Catullus: The Shorter Poems

by J. Godwin

Overview

This volume encompasses the edition of all the surviving poetry of Catullus, aiming to bring the literary history of this poet to readers who may not have read his work before. It aims to describe and discuss recent scholarship on the poems, seeing them in their context as fully as possible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780856687150
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
Publication date:	09/01/1999
Series:	Aris and Phillips Classical Texts
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 5.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

John Godwin was for many years Head of Classics at Shrewsbury School, UK. His many publications include Juvenal: Satires Books III, IV and V (Aris & Phillips 2022, 2016 and 2020); Horace: Selected Satires (Bloomsbury 2018), Ovid: Metamorphoses III: A Selection (Bloomsbury 2013) and editions of Lucretius: De Rerum Natura Books IV and VI and the complete works of Catullus for the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series.

John Godwin was for many years Head of Classics at Shrewsbury School, UK. His many publications include Juvenal: Satires Books III, IV and V (Aris & Phillips 2022, 2016 and 2020); Horace: Selected Satires (Bloomsbury 2018), Ovid: Metamorphoses III: A Selection (Bloomsbury 2013) and editions of Lucretius: De Rerum Natura Books IV and VI and the complete works of Catullus for the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction:
Catullus' Life and Times
Poetry and Performance
Neoteric Poetry
Interpretative Strategies
The Metres
The Transmission of the Text
Sigla

Text and Translation
Commentary