Catullus: Poems

by Gaius Valerius Catullus, G.A. Williamson (Editor)

Overview

Ewan Whyte has done a remarkable job in providing us with a current and contemporary translation of one of the greatest writers/poets of all time. Bawdy, crude, passionate, venomous, satirical...this is a poet who is always vital and current. Why a bilingual edition? Because modern readers will love to read the Latin text out loud! And, Latin is experiencing a global 'comeback'. Radio Finland broadcasts a program in Latin and even TIME Magazine has stated that Latin is coming-back. Here is a book to get on the wave' with!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780862922115
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/01/1991
Series:	Latin Texts
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

Catullus

Kenneth Quinn was a fellow of St Johns College, Cambridge and later became Professor of Classics in the University of Otago, New Zealand.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. Catullus
2. Lesbia
3. The Caelius and Rufus Poems
4. The Collection
5. Text
6. Style
7. Morphology
8. Vocabulary
9. Syntax
10. Imagery
11. Metre
12. Bibliography
13. Notes on the Introduction
14. Abbreviations
15. The Poems
16. Commentary
17. Index