Poetic interplay : Catullus and Horace /
Putnam, Michael C. J.
Poetic interplay : Catullus and Horace / Michael C.J. Putnam. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006. - 1 online resource (x, 171 pages) - Martin classical lectures . - Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered). New series. .
"Expanded version of the Charles Beebe Martin Classical Lectures, delivered at Oberlin College in March 2004"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and indexes.
Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Time and Place; CHAPTER TWO: Speech and Silence; CHAPTER THREE: Helen; CHAPTER FOUR: Virgil; CHAPTER FIVE: Genres and a Dialogue; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Poems Cited; General Index.
The lives of Catullus and Horace overlap by a dozen years in the first century BC. Yet, though they are the undisputed masters of the lyric voice in Roman poetry, Horace directly mentions his great predecessor, Catullus, only once, and this reference has often been taken as mocking. In fact, Horace's allusion, far from disparaging Catullus, pays him a discreet compliment by suggesting the challenge that his accomplishment presented to his successors, including Horace himself. In Poetic Interplay, the first book-length study of Catullus's influence on Horace, Michael Putnam shows that the earli.
9781400827428 (electronic bk.) 1400827426 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt10277 JSTOR
Horace--Knowledge--Literature.
Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta --In literature.
Catullus, Gaius Valerius--Influence.
Virgil--In literature.
Virgil--In literature.
Catullus, Gaius Valerius--Influence.
Horace--Knowledge--Literature.
Catullus, Gaius Valerius.
Horace.
Virgil.
Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Odes--History and criticism.
Influence littéraire, artistique, etc.
Odes--Histoire et critique.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Ancient & Classical.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature.
Odes.
Gedichten.
Receptie.
Latijn.
Rome--In literature.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PA6411 / .P84 2006eb
874/.01
Poetic interplay : Catullus and Horace / Michael C.J. Putnam. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006. - 1 online resource (x, 171 pages) - Martin classical lectures . - Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered). New series. .
"Expanded version of the Charles Beebe Martin Classical Lectures, delivered at Oberlin College in March 2004"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and indexes.
Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Time and Place; CHAPTER TWO: Speech and Silence; CHAPTER THREE: Helen; CHAPTER FOUR: Virgil; CHAPTER FIVE: Genres and a Dialogue; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Poems Cited; General Index.
The lives of Catullus and Horace overlap by a dozen years in the first century BC. Yet, though they are the undisputed masters of the lyric voice in Roman poetry, Horace directly mentions his great predecessor, Catullus, only once, and this reference has often been taken as mocking. In fact, Horace's allusion, far from disparaging Catullus, pays him a discreet compliment by suggesting the challenge that his accomplishment presented to his successors, including Horace himself. In Poetic Interplay, the first book-length study of Catullus's influence on Horace, Michael Putnam shows that the earli.
9781400827428 (electronic bk.) 1400827426 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt10277 JSTOR
Horace--Knowledge--Literature.
Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta --In literature.
Catullus, Gaius Valerius--Influence.
Virgil--In literature.
Virgil--In literature.
Catullus, Gaius Valerius--Influence.
Horace--Knowledge--Literature.
Catullus, Gaius Valerius.
Horace.
Virgil.
Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Odes--History and criticism.
Influence littéraire, artistique, etc.
Odes--Histoire et critique.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Ancient & Classical.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature.
Odes.
Gedichten.
Receptie.
Latijn.
Rome--In literature.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PA6411 / .P84 2006eb
874/.01