Carol U. Merriam
Professor
Department of Classics
Brock University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Carol U. Merriam is affiliated to Department of Classics, Brock University, where Dr. Carol U. Merriam is currently working as Professor. Dr. Carol U. Merriam has authored and co-authored several national and international publications and also working as a reviewer for reputed professional journals. Dr. Carol U. Merriam is having an active association with different societies and academies around the world. Dr. Carol U. Merriam made his mark in the scientific community with the contributions and widely recognition from honourable subject experts around the world. Dr. Carol U. Merriam has received several awards for the contributions to the scientific community. Dr. Carol U. Merriam major research interest involves Professor Merriam’s research is based in the field of Augustan poetry, particularly elegy. She has published a number of articles in this area and a book that examines the use of the figure of Venus by the Augustan elegists, Love and Propaganda: Augustan Venus and the Latin Love Elegists (Brussels, Collections Latomus 2006). In addition, she has written a book on the controversial genre, the epyllion, titled The Development of the Epyllion as a Genre (Mellen Press, 2001)..
Research Interest
Professor Merriam’s research is based in the field of Augustan poetry, particularly elegy. She has published a number of articles in this area and a book that examines the use of the figure of Venus by the Augustan elegists, Love and Propaganda: Augustan Venus and the Latin Love Elegists (Brussels, Collections Latomus 2006). In addition, she has written a book on the controversial genre, the epyllion, titled The Development of the Epyllion as a Genre (Mellen Press, 2001).
Publications
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“Sleeping Beauty: Propertius 1.3,†Beauty and the Abject: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (edd. L. Boldt-Irons, C. Federici, E. Virgulti) (Peter Lang Publishing, 2007) 253-266.
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“Either With Us Or Against Us: The Parthian in Augustan Ideology†Scholia 13 (2005) 56-70.
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Love and Propaganda: Augustan Venus and the Latin Love Elegists (Brussels, Collections Latomus 2006).
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“Rewriting Grief: Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Re-crafting of Ancient Poetry of Grief and Loss†Rewriting Text, Remaking Image (edd. L. Boldt-Irons, C. Federici, E. Virgulti) (Peter Lang Publishing 2010) 97-106.
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“The Seductiveness of Deception: Ovid’s Advice to Lovers†Disguise, Deception, Trompe l’Oeil (edd. L. Boldt-Irons, C. Federici, E. Virgulti) (Peter Lang Publishing 2008) 21-40.
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“She Who Laughs Best: Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.279-290,†Latomus 70: 2010/2011: 405-421.