A Commentary on Catullus (Paperback)

This 1876 work is the magisterial commentary by the Oxford scholar Robinson Ellis (1834 1913) on the life and oeuvre of the Roman poet Catullus, whose work illuminates the closing years of the Roman Republic. Our knowledge of Catullus' life derives almost entirely from his own writings. Three manuscripts survive which contain a collection of poems that are ascribed to him, and all three date from the fourteenth century. Ellis considers the research that has already been undertaken on the poet and his environment but mostly draws on his own work in assessing the value of the Renaissance Italian commentators who established the generally accepted poetic canon. He traces the Greek influences that Catullus was exposed to and discusses his use of different metres, while also speculating on the identity of his beloved Lesbia, a controversial question still unresolved in the twenty-first century.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
Release date:	July 2010
First published:	March 2010
Authors:	Robinson Ellis
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	472
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-01274-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Promotions
LSN:	1-108-01274-4
Barcode:	9781108012744

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