Mathilde Skoie is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oslo

... offers a fresh look at the tradition of scholarship that the poems have inspired ... Reading Sulpicia is a welcome contribution, both for what it reveals about the processes of reading intrinsic to the commentary and for the range of topics that it addresses.

• Introduction ; 1. The first steps: from antiquity to Cyllenius' 15th century commentary ; 2. Confronting a sibylline leaf: Scaliger's 16th century commentary ; 3. Male chivalry?: Heyne's 18th century commentary ; 4. Subtle poetry or feminine fiddling?: Two 19th century commentaries ; 5. Sulpicia Americana: Smith's 20th century commentary ; 6. The commentator as collector: Trankle's 1990 commentary ; Conclusion: The hermenutics of commenting

Mathilde Skoie is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oslo

... offers a fresh look at the tradition of scholarship that the poems have inspired ... Reading Sulpicia is a welcome contribution, both for what it reveals about the processes of reading intrinsic to the commentary and for the range of topics that it addresses.

• Introduction ; 1. The first steps: from antiquity to Cyllenius' 15th century commentary ; 2. Confronting a sibylline leaf: Scaliger's 16th century commentary ; 3. Male chivalry?: Heyne's 18th century commentary ; 4. Subtle poetry or feminine fiddling?: Two 19th century commentaries ; 5. Sulpicia Americana: Smith's 20th century commentary ; 6. The commentator as collector: Trankle's 1990 commentary ; Conclusion: The hermenutics of commenting