Maximianus' 'Elegies'

This book is the first study to focus on a metaliterary interpretation of Maximianus’ Elegies, and aims to fill a major gap in international literature concerning the thoughts of the last love elegist on the evolution and renovation of the genre of love elegy during Late Antiquity.

The book includes all known subjects of Maximianus’ poetry (e.g., the division of his work into six elegies, its att...