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Akrasia and the Catullan Lover : Resisting Reason in Republican Rome.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Hearn, Leah.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2026.
- Summary:
- This book explores psychological conflict and self-control in Catullus' erotic poetry, offering new insight into Roman philosophy, masculinity and poetic selfhood in the late Republic.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Halftitle page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Insatiable Lover of Lesbia
- No satisfaction
- Lesbia and the insatiable feminine
- The young lover in akratic conflict
- 2 Educating Juventius
- Bad influences: Juventius and pedagogic pederastyin Greece and Rome
- Poor rivals: Callimachus and erotic satiety
- Hungry Catullus, the base erastēs
- 3 Wandering from Reason: Attis, Ariadne and Catullus
- Emotions in the age of the gods
- Wandering and ethical conflict
- Reckless acts and the regrets of akrasia
- 4 Sick of Love
- Sick with desire
- Habitual disease
- Painful lessons
- 5 Friendship and the Impotence of Reason
- Friends with benefits
- Failing at friendship
- Between amor and odium
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-350-58338-3
- 1-350-58339-1
- OCLC:
- 1586550113
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