Ruth Caston

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Ruth Caston

Assistant Professor in Classical Studies

435 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003

Office Location(s): 2029E Tisch Hall
Office Hours: M Th 3-4 or by appointment
Phone: 734.764.1366
Fax: 734.763.4959
rcaston@umich.edu

  • Fields of Study
    • Latin literature, especially Augustan poetry, the passions and literature, ancient rhetoric, comedy and satire
  • About

    Selected Publications:

    Book:
    Elegiac Passion: Jealousy in Roman Love Elegy. In press with Oxford University Press.

    Articles:
    "Lucan's Elegiac Moments," in P. Asso, ed. Brill Companion to Lucan, Brill 2011.
    "Love as Illness: poets and philosophers on romantic love." CJ 101.3 (2006) 271-98.
    "Rivalling the Shield: Propertius 4.6," in P. Thibodeau and H. Haskell, edd. Being There Together: Essays in Honor of Michael C.J. Putnam, Afton Historical Society Press, 2003.
    "The Fall of the Curtain (Hor. S. 2.8)," TAPA 127 (1997) 233-56.

  • Education
    • B.A. '88, Cornell
    • M.A. '90, University of Texas-Austin
    • Ph.D. 2000, Brown