Carmina

✍ Scribed by Catullus, Gaius Valerius;Krisak, Len

• Publisher: Carcanet
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Series: Fyfield books
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Catullus is a companion of lovers and of those whom love has disappointed. He is also a satirical and epigrammatic writer who savagely consoles with laughter. Carmina captures in English both the mordant, scathing wit and also the concise tenderness, the famous love for reluctant Lesbia who is made present in these new versions. A range of English metres and rhymes evokes the many modes and moods of this most engaging, erotic and influential of Latin poets. Of Len Krisak's translations of Horace, Frederic Raphael writes, ‘[He] enables us both to enjoy a fresh voice and to hear (and see), very.;Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Carmina; About the Author; Copyright.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Carmina
About the Author
Copyright.

✦ Subjects

Poetry;Poetry--19th century--Criticism and interpretation;Poetry--20th century--Criticism and interpretation;POETRY--Ancient, Classical & Medieval;;Criticism, interpretation, etc.;Translations;Catullus, Gaius Valerius -- Translations into English;Catullus, Gaius Valerius -- Criticism and interpretation;Poetry -- 19th century -- Criticism and interpretation;Poetry -- 20th century -- Criticism and interpretation;POETRY -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval;Catullus, Gaius Valerius