Latin Love Poetry. [Understanding Classics]

McCoskey, Denise Eileen and Zara M. Torlone

ISBN 10: 1780761910 / ISBN 13: 9781780761916

Published by I.B. Tauris, 2014

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pp.xxv, 233 pages, a Fine paperback [1780761910]. Appears unused and NOT FROM A LIBRARY, plus completely clean from any former owner markings.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Latin Love Poetry. [Understanding Classics]
• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780761910
• ISBN 13: 9781780761916
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Classical World

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Synopsis

I hate and I love.' The Roman poet Catullus expressed the disorienting experience of being in love in a stark contradiction that has resonated across the centuries. While his description might seem to modern readers natural and spontaneous, it is actually a response planned with great care and artistry. It is that artistry, and the way in which Roman love poetry works, that this book explores. Focusing on Catullus and on the later genre of elegy - so-called for its metre, and a form of poetry practiced by Tibullus, Propertius and Ovid - Denise Eileen McCoskey and Zara Martirosova Torlone discuss the devices used by the major Roman love poets, as well as the literary and historical contexts that helped shape their work. Setting poets and their writings especially against the turbulent backdrop of the Augustan Age (31 BCE-14 CE), the book examines the origins of Latin elegy; highlights the poets' key themes; and traces their reception by later writers and readers.

About the Authors

Denise Eileen McCoskey is Professor of Classics and affiliate in Black World Studies at Miami University, USA. She is the author of Race: Antiquity and Its Legacy (Bloomsbury, 2012) and editor of A Cultural History of Race in Antiquity (Bloomsbury, 2022).

Zara Martirosova Torlone is Assistant Professor of Classics, Miami University of Ohio.

Richard Stoneman is a classicist, editor and lecturer. An Honorary Fellow of Exeter University, he is the author of numerous books and guides including Daphne into Laurel, A Literary Companion to Travel In Greece, The Greek Alexander Romance and Alexander the Great: a Life in Legend. He was President of the Classical Association in 2009/10.