Introspection and Engagement in Propertius - A Study of Book 3

Explores how Propertius' third book re-invents Latin love-elegy for the reality of Rome's new imperial age.

List of contents

1. Turning elegy upside down: Propertius 3.1-3; 2. Seeking Fides in poets and poetry: Propertius 3.6; 3. Thematic experimentation: Propertius 3.9-11; 4. Marriage and the elegiac woman: Propertius 3.12; 5. Delays and destinations: Propertius 3.16; 6. A Hymn to Bacchus: Propertius 3.17; 7. In lament for Marcellus: Propertius 3.18; 8. Renewing an elegiac contract: Propertius 3.20; 9. Breaking up (with) Cynthia: Propertius 3.24.

About the author

Jonathan Wallis is a Lecturer in Classics at the University of Tasmania. Jonathan has published numerous articles on Latin elegy and Roman culture; he also maintains a keen interest in Latin pedagogy, and at University of Tasmania has led the development of an innovative suite of digital materials to bring Latin language and literature to as wide an audience as possible.

Summary

Argues that Propertius' third book re-invents Latin love-elegy, in competition with Horatian lyric and Virgilian epic, as part of an ambitious claim to Augustan pre-eminence. Uses detailed readings of individual elegies to explore elegy's engagement with emerging Augustan mores.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Wallis, Jonathan (University of Tasmania) Wallis, Wallis Jonathan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781108417174
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41717-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Cambridge Classical Studies; Cambridge Classical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Latin, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets