Books of Catullus

Books of Catullus

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Catullus, Gaius Valerius
Carcanet
EAN: 9781784105518
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The Books of Catullus is the first full English translation to take the Roman poet at his word. Simon Smith's versions are scholarly yet eccentric, mapping theme and register to contemporary equivalents (such as poem 16, which echoes Frank O'Hara). He divides Catullus's complete verses into three 'books', the form in which it is thought the poems were originally received. 'Smith gets the all-important rhythm of Catullus, whose meters, like all else about this poet, are deceptively complex', writes Vincent Katz. 'He achieves a delicious frisson again and again by fusing the classical and the contemporary. The reader is repeatedly pleasured by unexpected felicities.' (Peter Hughes)
EAN 9781784105518
ISBN 1784105511
Binding Ebook
Publisher Carcanet
Publication date April 5, 2018
Pages 192
Language English
Country Uruguay
Authors Catullus, Gaius Valerius
Editors Smith, Simon
Translators Smith, Simon