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 2 - A (poems 1–51)
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 previous chapter argued that Ax (poems 52–60) is to be bracketed from A (1–51), and that once this bracketing is made, the authorial arrangement of A and C (65–116) is vindicated: their terminal points are in such close dialogue, and A is mirrored so finely by C2 (69–116), that authorial design is the only reasonable explanation. Meanwhile, the case for B (61–64) as an authorial unity is greatly enhanced, in that its terminal points participate fully in the intratextual dialogue of A and C.
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- Catullus Through his BooksDramas of Composition, pp. 81 - 133Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020