Shorter Poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus: A New Translation

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Shorter Poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus: A New Translation
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Gaius Valerius Catullus
Translated by Alec Derwent Hope
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:80
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 176
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781876040925
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Brandl & Schlesinger Pty Ltd
Imprint Brandl & Schlesinger Pty Ltd
Publication Date 1 November 2007
Publication Country Australia

Description

A.D Hope had a next to lifelong love for the poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus, one of the greatest Roman satirists and erotic poets, whose on-again off-again love affair wth the woman he called Lesbia is one of the most memorable in classical literature. Some of Hope's first poems were translations Catallus and in his last creative decade he turned to Catallus again, producing these fine, quirky, no-holds-barred renditions as a kind of gift to himself and now - the manuscripts retreived from amongst his papers in the National Library of Australia - a parting offering to the world.