Tony Harrison: The Curtain Catullus

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The Curtain Catullus

The Loiners, London: London Magazine Editions, 1970

53-4

Allusion to Classical figure Catullus, Astraea

Relationship to Classical text Alludes to the vivamus atque amemus sentiment of Catullus 5.

Classical/post-Classical intertexts Plays with language and images, Cold War borders, quotation from Yertushenko, 'I'm tired of stone bodies. I want yours'.