Catullus and the Poetics of Roman Manhood [Hardcover]

David Wray (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 24, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0521661277 | ISBN-13: 978-0521661270

This literary study of the first-century BCE Roman poet, Catullus uses two sets of comparative models to offer a new understanding of his poems. The first consists of cultural anthropological accounts of male social interaction in the premodern Mediterranean, and the second, the postmodern poetics of such twentieth-century poets as Louis Zukofsky, which are characterized by simultaneous juxtaposition, a "collage" aesthetic, and self-allusive play. The book will be of interest to students of comparative literature and gender studies as well as to classicists.

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"Because of the technical nature of the language and ideas, this text is clearly aimed at graduate students and scholars in the field of Latin poetry and comparative literature." Religious Studies Review

Book Description

A literary study of the first-century BCE Roman poet, Catullus. This book uses two sets of comparative models to offer a new understanding of Catullus' poems as self-performance: first, cultural anthropological accounts of male social interaction in the premodern Mediterranean, and second, the postmodern poetics of such twentieth-century poets as Louis Zukofsky, which are characterized by simultaneous juxtaposition, a 'collage' aesthetic, and self-allusive play. The book will be of interest to students of comparative literature and gender studies as well as to classicists.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 258 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (September 24, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521661277
• ISBN-13: 978-0521661270
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,798,137 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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