Sappho and Catullus in Twentieth-Century Italian and North American Poetry

Going beyond exclusively national perspectives, this volume considers the reception of the ancient Greek poet Sappho and her first Latin translator, Catullus, as a literary pair who transmit poetic culture across the world from the early 20th century to the present. Sappho''s and Catullus'' reception has shaped a transnational network of poets and intellectuals, helping to define ideas of origins,...