Binding: Paperback
Description: Catullus is one of the most popular poets to survive from classical antiquity. Above all others he seems to speak to modern readers with a modern voice. The distinguished contributors to this Companion discuss the principal subjects which drew Catullus affection and disgust above all his famous affair with the woman he calls Lesbia' and situate him in the social historical and intellectual context of first - century BC Rome. One of the so - called 'new poets' Catullus had a profound effect on subsequent Latin poetry and this is explored especially for the Augustan age and the late first century AD. A significant part of the volume is concerned with Catullus survival into the modern world. There are discussions both of the manuscript tradition and of the interpretative scholarship which has been devoted to his poetry as well as his reception by renaissance and later poets. Students in particular will appreciate this book.
Title: The Cambridge Companion To Catullus
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781316644713
Pages: 410 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises
Publication Date: 6/24/2021
Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
Category: European History