Gaius Valerius Catullus

The Poems of Catullus

Übersetzer: Martin, Charles

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In these new verse translations, Martin makes newly accessible the work of one of ancient Rome's most widely read poets who wrote about the life and language of the people in the streets. (Poetry)

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9780801839269
• ISBN-10: 0801839262
• Artikelnr.: 25505016

Autorenporträt

Charles Martin's poems have appeared in such magazines as The New Yorker, Boulevard, The Threepenny Review, and Poetry. A recipient of grants from the Ingram Merrill Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, he is the author of four previous collections of poems, including Steal the Bacon, and Signs & Wonders.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The text; The collection: Catullus the Epigrammist; Catullus' life and poetry; the translation; A chronology; Latin text and English verse translation; Explanatory notes; Appendices: A. Difference from Mynors' Oxford text; B. The metres of Catullus; Select bibliography

Rezensionen

`The best current translator of Latin poetry, Guy Lee, has now turned his attention to "The Poems of Catullus" ... this is yet another distinguished version from Lee's pen which deserves to become the standard version both for those with Latin and those studying Catullus in translation, and its author deserves hearty congratulations.' Greece and Rome