Catullus Poems

Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius. CATULLI. TIBULLI. PROPERTII. OPERA. John Baskerville, Birmingham: 1772. 1772

pp. (2), 352. Cancellans at A2 & H3. 4to. [295 x 230 mm.] Printed on Baskerville's fine, smooth Writing Royal paper. Worn full contemporary mottled calf. All edges decorated red. Gaskell 44. W113 Caius Valerius Catullus (Ca. 84-54 B.C.), Roman poet, born in Verona, of a well-to-do family. He went to Rome (62 B.C.) where he fell deeply in love, probably with Clodia, sister of Cicero's opponent Publ ius Clodius. She was suspected of murdering her husband. Catullus wrote to his beloved, addressed as Lesbia (to recall Sappho of Lesbos), a series of superb little poems that run from early passion and tenderness to the hatred and disillusionment that overwhelmed him after his mistress was faithless. His works include, besides the Lesbia poems, poems to his young friend Juventius; epigrams, ranging from the genial to the obscenely derisive; elegies; a few long poems, notably "Attis" and a nuptial poem honoring Thetis and Peleus; and various short pieces. His satire is vigorous and flexible, hi s light poems joyful and full-bodied. He was influenced by the Alexandrians and drew much on the Greeks for form and meter, but his genius outran all models. Catullus is one of the greatest lyric poet s of all time.

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Quinn, Kenneth ( Editor, Introduction, Commentary ): Catullus ---- The Poems, United Kingdom / San Francisco Macmillan Education 1982 ; fester Einband / hard cover
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460 pages, includes next poems: CATULLUS, LESBIA, THE CAELIUS AND DRUFUS, THE COLLECTION, THE POEMS. Firs published 1970, second edition was printed 1973, reprinted 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981 1nd 1982. Exlibris stamp on the front end paper, clean and tight other than that. Very vlight rubbing to the hard cover. Reprint Hard Cover 48mo - over 3" - 4"; Reprint

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Hurley, Amanda Kolson. Catullus (Ancients in Action) - ( ANCIENT HISTORY ). United Kingdom: Duckworth Pub, 2004. ; weicher Einband / soft cover
1853996696, FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED - 144 pages; 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches -- Hurley examines the skilful rhetoric the poet employs to gain his reader's sympathy, and confronts a major difficulty involved in reading Catullus. -- Catullus, who lived from about 84 to 54 BC, was one of ancient Rome's most gifted, versatile and passionate poets.Living at a time of radical social change at the end of the Roman Republic, he belonged to a group of young poets who embraced Hellenistic forms to forge a new literary style. Catullus appears in his poems as a complex figure: erudite, earthy, confessional yet self-aware, he was both a provincial from the Italian countryside and a streetwise gentleman of Rome. In this accessible short book Amanda Kolson Hurley explores the many facets of Catullus' poetry, discussing in detail over twenty of his most important poems, ranging from obscene and abusive epigrams to delicate lyrics and formal wedding hymns. Catullus relates many of his poems in the first person, and may therefore seem an artlessly sincere narrator, yet this impression is misleading. Hurley examines the skilful rhetoric the poet employs to gain his reader's sympathy, and confronts a major difficulty involved in reading Catullus: while the autobiographical hints in his most famous poems make us want to learn more about him, much of his history has been lost. The book presents the poet's work clearly in the context of ancient Roman culture and society, and looks at the reception of Catullus in English literature, a tradition that has shaped modern thinking about the poet. -- AUTHOR: Amanda Kolson Hurley wrote her Ph.D. on Catullus. She is assistant editor of Archaeology Odyssey and Biblical Archaeology Review. She lives in Washington D.C. -- 1. Between Myth and History: The Life of Catullus * 2. Defining Catullan Poetics: The Opening Sequence * 3. Male Friendship in Catullus * 4. Catullan Self-Address * 5. Crossing the Threshold * 6. The Artist in a Fallen World * 7. The Elegiacs
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Catullus (Guy Lee, trans.): The Poems of Catullus, Oxford, UK Oxford University Press 1991 ISBN: 0192828509

Paperback VERY GOOD- Tight, faint page yellowing, clean slight curl and wear to exterior edges. Ex-library with stamp on exterior page edges and bar-code sticker on back. "complete edition of Catullus' poems His full-blooded personal poetry, dealing candidly with the basic human emotions of love and hate, exerts an irresistible appeal...mastery of three distinct genres: short poems with lyric meteres; long ones, all describing mythological weddings; epigrams (with) skillful use of invective...attack(ing) contemporaries...blatantly obscene..yet command(ing) respect from his public then and now..."; (3rd printing)

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