Propertius

When This Book Was First Published In 1976 The Works Of Propertius Were Becoming Increasingly Fashionable. Professor Sullivan Proposes What Was At The Time Of Publication A New View On Propertius'' Poetic Development And His Place In The Social Political And Literary Circles Of The Day. His Was An Important Re-Evaluation. It Finally Banished The Picture Of Propertius Put Forward Before His Celebration In The Work Of Ezra Pound And Robert Lowell As A Simple Romantic Apprehended Dimly Through Poor Texts And An Obscure Vocabulary. We Are Shown Instead A More Complex But A More Credible And Interesting Poet. All Quotations Are In Both Latin And English And The Book Is Intended For The General Literary Reader As Much As For The Classical Student.