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Michael C. J. Putnam (1933–2025)

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 — 75 copies

The Poetry of the Aeneid (Cornell Paperbacks) (1965) 38 copies

Virgil's Aeneid: Interpretation and Influence (1995) 32 copies

A Companion to Vergil's Aeneid and its Tradition (2010) — Editor — 23 copies

Artifices of Eternity: Horace's Fourth Book of Odes (1986) 22 copies

The Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years (2008) — Editor — 22 copies

Essays on Latin Lyric, Elegy, and Epic (Princeton Series of Collected Essays) (1982) 19 copies

Horace`s "Carmen Saeculare": Ritual Magic and the Poet`s Art (2001) 18 copies

Poetic Interplay: Catullus and Horace (2006) 12 copies

The Humanness of Heroes: Studies in the Conclusion of Virgil's Aeneid (Amsterdam Vergil Lectures) (2011) 10 copies

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

Virgil's pastoral art; studies in the Eclogues (1970) 7 copies

Arethusa. Virgil: 2000 Years (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 — 302 copies, 4 reviews

A Companion to Ancient Epic (2005) — Contributor — 50 copies

Between Republic and Empire: Interpretations of Augustus and His Principate (1990) — Contributor — 49 copies

Reading Vergils Aeneid: An Interpretive Guide (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture) (1999) — Contributor — 38 copies

Why Vergil? A Collection of Interpretations (2000) — Foreword — 23 copies

Oxford Readings in Catullus (2007) — Contributor — 21 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 — 11 copies

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

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

Oxford Readings in Vergil's Georgics (2008) — Contributor — 7 copies

Roman literature, gender, and reception domina illustris (2013) — Contributor — 6 copies

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

Wordplay and Powerplay in Latin Poetry (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes, 36) (2016) — Contributor — 5 copies

Hope, Joy, and Affection in the Classical World (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

Horace: 2000 Years (Arethusa Volume Twenty-eight, Numbers Two and Three, Spring and Fall 1995) (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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Legal name: Putnam, Michael Courtney Jenkins
Birthdate: 1933-09-20
Date of death: 2025-08-19
Gender: male
Education: Harvard University
Occupations: classicist
Organizations: Brown University
Awards and honors: Fellow of the American Academy in Rome (1970)
Relationships: Putnam, Roger (father)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Associated Place (for map): Massachusetts, USA

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Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit (APA)

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

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Works: 15
Also by: 26
Members: 294
Popularity: #79,673
Rating: 3.9

ISBNs: 37
Languages: 1
Favorited: 2

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