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.
By:
Gaius Valerius Catullus Volume editor:
Kenneth Quinn Imprint: Bristol Classical Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: New edition Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 526g ISBN:9781853994975 ISBN 10: 1853994979 Series:Latin Texts Pages: 334 Publication Date:01 February 1998 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
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
