Critical Essays on Roman Literature: Elegy and LyricJohn Patrick Sullivan |
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... Propertius and Ovid illustrates this habit of mind . Since the poetry of Ovid is deliberately ' con- ventional ' , many critics deny him sincerity , and as a corollary assume that his poetry is pure fancy supported neither by true ...
... Propertius and Ovid illustrates this habit of mind . Since the poetry of Ovid is deliberately ' con- ventional ' , many critics deny him sincerity , and as a corollary assume that his poetry is pure fancy supported neither by true ...
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... Propertius ' love story ; but each of these offers particular difficulties . The first of these passages is that in which Lycinna is mentioned ( III . 15.1-10 ) . It was she , Propertius says , who initiated him into the experience of ...
... Propertius ' love story ; but each of these offers particular difficulties . The first of these passages is that in which Lycinna is mentioned ( III . 15.1-10 ) . It was she , Propertius says , who initiated him into the experience of ...
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... Propertius is exploiting the central artistic value which mythology presented to the poet writing of personal experience . Propertius very frequently presents an example as parallel to his own situation , and thus shows that his private ...
... Propertius is exploiting the central artistic value which mythology presented to the poet writing of personal experience . Propertius very frequently presents an example as parallel to his own situation , and thus shows that his private ...
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INTRODUCTION J P Sullivan Lincoln College page | 1 |
ME EX VERSICULIS MEIS PARUM PUDICUM | 15 |
DOCTE CATULLE K F Quinn University of | 31 |
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