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The Complete Elegies of Sextus Propertius
Sextus Propertius
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Paperback. The Roman poet Propertius is best known as the writer who perfected the Latin love elegy. A contemporary of Virgil and Horace, Propertius has influenced scores of poets - from Ovid to Housman to Pound. This work contains poems that pay tribute to Cynthia, Propertius's romantic obsession, but the scope of these 107 elegies is broad. Translator(s): Katz, Vincent. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 520 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728.
The Roman poet Propertius is best known as the writer who perfected the Latin love elegy, a technical as much as a psychological and cultural feat. Propertius has been admired for both his metrical genius and the modernity of his narrative flow. Many of the poems here pay tribute to Cynthia, Propertius's romantic obsession, but the scope of these 107 elegies is broad. Propertius's poetry offers a fascinating look into life in the Augustan age, addressing social, political, and historical subjects. A contemporary of Virgil and Horace, Propertius has influenced scores of poets--from Ovid to Housman to Pound. His poetry ... Read more
The Roman poet Propertius is best known as the writer who perfected the Latin love elegy, a technical as much as a psychological and cultural feat. Propertius has been admired for both his metrical genius and the modernity of his narrative flow. Many of the poems here pay tribute to Cynthia, Propertius's romantic obsession, but the scope of these 107 elegies is broad. Propertius's poetry offers a fascinating look into life in the Augustan age, addressing social, political, and historical subjects. A contemporary of Virgil and Horace, Propertius has influenced scores of poets--from Ovid to Housman to Pound. His poetry ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Series
Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691115825
SKU
V9780691115825
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About Sextus Propertius
Vincent Katz is a poet, translator, art critic, and curator. He is the author of "Charm", translations from the Latin of book I of the elegies of Sextus Propertius, as well as eight books of original poetry.
Reviews for The Complete Elegies of Sextus Propertius
Winner of the 2005 National Translation Award, American Literary Translators Association "One very particular modern American poet was famously taken with the Umbrian's lively, pompous, eloquent, pedantic, subtle and comic qualities
what Katz calls his "willful strangeness" and "rough beauty"
namely Ezra Pound. It is a fascinating exercise to compare Katz's sturdily faithful version [to Pound's]."
Paul Cartledge, Sunday Telegraph
what Katz calls his "willful strangeness" and "rough beauty"
namely Ezra Pound. It is a fascinating exercise to compare Katz's sturdily faithful version [to Pound's]."
Paul Cartledge, Sunday Telegraph