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Latin Love Poetry

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This survey of a genre that is often called elegy, because of its metre, discusses the poets and their writings against the turbulent backdrop of the Augustan age (31 BCE-14 CE). It examines the literary origins of Latin elegy, highlights …

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This survey of a genre that is often called elegy, because of its metre, discusses the poets and their writings against the turbulent backdrop of the Augustan age (31 BCE-14 CE). It examines the literary origins of Latin elegy, highlights the poets' key themes and traces their reception by later writers and readers.

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