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Love Poems of Catullus
Gaius Valerius Catullus; Edited by Tynan Kogane
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Catullus was undoubtedly one of the most intimate, witty, vivid,
and tender poets of antiquity. Perhaps his greatest gift was his
ability to truthfully reveal the fleeting instants of his bare
psyche: moments of erotic passion, of scorn and jealousy, of
heartfelt devotion, of consuming love. The cycle of poems to his
love, “Lesbia,” have entranced poets and translators across the
centuries, enriching many different traditions in English-language
poetry. This anthology of Catullus’s love poems showcases
translations from many New Directions authors, including James
Laughlin, Bernadette Mayer, Muriel Spark, and Louis and Celia
Zukofsky, as well as beloved timeless translations, like those of
Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlowe, and inimitable modern
versions from the likes of Dorothy Parker and Horace Gregory. Also
included are several newly commissioned translations from
contemporary poets and writers.
Catullus' life was akin to pulp fiction. In Julius Caesar's
Rome, he engages in a stormy affair with a consul's wife. He writes
her passionate poems of love, hate, and jealousy. The consul, a
vehement opponent of Caesar, dies under suspicious circumstances.
The merry widow romances numerous young men. Catullus is drawn into
politics and becomes a cocky critic of Caesar, writing poems that
dub Julius a low-life pig and a pervert. Not surprisingly, soon
after, no more is heard of Catullus.
David Mulroy brings to life the witty, poignant, and brutally
direct voice of a flesh-and-blood man, a young provincial in the
Eternal City, reacting to real people and events in a Rome full of
violent conflict among individuals marked by genius and
megalomaniacal passions. Mulroy's lively, rhythmic translations of
the poems are enhanced by an introduction and commentary that
provide biographical and bibliographical information about
Catullus, a history of his times, a discussion of the translations,
and definitions and notes that ease the way for anyone who is not a
Latin scholar.
Of all the classical poets Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84-54 BC) is
the most accessible to the modern reader. Presented alongside the
original Latin text, this new translation reflects Catullus'
mastery of poetic forms as diverse as the lyric, the inventive
epigram, and the romantic legend, and shows his passionate, and
sometimes dedicated to his lover Lesbia. This edition also includes
a introduction to the poet's life and work, and full explanatory
notes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics
has made available the widest range of literature from around the
globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to
scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of
other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading
authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date
bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Sensual, salacious and above all scandalous, the erotic verse of
the Roman poet Catullus has delighted-and shocked-readers for
centuries. Charting the lives and loves of a group of smart young
men about Rome during the late Republic. Catullus' urbane poetry is
renowned for its emotional range and psychological insight, not to
mention its often startling obscenity. They highlight both the
intense lyricism and the scabrous wit of the original poems. Both
tender and coruscating, elegant and unrestrained, here is poetry to
fall in (and out) of love by, celebrating the power of friendship
and the even stronger bond of enmity: poetry of passion.
Catullus, who lived during some of the most interesting and
tumultuous years of the late Roman Republic, spent his short but
intense life (?84-54 B.C.E.) in high Roman society, rubbing
shoulders with various cultural and political luminaries, including
Caesar, Cicero, and Pompey. Catullus's poetry is by turns ribald,
lyric, romantic, satirical; sometimes obscene and always
intelligent, it offers us vivid pictures of the poet's friends,
enemies, and lovers. The verses to his friends are bitchy, funny,
and affectionate; those to his enemies are often wonderfully nasty.
Many poems brilliantly evoke his passionate affair with Lesbia,
often identified as Clodia Metelli, a femme fatale ten years his
senior and the smart, adulterous wife of an arrogant aristocrat.
Cicero later claimed she poisoned her husband. This new bilingual
translation of Catullus's surviving poems by Peter Green is fresh,
bawdy, and utterly engaging. Unlike its predecessors, it adheres to
the principle that the rhythm of a poem, whether familiar or not,
is among the most crucial elements for its full appreciation. Green
provides an essay on the poet's life and literary background, a
historical sketch of the politically fraught late Roman Republic in
which Catullus lived, copious notes on the poems, a wide-ranging
bibliography for further reading, and a full glossary.
The text includes Carmina 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 31, 43, 51, 65, 70, 72,
75, 76, 85, 86, 87, 101 from one of Rome's greatest lyric poets.
The book features facing vocabulary, selections from famous English
poems inspired by Catullus, and comments from noted scholars.
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Poems of Catullus (Hardcover)
Gaius Valerius Catullus, Hugh Macnaghten, Allen Beville Ramsay
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Catullus (Hardcover)
Elmer Truesd Gaius Valerius Catullus
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Catullus (Paperback)
Elmer Truesd Gaius Valerius Catullus
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Poems of Catullus (Paperback)
Gaius Valerius Catullus, Hugh Macnaghten, Allen Beville Ramsay
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R534
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