"Latin love elegy is one of the most important poetic genres in the Augustan era, also known as the golden age of Roman literature. This volume brings together leading scholars from Australia,
Europe and North America to present and explore the Greek andRoman backdrop for Latin love elegy, the individual Latin love elegists (both the canonical and the non-canonical), their poems and
influence on writers in later times. The book is designed as an accessible introduction for the general reader interested in Latin love elegy and the history of love and lament in Western
literature, as well as a collection of critically stimulating essays for students and scholars of Latin poetry and of the classical tradition"--
