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Carmina
Gaius Valerius Catullus
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Description for Carmina
Paperback. The love poems of one of the most influential writers of antiquity, translated by the award-winning Len Krisak. Editor(s): Krisak, Len. Translator(s): Krisak, Len. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 158.
Catullus is a companion of lovers and of those whom love has disappointed. He is also a satirical and epigrammatic writer who savagely consoles with laughter. Carmina captures in English both the mordant, scathing wit and also the concise tenderness, the famous love for reluctant Lesbia who is made present in these new versions. A range of English metres and rhymes evoke the epigrammatic power of the many modes and moods of this most engaging, erotic and influential of the Latin poets. He left a mark on Horace, Virgil, Ovid and on the lyric and epigrammatic traditions of all the ... Read more
Catullus is a companion of lovers and of those whom love has disappointed. He is also a satirical and epigrammatic writer who savagely consoles with laughter. Carmina captures in English both the mordant, scathing wit and also the concise tenderness, the famous love for reluctant Lesbia who is made present in these new versions. A range of English metres and rhymes evoke the epigrammatic power of the many modes and moods of this most engaging, erotic and influential of the Latin poets. He left a mark on Horace, Virgil, Ovid and on the lyric and epigrammatic traditions of all the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
157g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847772596
SKU
V9781847772596
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About Gaius Valerius Catullus
GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS (84 - 54 BC) was born in Verona to a wealthy family. He spent his early adulthood in Rome, with time out for service in the province of Bithynia. 'Lesbia', the love object of many of his Carmina, may have been notional or based on a real person. He greatly influenced the poetry of Horace, Virgil, and ... Read more
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