Thomas A L Munro
Biographic Data
| ID | 6824923 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas A L Munro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas A L |
| FAMILY NAME | Munro |
| SIGNATURE | MUNRO T A L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-8650-6861 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Fragmented Homers
This paper compares three modern poets and the way in which their adaptations of the Iliad fragment their source text, providing a survey of the strategies used in Christopher Logue's War Music, Michael Longley's Homeric poetry (particularly in The Ghost Orchid), and Alice Oswald's Memorial. The paper concludes that the general similarity between their approaches can be attributed to attitudes about the fragment which developed among the Modernis…
Catullus, Hesiod, and the Muses
In this paper I argue that Catullus 32 constitutes a sustained engagement with Hesiod’s Theogony. In addition to the humor previously identified by scholars, the poem also contains an elaborate intertextual joke. I base my argument on the evidence of the eighth line’s exaggerated sexual boast, the oft-disputed name of the addressee, the poem’s strange logic of invitation, and Catullus’ self-presentation in the poem’s closing lines. I conclude tha…
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Catullus, Hesiod, and the Muses
In this paper I argue that Catullus 32 constitutes a sustained engagement with Hesiod’s Theogony. In addition to the humor previously identified by scholars, the poem also contains an elaborate intertextual joke. I base my argument on the evidence of the eighth line’s exaggerated sexual boast, the oft-disputed name of the addressee, the poem’s strange logic of invitation, and Catullus’ self-presentation in the poem’s closing lines. I conclude tha…
Fragmented Homers
This paper compares three modern poets and the way in which their adaptations of the Iliad fragment their source text, providing a survey of the strategies used in Christopher Logue's War Music, Michael Longley's Homeric poetry (particularly in The Ghost Orchid), and Alice Oswald's Memorial. The paper concludes that the general similarity between their approaches can be attributed to attitudes about the fragment which developed among the Modernis…
Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Poetry (2 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Classical Studies and Philology (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work) · Couplet (1 work) · First world war (1 work) · Fragment (logic (1 work) · Fragmentation (computing (1 work)