Catullus : poems, books, readers /

In this book, a sequel to Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace (Cambridge University Press, 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Du Quesnay, Ian M. Le M., 1947-, Woodman, A. J. (Anthony John), 1945-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Catullus, Gaius Valerius > Criticism and interpretation. Catullus, Gaius Valerius > Influence. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Online Access:	Cover image Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

Prologue; 1. Callimachus in Verona: Catullus and Alexandrian poetry / Damien P. Nelis; 2. Representation and the materiality of the book in Catullus's polymetrics / Denis Feeney; 3. Booking lovers: desire and design in Catullus / G.O. Hutchinson; 4. Catullus and the Garland of Meleager / Kathryn Gutzwiller; 5. Poem 45: the wooing of Acme and Septimius / Francis Cairns; 6. A covering letter: poem 65 / Tony Woodman; 7. Three problems in poem 66 / Ian M. Le M. Du Quesnay; 8. Putting on the yoke of necessity: myth, intertextuality and moral agency in poem 68 / Monica R. Gale; 9. Virgil's Catullan plots / Philip Hardie; 10. Catullan contexts in Ovid's Metamorphoses / K. Sara Myers; Epilogue.