The complete poetry of Catullus

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Catullus, Gaius Valerius.

Contributor:

Mulroy, David D., 1943- Contributor.

Series:

Wisconsin studies in classics The complete poetry of Catullus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elegiac poetry, Latin--Translations into English.

Elegiac poetry, Latin.

Love poetry, Latin--Translations into English.

Love poetry, Latin.

Epigrams, Latin--Translations into English.

Epigrams, Latin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of Wisconsin Press 2002

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Catullus' life was akin to pulp fiction. In Julius Caesar's Rome, he engages in a stormy affair with a consul's wife. He writes her passionate poems of love, hate, and jealousy. The consul, a vehement opponent of Caesar, dies under suspicious circumstances. The merry widow romances numerous young men. Catullus is drawn into politics and becomes a cocky critic of Caesar, writing poems that dub Julius a low-life pig and a pervert. Not surprisingly, soon after, no more is heard of Catullus. David Mulroy brings to life the witty, poignant, and brutally direct voice of a flesh-and-blood man, a young provincial in the Eternal City, reacting to real people and events in a Rome full of violent conflict among individuals marked by genius and megalomaniacal passions. Mulroy's lively, rhythmic translations of the poems are enhanced by an introduction and commentary that provide biographical and bibliographical information about Catullus, a history of his times, a discussion of the translations, and definitions and notes that ease the way for anyone who is not a Latin scholar.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Complete Poetry of Catullus

Bibliography.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786613655059

9781280678127

1280678127

9780299177737

0299177734