I, the Poet: First-Person Form in Horace, Catullus, and Propertius

by Kathleen McCarthy

First-person poetry is a familiar genre in Latin literature. Propertius, Catullus, and Horace deployed the first-person speaker in a variety of ways that either bolster or undermine the link between this figure and the poet himself. In I, the Poet, Kathleen McCarthy offers a new approach to understanding the ubiquitous use of a first-person voice in Augustan-age poetry, taking on several of the central debates in the field of Latin literary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501739557
• ISBN13: 9781501739552
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher