
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10/2022
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Content
Part I: 1. Who was Lesbia?; 2. How many books?; 3. Where was the audience?; 4. What were the long poems?; Part II: 5. How Gallic were the Transpadanes?; 6. Why is Ariadne naked?; 7. Clodia: some imaginary lives.
