Subjecting verses
Subtitle: Latin erotic elegy and the emergence of the real
By: Paul Allen Miller.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Elegiac poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.; Erotic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.; Realism in literature.; Sex in literature.
Description: "The elegy flared into existence, commanded the cultural stage for several decades, then went extinct. This book accounts for the swift rise and sudden decline of a genre whose life span was incredibly brief relative to its impact. Examining every major poet from Catullus to Ovid, Subjecting Verses presents the first comprehensive history of Latin erotic elegy since Georg Luck's."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-301) and indexes.