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Propertius in Love: The Elegies (A Joan Palevsky Book in Classical Literature)

By Sextus Propertius , David R Slavitt

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0520228782, 9780520228788, 9780585419619
LCC
PA6645.E5 S58 2002
Open Library ID
OL3938280M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1007 kB (1031166 bytes)
Pages
315\315
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

These ardent, even obsessed, poems about erotic passion are among the brightest jewels in the crown of Latin literature. Written by Propertius, Rome's greatest poet of love, who was born around 50 b.c., a contemporary of Ovid, these elegies tell of Propertius' tormented relationship with a woman he calls "Cynthia." Their connection was sometimes blissful, more often agonizing, but as the poet came to recognize, it went beyond pride or shame to become the defining event of his life. Whether or not it was Propertius' explicit intention, these elegies extend our ideas of desire, and of the human condition itself.

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