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Author Putnam, Michael C. J.

Title Poetic interplay : Catullus and Horace / Michael C.J. Putnam
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (x, 171 pages)
Series Martin classical lectures
Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered). New series.
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
Notes "Expanded version of the Charles Beebe Martin Classical Lectures, delivered at Oberlin College in March 2004"--Preface
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and indexes
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Subject Horace -- Knowledge -- Literature
Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta -- In literature
Catullus, Gaius Valerius -- Influence
Virgil -- In literature
SUBJECT Virgil -- In literature
Catullus, Gaius Valerius -- Influence
Horace -- Knowledge -- Literature
Catullus, Gaius Valerius fast
Horace fast
Virgil fast
Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta fast
Subject Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Odes -- History and criticism
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature
Odes
Gedichten.
Receptie.
Latijn.
SUBJECT Rome -- In literature
Subject Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400827428
1400827426