M. B. Skinner (dir), A Companion to Catullus

Marilyn B. Skinner (ed.), A Companion to Catullus, Malden, MA:  Blackwell Publishing,coll. " Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World", 2007, xxvi-590p. 

Isbn (ean13): 978-1-4051-3533-7.

Recension de cet ouvrage dans Bryn Mawr Classical Review par Susanna Braund (University of British Columbia)

Présentation de l'éditeur:

In this Companion, international scholars provide a comprehensive overview that reflects the most recent trends in Catullan studies.

• Explores the work of Catullus, one of the best Roman 'lyric poets'
• Provides discussions about production, genre, style, and reception, as well as interpretive essays on key poems and groups of poems
• Grounds Catullus in the socio-historical world around him
• Chapters challenge received wisdom, present original readings, and suggest new interpretations of biographical evidence

Sommaire:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
1. Introduction: Marilyn B. Skinner (University of Arizona in Tucson)
Part I: The Text and the Collection:
2. History and Transmission of the Text: J. L. Butrica (Memorial University)
3. Authorial Arrangement of the Collection: Debate Past and Present: Marilyn B. Skinner (University of Arizona in Tucson)
Part II: Contexts of Production:
4. The Valerii Catulli of Verona: T. P. Wiseman (University of Exeter)
5. The Contemporary Political Context: David Konstan (Brown University)
6. The Intellectual Climate: Andrew Feldherr (Princeton University)
7. Gender and Masculinity: Elizabeth Manwell (Kalamazoo College)
Part III: Influences:
8. Catullus and Sappho: Ellen Greene (University of Oklahoma)
9. Catullus and Callimachus: Peter E. Knox (University of Colorado)
Part IV: Stylistics:
10. Neoteric Poetics: W. R. Johnson (University of Chicago)
11. Elements of Style in Catullus: George A. Sheets (University of Minnesota)
12. Catullus and Elite Republican Social Discourse: Brian A. Krostenko (University of Notre Dame)
Part V: Poems and Groups of Poems:
13. Catullus and the Programmatic Poem: The Origins, Scope, and Utility of a Concept: William W. Batstone (Ohio State University)
14. The Lesbia Poems: Julia T. Dyson (Baylor University)
15. Sexuality and Ritual: Catullus' Wedding Poems: Vassiliki Panoussi (College of William and Mary)
16. Catullan Intertextuality: Apollonius and the Allusive Plot of Catullus 64: Jeri Blair DeBrohun (Brown University)
17. Poem 68: Love and Death, and the Gifts of Venus and the Muses: Elena Theodorakopoulos (University of Birmingham)
18. Social Commentary and Political Invective: W. Jeffrey Tatum (Florida State University)
Part VI: Reception:
19. Catullus and Horace: Randall L. B. McNeill (Lawrence University)
20. Catullus and Vergil: Christopher Nappa (University of Minnesota)
21. Catullus and Roman Love Elegy: Paul Allen Miller (University of South Carolina)
22. Catullus and Martial: Sven Lorenz
23. Catullus in the Renaissance: Julia Haig Gaisser (Bryn Mawr College)
24. The Modern Reception of Catullus: Brian Arkins (National University of Ireland, Galway)
Part VII: Pedagogy:
25. Catullus in the Secondary School Curriculum: Ronnie Ancona (Hunter College, CUNY) and Judith P. Hallett (University of Maryland)
26. Catullus in the College Classroom: Daniel H. Garrison (Northwestern University)
Part VIII: Translation:
27. Translating Catullus: Elizabeth Vandiver (Whitman College)
Consolidated Bibliography
Index