The Poems: Tr.fr.Latin G.Lee (Oxford World's Classics)

The Poems: Tr.fr.Latin G.Lee (Oxford World's Classics)

by Propertius (Author), OliverLyne (Contributor), Guy Lee (Contributor)

Synopsis

Of all the great classical love poets, Propertius (c. 50-10 BC) is surely one of those with most immediate appeal for readers today. His helpless infatuation for the sinister figure of his mistress Cynthia forms the main subject of his poetry and is analysed with a tormented but witty grandeur in all its changing moods, from ecstasy to suicidal despair.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 04 Nov 1999

ISBN 10: 0192835734
ISBN 13: 9780192835734

Media Reviews
Sensual, bitchy, soppy, satirical, this great sequence of love-hate poems lives again in Lee's vivid versions. Not just a scintillating survey of erotic agony and ecstacy, but a witty glimpse of the smart set in Rome. New Statesman & Society