{"product_id":"the-poems-of-catullus","title":"The Poems of Catullus","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAward-winning translator Stephanie McCarter presents a dual-language translation of the surviving poems of Catullus (84-54 BCE), the Roman poet and punk, the lover and the hater, the hedonist and the wretch, famous for contradictions on friendship, love, and sex, and infamous for obscene diatribes against enemies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatullus wrote only a single book of poetry, but in it lies some of the most raw and forceful depictions human emotion to be produced in the ancient world. Catullus’s lyricism is as tender as it is violent, equally capable of capturing fleeting romance, heartbroken despondence, and exuberant rage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntended for a general audience — not just those readers with training in the classics — McCarter’s translation conveys the nuances of sexuality and gender in ancient Rome and meticulously mirrors Catullus’s poetic variety. This edition, which includes facing Latin text as well as a general introduction, suggestions for further reading, and endnotes, showcases the complexities of a poet who shaped the Western poetic tradition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48427680596226,"sku":"9780143136378","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2228\/7429\/files\/catulluspoems.jpg?v=1788400354","url":"https:\/\/shop.stlartsupply.com\/products\/the-poems-of-catullus","provider":"St. Louis Art Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}