A Companion lo Catullus addresses the centralthemes in Catullan studies,providing readerswith the fundamental knowledge necessary toappreciate and understand the poet's work.

This significant collection of essays frominternationally renowned scholars includesdiscussions about production,genre,style,andreception,as well as interpretive essays on keypoems and groups of poems. Grounding theauthor firmly in the socio-historical worldaround him,this Companion reflects the mostrecent trends in the field. Chapters provideconvenient surveys of complex issues andchallenge received wisdom by presentingoriginal readings of major poems andsuggesting new interpretations of biographicalevidence.

In this Companion,international scholars provide a comprehensive overview that reflects the most recent trends in Catullan studies.

Explores the work of Catullus,one of the best Roman 'lyric poets'.

Provides discussions about production,genre,style,and reception,as well as interpretive essays on key poems and groups of poems.

Grounds Catullus in the socio-historical world around him.

Chapters challenge received wisdom,present original readings,and suggest new interpretations of biographical evidence.

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

1.Introduction: Marilyn B.Skinner (University of Arizona in Tucson)

Part I: The Text and the Collection:

2.History and Transmission of the Text: J.L.Butrica (Memorial University)

3.Authorial Arrangement of the Collection: Debate Past and Present: Marilyn B.Skinner (University of Arizona in Tucson)

Part II: Contexts of Production:

4.The Valerii Catulli of Verona: T.P.Wiseman (University of Exeter)

5.The Contemporary Political Context: David Konstan (Brown University)

6.The Intellectual Climate: Andrew Feldherr (Princeton University)

7.Gender and Masculinity: Elizabeth Manwell (Kalamazoo College)

Part III: Influences:

8.Catullus and Sappho: Ellen Greene (University of Oklahoma)

9.Catullus and Callimachus: Peter E.Knox (University of Colorado)

Part IV: Stylistics:

10.Neoteric Poetics: W.R.Johnson (University of Chicago)

11.Elements of Style in Catullus: George A.Sheets (University of Minnesota)

12.Catullus and Elite Republican Social Discourse: Brian A.Krostenko (University of Notre Dame)

Part V: Poems and Groups of Poems:

13.Catullus and the Programmatic Poem: The Origins,Scope,and Utility of a Concept: William W.Batstone (Ohio State University)

14.The Lesbia Poems: Julia T.Dyson (Baylor University)

15.Sexuality and Ritual: Catullus' Wedding Poems: Vassiliki Panoussi (College of William and Mary)

16.Catullan Intertextuality: Apollonius and the Allusive Plot of Catullus 64: Jeri Blair DeBrohun (Brown University)

17.Poem 68: Love and Death,and the Gifts of Venus and the Muses: Elena Theodorakopoulos (University of Birmingham)

18.Social Commentary and Political Invective: W.Jeffrey Tatum (Florida State University)

Part VI: Reception:

19.Catullus and Horace: Randall L.B.McNeill (Lawrence University)

20.Catullus and Vergil: Christopher Nappa (University of Minnesota)

21.Catullus and Roman Love Elegy: Paul Allen Miller (University of South Carolina)

22.Catullus and Martial: Sven Lorenz

23.Catullus in the Renaissance: Julia Haig Gaisser (Bryn Mawr College)

24.The Modern Reception of Catullus: Brian Arkins (National University of Ireland,Galway)

Part VII: Pedagogy:

25.Catullus in the Secondary School Curriculum: Ronnie Ancona (Hunter College,CUNY) and Judith P.Hallett (University of Maryland)

26.Catullus in the College Classroom: Daniel H.Garrison (Northwestern University)

Part VIII: Translation:

27.Translating Catullus: Elizabeth Vandiver (Whitman College)

Consolidated Bibliography

Index