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Catullus and the Poetics of Roman Manhood
Wray, David (University of Chicago)
Catullus and the Poetics of Roman Manhood
Wray, David (University of Chicago)
An interesting reading of Catullus' poems as social performances of a 'poetics of manhood'. It exploits cultural anthropological accounts of male social interaction in the premodern Mediterranean, which are placed in a Roman historical context and illuminated by a postmodern poetics of performativity, juxtaposition, simultaneity and intertextuality.
260 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 18, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780521030694 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 260 |
Dimensions | 152 × 228 × 17 mm · 396 g |
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