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The Complete Poetry of Catullus (Wisconsin Studies in Classics) Kindle Edition

by Catullus (Author), David Mulroy (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
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    Catullus’ life was akin to pulp fiction. In Julius Caesar’s Rome, he engages in a stormy affair with a consul’s wife. He writes her passionate poems of love, hate, and jealousy. The consul, a vehement opponent of Caesar, dies under suspicious circumstances. The merry widow romances numerous young men. Catullus is drawn into politics and becomes a cocky critic of Caesar, writing poems that dub Julius a low-life pig and a pervert. Not surprisingly, soon after, no more is heard of Catullus.

    David Mulroy brings to life the witty, poignant, and brutally direct voice of a flesh-and-blood man, a young provincial in the Eternal City, reacting to real people and events in a Rome full of violent conflict among individuals marked by genius and megalomaniacal passions. Mulroy’s lively, rhythmic translations of the poems are enhanced by an introduction and commentary that provide biographical and bibliographical information about Catullus, a history of his times, a discussion of the translations, and definitions and notes that ease the way for anyone who is not a Latin scholar.

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The lyric poetry of antiquity is often as important to modern poets as it is to translators and classical scholars. Mulroy is a professor of classics (Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), and Carson (classics, McGill Univ.; The Beauty of the Husband) and the late William Matthews (After All: Last Poems) are well-regarded poets. Following Pound's dictum to "make it new," Mulroy and Matthews translate Catullus and Horace into modern American idiom, striving where possible to find cultural equivalents rather than literal translations. At the same time, they try to be true to the shifting tones and rhythms of their originals. The results are fluent, giving some sense of the contemporaneousness that Catullus and Horace would have evoked in their audiences. Carson's translation follows Sappho's diction and form much more closely and includes the Greek original on the facing page. Much of what survives of Sappho are fragments, often just a stray word, phrase, or even a few letters. Like many modern poets, Carson deploys these on the blank page, letting their suggestiveness fill the gaps and create whole lyrics in the imagination of the readers. All three translators aim for a general audience, though Mulroy and Carson also include notes and introductions of value to the more scholarly reader. All three books are recommended for both public and academic libraries. T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong Atlantic State Univ., Savannah, GA
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    "Mulroy's is a marvelous contribution to Catullus translations and studies. Catullus' angry or comic (sometimes both) poems directed at the movers and shakers of his era are rendered here with wit and Roman realism, and the famous love poems to Lesbia are charming and immediate."—Kelly Cherry, author of Rising Venus: Poems

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0074270EG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Wisconsin Press; 1st edition (July 15, 2002)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 15, 2002
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1335 KB
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Nick Poulos
5.0 out of 5 stars Great translation from one of America’s finest translators of Greek & Latin classic poetry & plays
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2020
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Professor Mulroy succeeds in rendering Catullus well. Eschewing literalness for sense, Mulroy’s translation brings Catullus to life for the 21st century
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Robert M. Friedman
4.0 out of 5 stars Catullus
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2013
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Great translations of the works of a very great poet. It would have been much improved by supplying the Latin forms of these works.
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4thranktensor
1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible.
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2019
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I have no opinion on the translation. I only bought the book because it was called out in Edith Hamilton's "The Roman Way" as being one of the few sources for learning what day-to-day life was like in the days of the rule of the Caesars. (The other was Junvenal.) I bought both, and both were an utter waste. Catullus dwells on sexual affairs and perversions. If you're into that, by all means buy the book. If you're not, stick to Gibbons.
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Atticus
2.0 out of 5 stars The Kindle version is a true waste of money
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2018
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The Kindle version is a true waste of money. The fonts are different sizes, which is merely annoying. But there is no viable way of navigating the poems. If you want to read Catullus 85, e.g., you have to either guess the location or keep turning the page. Inexcusable
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Henry Fool
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent translation
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2020
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A wonderful and thought provoking translation that i return to often, finding gems i'd missed before.
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Daniel McCormick
5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the investment
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2014
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Excellent translation. Good diction.
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Thetis of the Silver Feet
3.0 out of 5 stars ... bought this book as I was looking for a good Commentary on Catullus' poetry needed for an assignment I ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2016
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I bought this book as I was looking for a good Commentary on Catullus' poetry needed for an assignment I have to do for my MA. Unfortunately the book did not have the look inside' feature and when the book arrived, very disappointingly, it did not contain any commentaries on the three poems I need to discuss. The book doesn't have a huge close analysis of the poems but does have a good indepth historical background section in its Introduction.
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