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Catullus in Verona: Reading of Elegiac Libellus Poems 65-11
2003Best.-Nr. 202263Ohio Stat University Press 2003. Hardcover. Like new. Like new case wrapped hardcover. 8vo. 6.34 x 0.83 x 9.24 inches Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes notes bibliography Index Locorum and a general index. 256 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Gaius Valerius Catullus is one of Rome's greatest surviving poets and also one of the most popular Latin authors. Comprehensive treatments of his work have been hindered however by the problems posed by the Catutllan collection as it has come down to us. Although many scholars now believe that Catullus did publish his verse in one or more small volumes libelli the theory that these books were rearranged after his death means that individual pieces continue to be read and analyzed separately without reference to their placement within the collection. Skinner challenges this theory of posthumous editorship by offering a unified reading of Catullus' elegiac poetry poems 65-116 in our collection and arguing that it constitutes what was once a separately circulated libellus whose authorial arrangement has been preserved intact. Purportedly issued from the poet's native city Verona to his Roman readership the volume presents itself as a valedictory. This reading of the elegiac collection represents a major departure in Catullan studies. The methodological contention that Catullus' elegiac poems are better approached as a single cohesive poetic statement makes this book a valuable new contribution to Catullan scholarship. Ohio Stat University Press hardcover
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