Leo C Curran
Biographic Data
| ID | 1043308 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leo C Curran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leo C |
| FAMILY NAME | Curran |
| SIGNATURE | CURRAN L C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Mythology of Rape
‘Nature to Advantage Dressed’
On the surface, Propertius 1.2 seems to propound a traditional thesis, the superiority of unadorned beauty to artifice, and to scold Cynthia for not living up to this ideal of the natural. I believe that the ideal actually asserted is more complex than mere natural beauty and in fact paradoxically entails a large measure of artifice. Artifice itself becomes the central theme of the poem as its value is radically reinterpreted. Part of the complex…
Ovid's Metamorphoses. Books 6-10
The Latin text of the poem's first five books including commentary and an introduction highlighting the central themes in Ovid's work which extends in time from the creation of the world to the death of Julius Caesar. The first five books are concerned with the relationship between gods and humans
Catullus 64 and the Heroic Age
I n P oem 64 Catullus has encapsulated a great deal of the heroic world within the space of four hundred lines: two relatively brief moments of time (the meeting and wedding of Peleus and Thetis and Ariadne's awakening on the shore of Dia) are filled out by flashback and prophecy so that the range of reference extends from the first voyage in history to near the end of the Trojan War. The poem becomes an epitome of the whole age of heroes, and it…
Propertius 4. 11
Desultores Amoris
Ovid "Amores" 1.10
Ovid's Metamorphoses. Books 6-10
The Latin text of the poem's first five books including commentary and an introduction highlighting the central themes in Ovid's work which extends in time from the creation of the world to the death of Julius Caesar. The first five books are concerned with the relationship between gods and humans
Desultores Amoris
Ovid "Amores" 1.10
Ovid "Amores" 1.10
Desultores Amoris
Propertius 4. 11
Catullus 64 and the Heroic Age
I n P oem 64 Catullus has encapsulated a great deal of the heroic world within the space of four hundred lines: two relatively brief moments of time (the meeting and wedding of Peleus and Thetis and Ariadne's awakening on the shore of Dia) are filled out by flashback and prophecy so that the range of reference extends from the first voyage in history to near the end of the Trojan War. The poem becomes an epitome of the whole age of heroes, and it…
Ovid's Metamorphoses. Books 6-10
The Latin text of the poem's first five books including commentary and an introduction highlighting the central themes in Ovid's work which extends in time from the creation of the world to the death of Julius Caesar. The first five books are concerned with the relationship between gods and humans
‘Nature to Advantage Dressed’
On the surface, Propertius 1.2 seems to propound a traditional thesis, the superiority of unadorned beauty to artifice, and to scold Cynthia for not living up to this ideal of the natural. I believe that the ideal actually asserted is more complex than mere natural beauty and in fact paradoxically entails a large measure of artifice. Artifice itself becomes the central theme of the poem as its value is radically reinterpreted. Part of the complex…
The Mythology of Rape
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