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Author Putnam, Michael C. J.

Title Poetic interplay : Catullus and Horace / Michael C.J. Putnam.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (x, 171 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Martin classical lectures
Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered). New series.
Note "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.
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.
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Subject Horace -- Knowledge and learning -- Literature.
Horace.
Literature.
Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta -- In literature.
Catullus, Gaius Valerius -- Influence.
Catullus, Gaius Valerius.
Virgil -- In literature.
Virgil.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Odes -- History and criticism.
Odes.
Rome -- In literature.
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literature.
Other Form: Print version: Putnam, Michael C.J. Poetic interplay. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006 0691125376 9780691125374 (DLC) 2005054516 (OCoLC)61879821
ISBN 9781400827428 (electronic book)
1400827426 (electronic book)
0691125376
9780691125374
9780691125376