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[ SOLD OUT ] QUINN, K, The Catullan Revolution. Heffers, Cambridge, 1969. Revised impr. 119p. Paperback. 'These are the three ingredients involved in the re-shaping of tradition that produced the Catullan revolution, Firstly, the poet becomes an independent personality who forces his personality into his poetry. Secondly, the poet abandons the service of the community for a more esoteric, more purely poetic kind of poetry. Thirdly, the unit becomes the short poem, intensely personal and structurally sophisticated' (Quinn, p.26). Add to this situation the Catullan genius, and the result is the Catullan revolution, The general truth of Quinn's thesis is indisputable; the merit of his book is to present it freshly, with the emphasis on the poetry.' (E.J. KENNEY in The Classical Review (New Series), 1961, p.42). (Antiquarian) (approx. delivery time: undeliverable) ISBN: 9780852700068