Catullus, who lived from about 84 to 54 BC, was one of ancient Rome’s most gifted, versatile and passionate poets. Living at a time of radical social change at the end of the Roman Republic, he belonged to a group of young poets who embraced Hellenistic forms to forge a new literary style, the so-called 'neoterics'.
This comprehensive edition includes the complete, unabridged and unbowdlerised poems and is the definitive student edition of Catullus' work. The extensive introduction covers topics including the role of Catullus' literary paramour Lesbia, the few biographical certainties known about Catullus' life and other figures from the contemporary political scene. In addition to this, there is a brief overview of the poems' textual history, discussion of Catullus' style across the collection and linguistic discussions of morphology, vocabulary, syntax and metre.
The commentary notes include individual introductions and bibliographies to each poem, as well as line by line notes which translate difficult phrases and gloss obscure words. In addition to this, more detailed explanations of poetic, structural and contextual points are also provided.
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Complete
Latin text of Catullus' poems with English Introduction and Notes.
Preface
Introduction
1 CATULLUS
2 LESBIA
3 THE CAELIUS AND RUFUS POEMS
4 THE COLLECTION
5 TEXT
6 STYLE
7 MORPHOLOGY
8 VOCABULARY
9 SYNTAX
10 IMAGERY
11 METRE
12 BIBLIOGRAPHY
Notes On The Introduction
Abbreviations
THE POEMS
Commentary
Index
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This definitive edition of the complete poems by one of ancient Rome’s most gifted, versatile and passionate poets includes a full introduction and extensive commentary notes
Includes an extensive introduction, covering topics such as the historical context, Catullus' literary style, syntax, imagery, metre and morphology
Student editions of key works of Latin literature with English introduction and commentary notes, explaining the contextual background and with linguistic help.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781853994975
Publisert
1998-01-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Bristol Classical Press
Vekt
526 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
334
Forfatter
Volume editor