num_pages: 272
description: Propertius' fourth book is his most challenging and innovative. It disrupts genre; dislocates time and order; and meditates on gender, perception and history. A sort of postmodernism combines with narrative and structural verve, incisively physical writing and a gallery of colourful characters. This edition makes a demanding and rewarding text more accessible and more intelligible. The text is new; help and fresh ideas are offered on the text and meaning of words. A wide range of literary, inscriptional and archaeological material is used to illuminate this many-sided poetry. Much more space is given than in previous editions to literary interpretation and historical contextualization, in the light of modern work. The book is approached as a dynamic sequence of poems rather than a collection. The edition should be valuable to both students and scholars.
language: English
title: Propertius: Elegies Book IV
titlecomplete: Propertius: Elegies Book IV (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
genres: Fiction, Poetry, Roman, Ancient, Literature, Ancient History, Classics, Romance, Classical Studies, Mythology
ratings_count: 634
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: J. P. McCullough, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: ALTA National Translation Award, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Prêmio Literário Biblioteca Nacional
category: TRADUÇÃO - Prêmio Paulo Rónai
publisher: Cambridge University Press