The Cambridge History of Classical Literature
Contributors: E. J. Kenney (Editor); W. V. Clausen (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 31, 1983
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780521273749
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Language Arts & Disciplines; General; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Latin; Language; Rome; Latin literature; Ancient and Classical; Classical literature; Language Arts & Disciplines-General; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical; Civilization; History and criticism
First sentence: The short poems of Catullus, which he himself calls nugae 'trifles' (1.4), confront the critic with a paradox: poetry of obviously major significance and power which belongs formally to a minor genre.