{"product_id":"a-companion-to-catullus-isbn-9781444339253","title":"A Companion to Catullus","description":"In this companion, international scholars provide a comprehensive overview that reflects the most recent trends in Catullan studies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the work of Catullus, one of the best Roman ‘lyric poets’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides discussions about production, genre, style, and reception, as well as interpretive essays on key poems and groups of poems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGrounds Catullus in the socio-historical world around him\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapters challenge received wisdom, present original readings, and suggest new interpretations of biographical evidence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarilyn B. Skinner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Text and the Collection 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 History and Transmission of the Text 13\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. L. Butrica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Authorial Arrangement of the Collection: Debate Past and Present 35\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarilyn B. Skinner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Contexts of Production 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Valerii Catulli of Verona 57\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eT. P. Wiseman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Contemporary Political Context 72\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Konstan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Intellectual Climate 92\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Feldherr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Gender and Masculinity 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Manwell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Influences 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Catullus and Sappho 131\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEllen Greene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Catullus and Callimachus 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter E. Knox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Stylistics 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Neoteric Poetics 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eW. R. Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Elements of Style in Catullus 190\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge A. Sheets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Catullus and Elite Republican Social Discourse 212\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian A. Krostenko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Poems and Groups of Poems 233\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Catullus and the Programmatic Poem: The Origins, Scope, and Utility of a Concept 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam W. Batstone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Lesbia Poems 254\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulia T. Dyson Hejduk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Sexuality and Ritual: Catullus’ Wedding Poems 276\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVassiliki Panoussi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Catullan Intertextuality: Apollonius and the Allusive Plot of Catullus 64 293\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeri Blair DeBrohun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Poem 68: Love and Death, and the Gifts of Venus and the Muses 314\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElena Theodorakopoulos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Social Commentary and Political Invective 333\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eW. Jeffrey Tatum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Reception 355\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Catullus and Horace 357\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRandall L. B. McNeill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Catullus and Vergil 377\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Nappa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Catullus and Roman Love Elegy 399\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Allen Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Catullus and Martial 418\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSven Lorenz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Catullus in the Renaissance 439\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulia Haig Gaisser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Modern Reception of Catullus 461\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian Arkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Pedagogy 479\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Catullus in the Secondary School Curriculum 481\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRonnie Ancona and Judith P. Hallett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Catullus in the College Classroom 503\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel H. Garrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Translation 521\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Translating Catullus 523\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Vandiver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsolidated Bibliography 542\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Index 568\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex Locorum 585\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMarilyn B. Skinner\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of classics at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Her previous publications include \u003ci\u003eCatullus’ Passer: The Arrangement of the Book of Polymetric Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), \u003ci\u003eCatullus in Verona\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eVergil, Philodemus, and the Augustans\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited, 2004), and \u003ci\u003eSexuality in Greek and Roman Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2005).  \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Catullus\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the central themes in Catullan studies, providing readers with the fundamental knowledge necessary to appreciate and understand the poet’s work.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This significant collection of essays from internationally renowned scholars includes discussions about production, genre, style, and reception, as well as interpretive essays on key poems and groups of poems. Grounding the author firmly in the socio-historical world around him, this companion reflects the most recent trends in the field. Chapters provide convenient surveys of complex issues and challenge received wisdom by presenting original readings of major poems and suggesting new interpretations of biographical evidence.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988603191525,"sku":"NP9781444339253","price":63.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444339253.jpg?v=1761780933","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-catullus-isbn-9781444339253","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}