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Michael C. J. Putnam

Author of Tibullus: A Commentary

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About the Author

Michael C.J. Putnam is MacMillan Professor of Classics and Professor of Comparative Literature emeritus at Brown University.

Includes the names: Michael C. Putnam, Professor Michael C. J. Putnam

Also includes: Michael Putnam (1)

Works by Michael C. J. Putnam

Tibullus: A Commentary (1973) — Editor — 72 copies

The Poetry of the Aeneid (Cornell Paperbacks) (1965) 37 copies

Virgil's Aeneid: Interpretation and Influence (1995) 28 copies

Artifices of Eternity: Horace's Fourth Book of Odes (1986) 21 copies

The Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years (2008) — Editor — 21 copies

A Companion to Vergil's Aeneid and its Tradition (2010) — Editor — 19 copies

Essays on Latin Lyric, Elegy, and Epic (Princeton Series of Collected Essays) (1982) 17 copies

Horace`s "Carmen Saeculare": Ritual Magic and the Poet`s Art (2001) 16 copies

Poetic Interplay: Catullus and Horace (2006) 11 copies

The Humanness of Heroes: Studies in the Conclusion of Virgil's Aeneid (Amsterdam Vergil Lectures) (2011) 9 copies

Virgil's Epic Designs: Ekphrasis in the Aeneid (1998) 8 copies

Virgil's pastoral art; studies in the Eclogues (1970) 5 copies

VIRGIL: 2000 YEARS [ARETHUSA 14.1] (1981) — Guest Editor — 3 copies

Arktouros: Hellenic Studies Presented to Bernard M. W. Knox on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday (1979) — Editor — 3 copies

Virgil's Poem of the Earth: Studies in the Georgics (1979) 2 copies

Associated Works

Poets in a Landscape (1957) — Foreword, some editions — 276 copies, 4 reviews

A Companion to Ancient Epic (2005) — Contributor — 46 copies

Between Republic and Empire: Interpretations of Augustus and His Principate (1990) — Contributor — 44 copies

Reading Vergils Aeneid: An Interpretive Guide (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture) (1999) — Contributor — 35 copies

Why Vergil? A Collection of Interpretations (2000) — Foreword — 21 copies

Oxford Readings in Catullus (2007) — Contributor — 17 copies

A Companion to Horace (2010) — Contributor — 15 copies

Approaches to Teaching Vergil's Aeneid (2002) — Contributor — 13 copies

Why Horace?: A Collection of Interpretations (1999) — Contributor — 12 copies

The Complete Poems of Tibullus: An En Face Bilingual Edition (2012) — Translator, some editions — 9 copies

Oxford Readings in Horace: Odes and Epodes (2009) — Contributor — 8 copies

Poets and Critics Read Vergil (2001) — Contributor — 7 copies

Roman Literature, Gender and Reception: Domina Illustris (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies) (2013) — Contributor — 6 copies

Classical Literary Careers and their Reception (2010) — Contributor — 6 copies

Oxford Readings in Vergil's Georgics (2008) — Contributor — 6 copies

Hope, Joy, and Affection in the Classical World (Emotions of the Past) (2016) — Contributor — 5 copies

Wordplay and powerplay in Latin poetry. (2016) — Contributor — 5 copies

Homage to Horace : a bimillenary celebration (1995) — Contributor — 4 copies

Ancient Pastoral: Ramus Essays on Greek and Roman Pastoral Poetry (1975) — Contributor — 3 copies

Arethusa (vol 28 no 2 and 3): Horace: 2000 Years (1995) — Contributor — 2 copies

Rome and her monuments : essays on the city and literature of Rome in honor of Katherine A. Geffcken (2000) — Contributor — 2 copies

Ancient and Modern: Essays in Honor of Gerald F. Else (1977) — Contributor — 2 copies

Zeitgenosse Horaz : der Dichter und seine Leser seit zwei Jahrtausenden (1996) — Contributor — 2 copies

Arethusa (vol 5 no 1): Politics and Art in Augustan Literature — Contributor — 1 copy

Transactions of the American Philological Association Volume 131 — Contributor — 1 copy

Arethusa (vol 13 no 1): Augustan Poetry Books — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Putnam, Michael Courtney Jenkins
Birthdate: 1933-09-20
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Education: Harvard University
Occupations: classicist
Relationships: Putnam, Roger (father)
Organizations: Brown University
Awards and honors: Fellow of the American Academy in Rome (1970)

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Virgil's pastoral art; studies in the Eclogues (1971)

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Works: 15
Also by: 26
Members: 272
Popularity: #85,118
Rating: 3.9

ISBNs: 37
Languages: 1
Favorited: 1

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