Book contents
- Catullus Through his Books
- Catullus Through his Books
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Prolegomenon to the Catullus Problem
- Chapter 1 Ax (poems 52–60)
- Chapter 2 A (poems 1–51)
- Chapter 3 B (poems 61–64) and C1 (65–68b)
- Chapter 4 C2 (poems 69–116)
- Conclusion Two Interpretive Applications
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 1 - Ax (poems 52–60)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2020
- Catullus Through his Books
- Catullus Through his Books
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Prolegomenon to the Catullus Problem
- Chapter 1 Ax (poems 52–60)
- Chapter 2 A (poems 1–51)
- Chapter 3 B (poems 61–64) and C1 (65–68b)
- Chapter 4 C2 (poems 69–116)
- Conclusion Two Interpretive Applications
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The argument for detaching Ax runs as follows: looking at Catullus’ short lyric poems 1–60 from within, we see that there are serious difficulties with taking these rougher and scrappier poems as the authorial continuation of the generically different and more ambitious 1–51, let alone as their consummation or denouement. The run of poems from 1–51 (A) is at least as good an initial candidate for “normative-length Catullan book of short lyric poems” as 1–60 (A+Ax), and is therefore at least as good a candidate to hold up for comparison with 61–64 (B) and 65–116 (C), the other plausible or likely candidates for normative-length Catullan books.
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- Catullus Through his BooksDramas of Composition, pp. 42 - 80Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020