Reading Catullus

by John Godwin

Book Overview

Of all the Roman poets Catullus is the most accessible for the modern reader. His poems range from the sublimely beautiful to the scatologically disgusting, from the world of heroic epic poetry to the dirt of the Roman streets. This accessible book, which assumes no prior knowledge of the poet or of Roman poetry in general, explores Catullus in all his many guises. In six concise chapters Godwin deals with the cultural background to Catullus' poetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904675646
• ISBN13: 9781904675648
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.3"