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A Cockney Catullus : the reception of Catullus in Romantic Britain, 1795-1821 /

Catullus, one the most Hellenizing, scandalous, and emotionally expressive of the Roman poets, burst onto the British cultural scene during the Romantic era. It was not until this socially, politically, and culturally explosive epoch, with its mania for all things Greek, that Catullus' work was...

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Main Authors: Stead, Henry
Corporate Authors: Oxford University Press.
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Classical Presences
Subjects:
Catullus, Gaius Valerius > Criticism and interpretation.
Catullus, Gaius Valerius > Appreciation > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Latin poetry > History and criticism.
Romanticism > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Romanticism > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Online Access: http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=7e3abcfaf9d44a5fbca1e89f3daf72ac
Summary: Catullus, one the most Hellenizing, scandalous, and emotionally expressive of the Roman poets, burst onto the British cultural scene during the Romantic era. It was not until this socially, politically, and culturally explosive epoch, with its mania for all things Greek, that Catullus' work was first fully translated into English and played a key role in the countercultural and commercially driven classicism of the time. Previously marginalized on the traditional eighteenth-century curriculum as a charming but debauched minor love poet, Catullus was discovered as a major poetic voice in the late Georgian era by reformist emulators-especially in the so-called Cockney School-and won widespread respect. In this volume, Stead pioneers a new way of understanding the key role Catullus played in shaping Romanticism by examining major literary engagements with Catullus, from John Nott of Bristol's pioneering book-length bilingual edition (1795), to George Lamb's polished verse translation (1821). He identifies the influence of Catullus' poetry in the work of numerous Romantic-era literary and political figures, including Byron, Keats, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Hunt, Canning, Brougham, and Gifford, demonstrating the degree of its cultural penetration.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xv, 338 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-330) and index.
ISBN: 9780191062315
9780198744887
CLC: I546.072

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