Catullus: A Poet In The Rome Of Julius Caesar - Hardcover

Burd, Aubrey

 
9780786714728: Catullus: A Poet In The Rome Of Julius Caesar

Synopsis

The author of Danse Macabre surveys the golden age of the Roman Republic, focusing particular attention on the life of the poet Catullus, a man from a privileged background who garnered a notorious reputation for his poetry and his outlandish behavior.

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Review

'Aubrey Burl's introduction to this entralling and occasionally capricious book ...' -- New Humanist, January 1, 2004

'Since there aren't any facts, he supplies their absence with conjecture, much of it quite convincing.' -- Guardian, January 24, 2004

Book Description

The golden age of the Roman Republic, of Caesar, Pompey, Crassus and Cicero, through the life and work of one of its major poets

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