Love by the Numbers: Form and Meaning in the Poetry of CatullusP. Lang, 1997 - 366 pages The poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus survived antiquity by the slimmest of threads. This study concerns the controversial issue of whether the order of the collection was contrived by the poet himself. Love by the Numbers offers new and compelling evidence that Catullus shaped the work into an exquisitely interrelated whole. The aesthetic patterning is highly significant because it offers fresh solutions to longstanding problems of text and interpretation. The development of deeply learned philological analysis in the service of elucidating widely applicable human concerns makes this book a relative rarity in the field of Classics, a work of hard scholarship that informs a human sensibility toward matters of the heart. |
Table des matières
Chapter Two The Polymetra | 13 |
Chapter Three The Central Poems | 115 |
Chapter Four Caelius Rufus | 151 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
addition addressed amores appears arrangement associated attack Attis Aurelius beginning Bona bride brother Caelius Caesar Calvus Catull Catullan Catullus Cicero close collection combined common concerns connection contrast corpus correspondence counterpart creates Critical cycle death describe difference discussion earlier echoes elegiac epigrams epigrams equals expression Fabullus figure final function Furius further Gellius hendecasyllables important indicates interpretation involves joined Juventius kiss lack lady language Latin Lesbia literature love affair lover Mamurra Manlius marriage meaning Mentula mihi numerical observes occurs opening oral organized pair parallel Parallel Structure Passer passion pattern phrase pieces poet poetry political polymetra puella question quod reason recalls reference relation relationship result ring rival Roman Rufus seems sexual similar Structure of Poems suggests thematic theme tibi Tradition verbal verses Wiseman