Catullus - Couverture souple

Gaisser, Julia Haig

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1118255356 ISBN 13 : 9781118255353

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

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Quatrième de couverture :

Catullus is one of the liveliest and most appealing Roman poets.His emotion, charm, and apparent spontaneity resonate with readersas strongly today as in antiquity.

This sophisticated literary and historical introduction bringsCatullus to life for the modern reader and presents his poetry inall its variety of emotions, subjects, and styles. Julia Gaissersituates Catullus in his historical context, explaining the socialand sexual conventions underlying his work. She treats Catullus′slanguage, meters, and poetic architecture as essential elements ofhis poetry and shows how he has used them to achieve his poeticeffects. She discusses the physical constraints and artisticpossibilities of the papyrus roll, the character or persona thatCatullus presents in his poetry, the ways in which his poemsresonate both with each other and with earlier poetry, and theinterpretations of his readers from antiquity to the present.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Catullus is one of the liveliest and most appealing Roman poets.His emotion, charm, and apparent spontaneity resonate with readersas strongly today as in antiquity. This sophisticated literary andhistorical introduction brings Catullus to life for the modernreader and presents his poetry in all its variety of emotions,subjects, and styles.

• Places Catullus in a social, historical, and literarycontext
• Examines Catallus′s style and subjects, and provides a literaryintroduction to his major themes of love, social life, andpolitics
• Discusses the reception of the poems by translators andinterpreters

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1118255356
• ISBN 13: 9781118255353
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 254