Poetic interplay : Catullus and Horace / Michael C.J. Putnam.

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Putnam, Michael C. J

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text

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online resource

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9781400827428
1400827426

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Poetic interplay.DDC classification:

874/.01 22

LOC classification:

PA6411 .P84 2006eb

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18.46
FX 163005
FX 181605

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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"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.

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.

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