Martial, Book VII. A Commentary - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Martial, Book VII. A Commentary write by Guillermo Galán Vioque. This book was released on 2017-09-18. Martial, Book VII. A Commentary available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume is the first comprehensive commentary on the seventh book of Martial's epigrams. The introduction discusses the date of publication of Martial’s books, the themes of the epigrams of book seven as well as the transmission of the text. The autor pays special attention to the adulation of Domitian in book seven, the satirization of lawyers, legacy-hunters, parasites and dinner-guests, and hetero- and homosexuality. The commentary, preceded by a revised edition of Shackleton Bailey’s Teubner edition (1990), focuses on literary, linguistic and metrical matters. Thematic relationships with other books of Martial and other Greek and Latin literature are highlighted. Attention is also paid to the use of recurrent motifs, obscene language, puns, double meanings and proper names.
Epigrams from Martial
Epigrams from Martial - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Epigrams from Martial write by Martial. This book was released on 1969. Epigrams from Martial available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Commentary on Martial, Epigrams Book 9
A Commentary on Martial, Epigrams Book 9 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Commentary on Martial, Epigrams Book 9 write by Christer Henriksén. This book was released on 2012-08-09. A Commentary on Martial, Epigrams Book 9 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Henriksén offers the first extensive commentary on Book 9 of the Epigrams of M. Valerius Martialis. The book consists of an introduction discussing the date, characteristics, structure, and themes of Book 9, followed by a detailed commentary on each of the 105 poems, which places them in their literary, social, and historical context.
Martial's Epigrams
Martial's Epigrams - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Martial's Epigrams write by Garry Wills. This book was released on 2008-10-30. Martial's Epigrams available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of literature's greatest satirists, Martial earned his livelihood by excoriating the follies and vices of Roman society and its emperors, and set a pattern that satirists have admired across the ages. For the first time, readers can enjoy an English translation of these rhymes that does not sacrifice the cleverly constructed effects of Martial's short and shapely thrusts. Martial's Epigrams "bespeaks a great scholar at play" (The New York Times Book Review), makes for addictive reading, and is a perfect, if naughty, gift. Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017.
A Companion to Ancient Epigram
A Companion to Ancient Epigram - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Companion to Ancient Epigram write by Christer Henriksén. This book was released on 2019-02-12. A Companion to Ancient Epigram available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A delightful look at the epic literary history of the short, poetic genre of the epigram From Nestor’s inscribed cup to tombstones, bathroom walls, and Twitter tweets, the ability to express oneself concisely and elegantly, continues to be an important part of literary history unlike any other. This book examines the entire history of the epigram, from its beginnings as a purely epigraphic phenomenon in the Greek world, where it moved from being just a note attached to physical objects to an actual literary form of expression, to its zenith in late 1st century Rome, and further through a period of stagnation up to its last blooming, just before the beginning of the Dark Ages. A Companion to Ancient Epigram offers the first ever full-scale treatment of the genre from a broad international perspective. The book is divided into six parts, the first of which covers certain typical characteristics of the genre, examines aspects that are central to our understanding of epigram, and discusses its relation to other literary genres. The subsequent four parts present a diachronic history of epigram, from archaic Greece, Hellenistic Greece, and Latin and Greek epigrams at Rome, all the way up to late antiquity, with a concluding section looking at the heritage of ancient epigram from the Middle Ages up to modern times. Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the epigram The first single-volume book to examine the entire history of the genre Scholarly interest in Greek and Roman epigram has steadily increased over the past fifty years Looks at not only the origins of the epigram but at the later literary tradition A Companion to Ancient Epigram will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, world literature, and ancient and general history. It will also be an excellent addition to the shelf of any public and university library.
