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Nero's Poems : Translations of the Public and Private Poems of the Emperor Nero
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satire
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1981
Nero's Poems : Translations of the Public and Private Poems of the Emperor Nero
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Dedication: For Salvatore Zofrea
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1981 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Introduction (to Nero's Poems : Translations of the Public and Private Poems of the Emperor Nero), single work criticism (p. vii-ix)
- Acte, an Ex-Slavei"Keep your nose out of Acte, mother.", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Rufusi"At Sulla's house the other night", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Claudia Claudiai"Claudia, the wife of Brucellus", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The Gracchiadi"Poor old Gracchus,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Octavilla Pulchellai"After I deflowered you, Pulchella,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Furiusi"At first your servant boy didn't want it,", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Acte Againi"Our classiest Roman matrons are famous", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Roads and Marketsi"Two men squat by their mule and cart,", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Crassus -- Poet of the Table Drusus -- Poet of the Tablei"Ink flows from your saliva glands -- you write", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Sweet Suitei"Every big wooden beam has a beetle inside it,", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Ode to the Beauty of the World Ode to the Beauty of the Worldi"Import me an Arabian sunset!", single work poetry (p. 35)
- The New Academyi"Education,", single work poetry satire (p. 36)
- Epithalamiumi"Double divorce, double disgrace", single work poetry (p. 37-38)
- Notes for a New Civilizationi"Our youth shall bury the obscene", single work poetry (p. 40-41)
- Gardensi"Because she coveted his garden", single work poetry (p. 42-44)
- By the Seai""Our Golden Age is now,"", single work poetry (p. 47-48)
- Elegy for Poppaeai"At night I wear your dresses in our bed", single work poetry (p. 50)
- A Second Elegyi"Why Venus should love Mars", single work poetry (p. 51)
- Potter's Fieldi"Maecenas buried it under a garden.", single work poetry (p. 54-55)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
Imperial Nigrescences
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 82-89) Geoffrey Lehmann's Nero Poems is an ambitious collection that shows his lyric facility to great advantage. Occasionally recalling the that pungencies of Juvenal's satires and the asperity of Catullus's and Martial's epigrams, the poems invite interpretations of Nero made by his contemporaries the poems mark a pleasant turning in the attempts of contemporary Australian poets to construct 'sequences of poems. We are not only familiar with single monologues on "classical' themes (what Alan Wearne refers to as all those poems after Browning on Italian Popes) and sequences taking on various voices (William Hart-Smith's "Christopher Columbus" standing out as a remarkably sustained work), but more recently with Peter Porter's After Martial, with which Lehmann's collection may inevitably come to be compared, and notably to Lehmann's advantage at that: both collections are outstanding for their sophistication, wit, and range.' (Introduction)
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Geoffrey Lehmann's History of Morale
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Totem Ship 1996; (p. 219-234) -
Geoffrey Lehmann's Nero's Poems
1984
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 28 no. 6 1984; (p. 72-75) -
Public and Private Poetry
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Autumn no. 14 1983; (p. 48-51)
— Review of Life Movies 1981 selected work poetry ; English Subtitles 1981 selected work poetry ; Nero's Poems : Translations of the Public and Private Poems of the Emperor Nero 1981 selected work poetry -
A Governor, a Farmer, an Emperor : Rome and Australia in Geoffrey Lehmann
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 11 no. 1 1983; (p. 14-24)
-
Public and Private Poetry
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Autumn no. 14 1983; (p. 48-51)
— Review of Life Movies 1981 selected work poetry ; English Subtitles 1981 selected work poetry ; Nero's Poems : Translations of the Public and Private Poems of the Emperor Nero 1981 selected work poetry -
The Poetic Nero, as Happy as a Pig in a Paddock
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 November vol. 101 no. 5290 1981; (p. 80-82)
— Review of Nero's Poems : Translations of the Public and Private Poems of the Emperor Nero 1981 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 7-8 November 1981; (p. 8)
— Review of Nero's Poems : Translations of the Public and Private Poems of the Emperor Nero 1981 selected work poetry ; English Subtitles 1981 selected work poetry -
[Review] Nero's Poems
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The National Times , 18-24 October 1981; (p. 38)
— Review of Nero's Poems : Translations of the Public and Private Poems of the Emperor Nero 1981 selected work poetry -
Nero Loses His Fiddle and Gains Respect
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 September 1981; (p. 43)
— Review of Nero's Poems : Translations of the Public and Private Poems of the Emperor Nero 1981 selected work poetry -
A Governor, a Farmer, an Emperor : Rome and Australia in Geoffrey Lehmann
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 11 no. 1 1983; (p. 14-24) -
Geoffrey Lehmann's Nero's Poems
1984
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 28 no. 6 1984; (p. 72-75) -
Introduction (to Nero's Poems : Translations of the Public and Private Poems of the Emperor Nero)
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Nero's Poems : Translations of the Public and Private Poems of the Emperor Nero 1981; (p. vii-ix) -
Geoffrey Lehmann's History of Morale
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Totem Ship 1996; (p. 219-234) -
Imperial Nigrescences
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 82-89) Geoffrey Lehmann's Nero Poems is an ambitious collection that shows his lyric facility to great advantage. Occasionally recalling the that pungencies of Juvenal's satires and the asperity of Catullus's and Martial's epigrams, the poems invite interpretations of Nero made by his contemporaries the poems mark a pleasant turning in the attempts of contemporary Australian poets to construct 'sequences of poems. We are not only familiar with single monologues on "classical' themes (what Alan Wearne refers to as all those poems after Browning on Italian Popes) and sequences taking on various voices (William Hart-Smith's "Christopher Columbus" standing out as a remarkably sustained work), but more recently with Peter Porter's After Martial, with which Lehmann's collection may inevitably come to be compared, and notably to Lehmann's advantage at that: both collections are outstanding for their sophistication, wit, and range.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 1981 winner Grace Leven Poetry Prize
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