Catullus and His World A Reappraisal

Name: Catullus and His World A Reappraisal
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ISBN: 9780521319683

ISBN-10: 0521319684

ISBN-13: 9780521319683

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Authors: T. P. Wiseman

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This book is the first attempt to read the poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus in his own context; to look at the poet and his works against the cultural realities of the first century BC as recent advances in historical research allow us to understand them. Catullus' own social background, the circumstances of the literary life of his time, the true extent of his works and the variety of audiences he addressed - these and other questions are explored by Professor Wiseman with new and startling results. Contemporary high society and politics are illustrated through Clodia and Caelius Rufus, considered not as mere adjuncts to Catullus' story but as significant historical personalities in their…

Book details

List price: $47.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/26/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.54" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface



A world not ours



Clodia: pleasure and sway



The trial of Marcus Caelius



Catullus in context



'Lesbia Illa'



The unknown Catullus



The afterlife of Lesbia


Appendix


Endnotes


Bibliography


Index of passages


General index


Plates at end