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D.F.S. Thomson - Catullus - 9780802085924 - V9780802085924
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Catullus

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Description for Catullus Paperback. This revision of Douglas Thomson's Catullus: A Critical Edition (1978) offers a new text of the poems, with a commentary, a codicology of the manuscript tradition, and a thorough review of Catullus scholarship. Editor(s): Thomson, D. F. S. Series: Phoenix Supplementary Volumes. Num Pages: 578 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 960.

This work contains a major revision of Douglas Thomson's Catullus: A Critical Edition (1978), with the addition of a full commentary and a wholly new introduction. For the introduction and for each of the poems there is an extensive and current bibliography.

In the introduction, apart from sections on the life of Catullus, on the arrangement of the poems, and on their literary background, there is a lengthy discussion of the history of the text, as well as a review of the progress of Catullan studies from the editio princeps to the present day.

There are about seventy changes from ... Read more

Though this is not primarily intended as a 'school edition,' the commentary includes, in addition to critical judgments, translations and interpretations of words and phrases that may help to illuminate readings in the text.

Catullus offers readers a new text of the poems, with a commentary, a codicology of the manuscript tradition, and a thorough review of Catullus scholarship.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
578
Condition
New
Series
Phoenix Supplementary Volumes
Number of Pages
578
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802085924
SKU
V9780802085924
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About D.F.S. Thomson
Douglas F.S. Thomson is Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Toronto.

Reviews for Catullus
'Thomson is a most reliable and sympathetic guide to the poet. In addition to issues of text, he is especially concerned with matters of language and structure ... Here a well-known poem appears in a new light, and this is characteristic of the very considerable achievement of this edition. Thomson has made a significant contribution to the study of Latin ... Read more

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