Neoteric poetry

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Neoteric poetry was a Hellenistic-influenced Roman literary movement characterized by its polished style, learned allusions, and focus on personal, often playful or erotic themes rather than grand epic subjects.

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Neoteric poetry canonical 3

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instanceOf Hellenistic-influenced poetry
Roman literary movement
poetic movement
contrastsWith Ennian epic tradition
developedIn late Roman Republic
linked to: Late Roman Republic
emphasizes artifice
intertextuality
mythological allusion
subjective emotion
focusesOn everyday experience
friendship
literary sophistication
love
hasAestheticIdeal doctus poeta
hasCharacteristic brevity
erotic themes
erudition
learned allusions
personal themes
playful tone
polished style
refined diction
rejection of traditional epic scale
hasCulturalContext Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
hasNotablePoet Calvus
Catullus
Cinna
Furius Bibaculus
linked to: Furius

Helvius Cinna
hasTimePeriod 1st century BCE
influenced Augustan poetry
Latin love elegy
influencedBy Alexandrian poetry
Hellenistic poetry
language Latin
opposes traditional Roman epic poetry
relatedConcept Alexandrianism
poetae novi
usesForm elegiac couplets
epyllion
short lyric poems
values formal innovation
learned reference
subtlety
wit

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Catullus movement Neoteric poetry
Carmina literaryMovement Neoteric poetry