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Overview
This literary study of the first-century BCE Roman poet, Catullus uses two sets of comparative models to offer a new understanding of his poems. The first consists of cultural anthropological accounts of male social interaction in the premodern Mediterranean, and the second, the postmodern poetics of such twentieth-century poets as Louis Zukofsky, which are characterized by simultaneous juxtaposition, a "collage" aesthetic, and self-allusive play. The book will be of interest to students of comparative literature and gender studies as well as to classicists.
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- ISBN-13: 9780521030694
- ISBN-10: 0521030692
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: January 2007
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.59 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.85 pounds
- Page Count: 260
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