Books of Catullus
«`One might say the best translation is to have dozens of translations, and this is true for Catullus. He exists in every age because the work is timeless. With grace, elegance, skill, daring, and lyric beauty we find the work all over again in Smith’s magnificent new translation.’ - Peter Gizzi»
The Books of Catullus is the first full English translation to take the Roman poet at his word. Simon Smith’s versions are scholarly yet eccentric, mapping theme and register to contemporary equivalents (such as poem 16, which echoes Frank O’Hara). Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Carcanet Classics
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781784105501
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
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«`One might say the best translation is to have dozens of translations, and this is true for Catullus. He exists in every age because the work is timeless. With grace, elegance, skill, daring, and lyric beauty we find the work all over again in Smith’s magnificent new translation.’ - Peter Gizzi»