Prof.dr. J. (Joan) Booth
Position:
- Professor
- Classical languages and cultures
- Poetry, love elegies and their Hellenistic origins
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2671 |
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| E-Mail: | j.booth@hum.leideniniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Institute for Cultural Disciplines, Latijnse T&C |
| Office Address: |
Johan Huizingagebouw Doelensteeg 16 2311 VL Leiden Room number 1.06b |
Fields of interest
Prof.dr. Joan Booth is interested in Augustan poetry, Love Elegies (Ovid, Propertius, Tibullus, Catullus) and their Hellenistic origins.
Publications
(2001) "Moonshine: Intertextual illumination in Propertius 1.3.31-3 and Philodemus, Anth. Pal. V. 123", Classical Quarterly 51, 537-44.
(2001) "Problems and Programmatics in Propertius 1.1", Hermes 129, 63-74.
(1997) "All in the mind: Sickness in Catullus 76", The Passions in Roman Literature and Thought, S.M. Braund and C. Gill (eds.), Cambridge, 150-68.
(1999) Catullus to Ovid: Reading Latin Love Elegy, Literary commentary with Latin text. Verse translations by Guy Lee, Bristol.
(1991) Ovid, Amores II. A commentary, with text and translation, Warminster.
2011
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Booth, J. (2011)
Departure: Vertrek. (Afscheidscollege prof. dr J Booth). Leiden: Universiteit Leiden.p. 12.
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Booth, J. (2011)
Negotiating with the Epigram in Latin Love Elegy. In: Keith, A (Ed.), Latin Elegy and Hellenistic Epigram. A Tale of Two Genres at Rome, pp. 4. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
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Booth, J. (2011)
Sex at Siesta Time. Reading Ovid, "Amores" 1.5. through film - and vice versa. In Landi, L. & Scarpa, L. (Eds.) Meeting the Challenge: bringing classical texts to life in the classroom, Institutio IV-1/3 (pp. 173-192). Venice
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2009
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Booth, J. (2009)
The Amores: Ovid making love. In: Knox, P.E. (Ed.), A Companion to Ovid (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World), pp. 61-77. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2008
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Booth, J. (2008)
Performing tears in Roman Love Elegy and Modern Life. In Bormann, D. & Wittchow, F. (Eds.) Emotionalitaet in der Antike. Zwischen Performativitaet en Discursivitaet (pp. 57-75). Berlin: eca.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2007
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Booth, J. (Ed.) (2007)
Cicero on the Attack. Invective and Subversion in the Orations and Beyond. Swansea: Classical Press of Wales.
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Booth, J. (2007)
Cicero: Man and matter. In Booth, J. (Ed.) Cicero on the Attack. Invective and Subversion in the Orations and Beyond (pp. ix-xiv). Swansea: Classical Press of Wales.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2006
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Booth, J. (2006)
Amazing Grace: reading between the lines in Propertius 1.13.29-32. Classical Quarterly, 56, pp. 528-537.
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Booth, J. (2006)
Naming Names - or not: some significant choices and suppressions in Latin poetry. In Booth, J. & Maltby, R. (Eds.) What's in a Name? The Significance of Proper Names in Classical Latin Literature (pp. 49-63). Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales.
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Booth, J. & Maltby, R. (Eds.) (2006)
What's in a Name? The Significance of Proper Names in Classical Latin Literature. Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales.
(Book editorial)
2003
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Booth, J. (2003)
The 'Truth' about Latin Love Poetry. (oratie). Leiden: Universiteit Leiden.p. 20.
(Inaugural lecture)
2001
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Booth, J. (2001)
'Nostra Venus, uacuus Amor' and the ending of Propertius 1.1: Double trouble? Mnemosyne, 54 (4), pp. 339-345.
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Booth, J. (2001)
Moonshine: intertextual illumination in Propertius I.3.31-2 and Philodemus, Anth. Pal. V.123. Classical Quarterly, 51 (2), pp. 537-544.
(Article) -
Booth, J. (2001)
Problems and Programmatics in Propertius 1.1. Hermes : Zeitschrift fuer Klassische Philologie, 129, pp. 67-73.
(Article)
1999
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Booth, J. & Lee, G. (1999)
Catullus to Ovid: Reading Latin Love Elegy. A literary commentary with Latin text. Bristol: Bristol Classical Press.
(Book (monograph))
1997
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Booth, J. (1997)
All in the mind: Sickness in Catullus 76. In Braund, S.M. & Gill, C.J. (Eds.) The Passions in Roman Literature and Thought (pp. 150-168). Cambridge G.B.: Cambridge University Press.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
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