Elegy and Politics in a Time of Revolution
by
Efrossini Spentzou
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
The Roman Poetry of Love explores the formation of a key literary genre in a troubled historical and political setting. The short-lived genre of Latin love elegy produced spectacular, multi-faceted and often difficult poetry. Its proponents Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius and Ovid remain to this day...