Subjecting verses : Latin erotic elegy and the emergence of the real / Paul Allen Miller.

The elegy flared into existence, commanded the cultural stage for several decades, then went extinct. This book accounts for the swift rise and sudden decline of a genre whose life span was incredibly brief relative to its impact. Examining every major poet from Catullus to Ovid, Subjecting Verses p...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Miller, Paul Allen, 1959-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:	Elegiac poetry, Latin > History and criticism. Erotic poetry, Latin > History and criticism. Realism in literature. Sex in literature. Elegiac poetry, Latin. Erotic poetry, Latin. Criticism, interpretation, etc.