MB Skinner

Broschiertes Buch

A Companion to Catullus

Beschreibung

In this companion, international scholars provide a comprehensiveoverview that reflects the most recent trends in Catullanstudies.

Explores the work of Catullus, one of the best Roman'lyric poets'
Provides discussions about production, genre, style, andreception, as well as interpretive essays on key poems and groupsof poems
Grounds Catullus in the socio-historical world around him
Chapters challenge received wisdom, present original readings,and suggest new interpretations of biographical evidence

Autor

Marilyn B. Skinner is professor of classics at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Her previous publications include Catullus' Passer: The Arrangement of the Book of Polymetric Poems (1981), Catullus in Verona (2003), Vergil, Philodemus, and the Augustans (co-edited, 2004), and Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture (Blackwell, 2005).

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1062g
• ISBN-13: 9781444339253
• ISBN-10: 1444339257
• Artikelnr.: 32873397