Book contents
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Frontispiece
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 ‘Grammatical’ Types
- Part 3 Semantic Types
- Part 4 Structures
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Chapter XXII Laws and Prayers
- Chapter XXIII Plautus
- Chapter XXIV Virgil and Early High-Style Poetry
- Chapter XXV Lucilius
- Chapter XXVI Cicero
- Chapter XXVII Catullus
- Chapter XXVIII Caesar, Bellum Ciuile: Asyndeton and Textual Criticism
- Chapter XXIX Horace
- Chapter XXX The Annalists, Sallust and Tacitus
- Chapter XXXI Livy
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Chapter XXVII - Catullus
from Part 5 - Genres And Texts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 May 2021
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Frontispiece
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 ‘Grammatical’ Types
- Part 3 Semantic Types
- Part 4 Structures
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Chapter XXII Laws and Prayers
- Chapter XXIII Plautus
- Chapter XXIV Virgil and Early High-Style Poetry
- Chapter XXV Lucilius
- Chapter XXVI Cicero
- Chapter XXVII Catullus
- Chapter XXVIII Caesar, Bellum Ciuile: Asyndeton and Textual Criticism
- Chapter XXIX Horace
- Chapter XXX The Annalists, Sallust and Tacitus
- Chapter XXXI Livy
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Summary
Catullus’ practice reveals a good deal about the status and currency of types of asyndeta.
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- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin LiteratureHistory, Patterns, Textual Criticism, pp. 482 - 495Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021