| Propertius: A Critical Introduction Contributor(s): Sullivan, J. P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521143098 ISBN-13: 9780521143097 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines - Biography & Autobiography - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.55 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When this book was first published in 1976, the works of Propertius were becoming increasingly fashionable. Professor Sullivan proposes what was, at the time of publication, a new view on Propertius' poetic development and his place in the social political and literary circles of the day. His was an important re-evaluation. It finally banished the picture of Propertius, put forward before his celebration in the work of Ezra Pound and Robert Lowell, as a simple romantic, apprehended dimly through poor texts and an obscure vocabulary. We are shown instead a more complex, but a more credible and interesting poet. All quotations are in both Latin and English, and the book is intended for the general literary reader as much as for the classical student. |