Catullus and the Poetics of Roman Manhood (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521661270)

This literary study of the first-century BCE Roman poet, Catullus uses two sets of comparative models to offer a new understanding of his poems. The first consists of cultural anthropological accounts of male social interaction in the premodern Mediterranean, and the second, the postmodern poetics of such twentieth-century poets as Louis Zukofsky, which are characterized by simultaneous juxtaposition, a "collage" aesthetic, and self-allusive play. The book will be of interest to students of comparative literature and gender studies as well as to classicists.

Author: David Wray
ISBN-10: 0521661277
ISBN-13: 9780521661270
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2001
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.44w x 0.69d