Catullus: A Poet in the Rome of Julius Caesar
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (676 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786714727 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Married, he lives in Birmingham surrounded by books. Aubrey Burl has published books on prehistoric stone circles, a history of the Albigensian Crusade, and two biographies, one of an eighteenth-century pirate, Bartholomew Roberts, and another about the medieval French poet, Francois Villon
Amazon Customer said Written on Napkins. This is a very disappointing work. Even given the paucity of biographical data on Catullus, a good "life and times" work could have been written about this poet at the nexus of some of the most intense political and sexual intrigue ever.This is not that book. It reads like it was written one paragraph a day: it's repetitive, meandering, unstructured, and riddled with generalities, unsubstantiated "everybody knows" opinion. Elusive Catullus Given how little we know about Catullus, it is amazing that Burl has yet managed to produce a book-length study about the famous Roman poet. More the fool I for purchasing the book and expecting to find out something, anything new about Catullus. What I found instead was a hodgepodge of well-established facts and well-known gossip about virtually anyone who may have known or been influenced by Catullus. There's little new. Danny G. said A Very Well Written Book. I have never heard of the poet Catullus before coming across this book. It is well written and quite interesting, unlike many scholarly works that are as dry as burnt toast! The previous reviewer must have been expecting a book on poetry! Sorry! But this is a book on ancient history, with poet Catullus as the focal point!The bottom line: Ancient Rome was an incredibly violent place, run by many unscrupulous and depraved i
Surveying the times in which the extraordinarily popular poet Catullus thrived—ca. Though brilliant by any standard, these intimate lyrics would not save Catullus from centuries of obscurity, although they would eventually emerge in a lone third generation copy of a book in the fourteenth century, in his hometown of Verona.. He intrigued his public with love poems addressed to Lesbia—in reality, a married woman named Clodia—with whom he had a tempestuous affair. This book takes Catullus
. About the Author Aubrey Burl has published books on prehistoric stone circles, a history of the Albigensian Crusade, and two biographies, one of an eighteenth-century pirate, Bartholomew Roberts, and another about the medieval French poet, Francois Villon. Married, he lives in Birmingham surrounded by books