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Arthur Leslie Wheeler


Born
in Hartford, Connecticut, The United States
August 12, 1871

Died
May 22, 1932


Wheeler was a leading critic of Latin poetry whose specialty, like that of his near-contemporary Kirby Flower Smith, was the Roman elegists. His work was marked by more than usual (even for his era) attention to precise scholarship and modest good sense, perhaps owing to his early interest in grammar, fostered by Edward Parmelee Morris. His impact on the study of Roman poetry was to set the elegists in the context of the history of their genres, with particular attention to their Greek forebears. In this regard, his Sather Lectures on Catullus' performance in his various genres are still of value. Though he did not have the range or depth of K. F. Smith, his solid and sensible approach influenced the subsequent work of his many students. ...more

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