The Poet at Work
The Poet at Work
This chapter examines the school of writing that Catullus belongs to, which can be identified as his place in Roman literature. It argues that Catullus' poetry is rooted in the Greek concept of poetic madness, a mode of writing that can be derived from sudden bursts of poetic inspiration or passion. The chapter adds that the sexual content which can be found in Catullus' poems can be attributed to his assertion of his literary independence as a poet, making it somewhat erroneous to judge how he lived his life through what he wrote in his poems.
Keywords: poetry, poetic madness, poetic inspiration, passion, Catullus, poems
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