Catullus and the poetics of Roman manhood
By: David Wray.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Catullus, Gaius Valerius -- Criticism and interpretation.; Elegiac poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.; Love poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.; Epigrams, Latin -- History and criticism.; Masculinity in literature.; Self in literature.; Men in literature.; Intertextuality.; Rome -- In literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Catullan criticism and the problem of lyric; title: 2 A postmodem Catullus?; title: 3 Manhood and Lesbia in the shorter poems; title: 4 Towards a Mediterranean poetics of aggression; title: 5 Code models of Catullan manhood; title: Works cited; title: Passges discussed; title: General index.