The Complete Elegies of Sextus Propertius Paperback - 2004
by Propertius; Vincent Katz (Translator)
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"It is good to have these supple, lucid renderings of Propertius which well capture the complexity of his brilliant elegies through another artist's virtuosity. Katz's translation should do much to preserve the reputation of one of Rome's most important and powerful poets for the present generation and beyond."--Michael C. J. Putnam, Brown University
"This work is a consummate labor of love, which has managed to translate the ageless sophistication of the Roman poet Propertius (50 to 16 BC) into the distracted dissonance of our own perilous times. Himself an accomplished poet, Vincent Katz has found both an idiom and a cadence specific to his master's art. The result is a wonderful, dense text of exceptional poetry, which brings Propertius back to us from the dusty shelves of history."--Robert Creeley
"Of all the great Roman poets, Propertius tends, as they say of wines, to travel least well. Where the others have frequently found themselves decently transcribed into English, Propertius--complex, insolent, heartbreaking, sardonic, brilliantly ambiguous, outrageously protean--has not. Until now. Vincent Katz has here devised for him a rich and subtle American style, one that evokes, with appropriate delicacy and power, his variety, his shifting tones and textures, his unique shimmers and shadows."--W. R. Johnson, University of Chicago
Details
- Title The Complete Elegies of Sextus Propertius
- Author Propertius; Vincent Katz (Translator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2nd Printing
- Pages 467
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, U.S.A.
- Date 2004-06-06
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780691115825 / 0691115826
- Weight 1.58 lbs (0.72 kg)
- Dimensions 9.22 x 6.38 x 1.14 in (23.42 x 16.21 x 2.90 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Elegiac poetry, Latin, Love poetry, Latin
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003057954
- Dewey Decimal Code 874.01
Media reviews
Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 04/26/2004, Page 0
- PW Notes and Reprints, 04/26/2004, Page 58
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