Barbara K. Gold - A Guide to Latin Elegy and Lyric

Each volume offers coverage of political and cultural context, brief essays on key authors and historical figures, critical coverage of the most important literary works, and a survey of crucial themes. The series provides the necessary background to read classical literature with confidence.

Published

A Guide to Hellenistic Literature

By Kathryn Gutzwiller

A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama, second edition

By Ian C. Storey and Arlene Allan

Barbara K Gold

Hamilton College Clinton, NY

Genevieve Liveley

University of Bristol Bristol, UK

This edition first published 2021

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Names: Gold, Barbara K., 1945- author. | Liveley, Genevieve, author.

Title: A guide to Latin elegy and lyric / Barbara Kirk Gold, Hamilton

College, Clinton, NY; Genevieve Liveley, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Description: Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021. | Series:

Blackwell guides to classical literature | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “In our Guide to Latin Elegy and Lyric, we hope to reach both students of Classics and Latin poetry at various levels and those who are interested in the ancient world in an avocational way. When I (Barbara Gold) first reached out to Genevieve Liveley about being my co-author, I don’t think that either of us had any idea how hard it would be to write about Latin elegy and lyric for people who might not know any Latin. But now that we have tackled writers like Catullus, Horace, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid, and Sulpicia with exactly that audience in mind, I think that the two of us understand Latin elegy and lyric in a different and exciting way. We hope that our readers will be equally excited about this fantastic poetry and might even be tempted to learn a bit of Latin so that they could have a different sort of entry into the poetry. We have included lots of Latin to help illustrate our discussions and offer a pathway towards some deeper insights into this poetry, but we have included our own translations for everything. We have tried to give some historical and cultural context for each of the authors and then to open up the world of each author by looking at themes, language and ideas in their poems as well as possible modes of reception. We are very aware that reception of this poetry or any literature will vary depending upon who is doing the reading so we hope that our understanding of this poetry will allow other, different interpretations that will open up the poetry in interesting and unforeseen ways. We have included ten chapters: seven are devoted to individual authors or a set of authors, one to contexts of the poetry, one to major themes, and one to critical approaches. We have also written a preliminary chapter of Introduction on “How to Read a Latin Lyric or Elegiac Poem” and a pedagogical section, “How to Teach Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry””-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020058493 (print) | LCCN 2020058494 (ebook) |

ISBN 9781119227083 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119227113 (pdf) |ISBN 9781119227137 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Latin poetry--History and criticism. | Elegiac poetry,Latin--History and criticism.

Classification: LCC PA6047 .G64 2021 (print) | LCC PA6047 (ebook) |DDC 871.009--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020058493

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020058494

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1 Cover

2 Series Page BLACKWELL GUIDES TO CLASSICAL LITERATURE Each volume offers coverage of political and cultural context, brief essays on key authors and historical figures, critical coverage of the most important literary works, and a survey of crucial themes. The series provides the necessary background to read classical literature with confidence. Published A Guide to Hellenistic Literature By Kathryn Gutzwiller A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama, second edition By Ian C. Storey and Arlene Allan

3 Title Page A Guide to Latin Elegy and Lyric Barbara K Gold Hamilton College Clinton, NY Genevieve Liveley University of Bristol Bristol, UK

4 Copyright

5 Preface

6 Introduction: How to Read and Teach a Latin Elegiac or Lyric Poem Chapter 1: The literary, political and social contexts of latin elegy and lyric Chapter 2: Catullus Chapter 3: Horace Chapter 4: Tibullus Chapter 5: Propertius Chapter 6: Ovid Chapter 7: Sulpicia Chapter 8: Other Elegiac and Lyric Poets Chapter 9: Tropes and themes in elegy and lyric Chapter 10: Critical Approaches to Elegiac and Lyric Poetry