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Burd, Aubrey

 
9780786714728: Catullus: A Poet In The Rome Of Julius Caesar
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ISBN 10: 0786714727 ISBN 13: 9780786714728
Editorial: Basic Books, 2004

Sinopsis

The author of Danse Macabre surveys the golden age of the Roman Republic, focusing particular attention on the life of the poet Catullus, a man from a privileged background who garnered a notorious reputation for his poetry and his outlandish behavior.

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Surveying the times in which the extraordinarily popular poet Catullus thrivedca. 8454 B. C. , the golden days of the Roman RepublicAubrey Burl reconstructs the life of a man who epitomized an era. Catullus demonstrated a genius for the epigram, as well as the lyric, for heartfelt love songs and moving elegies. Nor did Catullus leave himself out of his pungent, spare, ironic, and superbly crafted verses, reflecting not only his personal temperament but also his perceived values, and often disparages, in a Rome increasingly beset by civil war, moral laxity, and social unrest. This book takes Catullus from his native Verona, where he grew up in wealth and influence, to Rome and to fame. A well-liked, sociable man, he entertained his friends in the lavish fashion of his day while he amused and shocked his public with urbane poetic trifles. He intrigued his public with love poems addressed to Lesbiain reality, a married woman named Clodiawith whom he had a tempestuous affair. Though brilliant by any standard, these intimate lyrics would not save Catullus from centuries of obscurity, although they would eventually emerge in a lone third generation copy of a book in the fourteenth century, in his hometown of Verona.

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Editorial
Basic Books
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0786714727
ISBN 13 
9780786714728
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Número de páginas
298
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