I, the poet : first-person form in Horace, Catullus, and Propertius /

First-person poetry is a familiar genre in Latin literature. Building on the Greek poetic tradition of performed poetry, Latin poets such as Propertius, Catullus, Horace, and Ovid positioned their speakers both as participants in the poem's narrative and as narrators standing outside the poem a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McCarthy, Kathleen, 1962- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Horace > Criticism and interpretation. Catullus, Gaius Valerius > Criticism and interpretation. Propertius, Sextus > Criticism and interpretation. Latin poetry > History and criticism > Theory, etc. First person narrative. Point of view (Literature) Self in literature.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : voices on the page
Poetry as conversation
Poetry as performance
Poetry that says Ego
Poetry as writing
Epilogue : Ovid in exile.