The child and the hero
Subtitle: coming of age in Catullus and Vergil
By: Mark Petrini.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Virgil.; Catullus, Gaius Valerius -- Influence.; Virgil -- Knowledge -- Literature.; Virgil -- Characters -- Children.; Catullus, Gaius Valerius -- Characters -- Children.; Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- History -- To 1500.; Pessimism in literature.; Rome -- In literature.
Notes: Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 1988.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-128) and index.
Table of contents: title: The child and the hero; title: Catullus; title: Nisus and Euryalus; title: Pallas; title: Iulus; title: The art of escape and the fourth Eclogue.