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)
General
| Imprint: |
Carcanet Classics
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
March 2018 |
| Authors: |
Gaius Valerius Catullus
|
| Editors: |
Simon Smith
|
| Translators: |
Simon Smith
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 135 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
192 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78410-550-1 |
| Subtitles: |
Latin
|
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-78410-550-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781784105501 |
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