Catullus's Ameana Cycle as Literary Criticism.

This paper will reevaluate Catullus's venom in poems 41 and 43 (the so-called 'Ameana Cycle') to show that his attacks on Ameana are in fact veiled criticisms of Mamurra's loathsome poetry. Catullus's descriptions of Ameana substantiate this reading: her physical features are disproportionate and il...

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Publicado en:Mnemosyne pp. 1 - 15
Autor principal: Hendren, T. George
Formato: Poetry Review
Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2015
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