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Propertius I (Bk. 1)
Robert J. Baker
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Description for Propertius I (Bk. 1)
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What was it like to be in love in Rome? Th 22 poems of Sextus Propertius' first book of elegies (publisehed in 28 B.C.) offer an answer. Defiantly un-Roman in his devotion to love for his Cynthia and to his art, Propertius writes with a strangely modern voice - passionate, wry, self-scrutinising and ironic. But it is a voice that has been shaped and controlled by a literary tradition already centries old. This revised edition of Book I provides, in a verse translation which attempts to simulate the dicipline and contraints of ... Read more
What was it like to be in love in Rome? Th 22 poems of Sextus Propertius' first book of elegies (publisehed in 28 B.C.) offer an answer. Defiantly un-Roman in his devotion to love for his Cynthia and to his art, Propertius writes with a strangely modern voice - passionate, wry, self-scrutinising and ironic. But it is a voice that has been shaped and controlled by a literary tradition already centries old. This revised edition of Book I provides, in a verse translation which attempts to simulate the dicipline and contraints of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856687303
SKU
V9780856687303
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About Robert J. Baker
Robert J. Baker has studied at Edinburgh University and at the University of New England. He has been teaching Latin, Greek and Ancient History for the last 35 years in the Universities of Tasmania and New England, and has just recently retired as Associate Professor from the latter. He is presently an Honorary Fellow in the School of Classics, History ... Read more
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