Propertius' Cynthia

Propertius'' Cynthia considers Propertius'' metapoetic and intra- and intertextual habits and their relationship with the repetitious amatory discourse that he fashions for himself with his beloved, Cynthia. Where scholarship tends to treat as separate the metaliterary and the amatory aspects of Propertius'' poetry, this volume - focussed on Books 3 and 4 - argues that his discussion of his own po...