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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521555396
ISBN-13
9780521555395
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2371439
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
388 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Martial : Select Epigrams
Publication Year
2003
Subject
Ancient / General, General, Ancient & Classical, Subjects & Themes / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Series
Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
14.7 Oz
Item Length
7.4 in
Item Width
4.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2002-034959
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
'The commentary is meticulous, clear in its style and organization and exceptionally well informed ... we could not hope for a better account of martial in his cultural, historical and literary context. As martial approaches his bimillenium, uninhibited once more, Watson & Watson will be the standard introduction.'Times Literary Supplement, ‘The commentary is meticulous, clear in its style and organization and exceptionally well informed … we could not hope for a better account of martial in his cultural, historical and literary context. As martial approaches his bimillenium, uninhibited once more, Watson & Watson will be the standard introduction.’Times Literary Supplement, 'The commentary is meticulous, clear in its style and organization and exceptionally well informed ... we could not hope for a better account of martial in his cultural, historical and literary context. As martial approaches his bimillenium, uninhibited once more, Watson & Watson will be the standard introduction.' Times Literary Supplement, 'The commentary is meticulous, clear in its style and organization and exceptionally well informed … we could not hope for a better account of martial in his cultural, historical and literary context. As martial approaches his bimillenium, uninhibited once more, Watson & Watson will be the standard introduction.' Times Literary Supplement, "...an important contribution to the interpretation of Martial's works...This anthology will certainly be of great help for our understanding of the epigrams and inspire further research." BMCR
Dewey Decimal
878/.0102
Table Of Content
Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Select epigrams; 1. Martial and poetry; 2. Poet and patron; 3. Martial and the city of Rome; 4. Women; 5. Sexual mores; 6. Satirical epigrams; 7. Epideictic epigrams; 8. Funerary epigrams; Commentary; Bibliography; Indexes.
Synopsis
Despite his enduring popularity, Martial has recently suffered from serious critical neglect. The present work is the first edition of selections from Martial to be published for decades, and includes a fully representative selection of the oeuvre of the poet, who has often been criticised, unfairly, the authors argue, for obscenity and flattery of the Emperor Domitian. The epigrams included in the selection are organised under various heads, e.g. Martial and poetry, sexual mores, satirical pieces. A very full introduction deals with such topics as the prejudices and predilections of his audience which conditioned Martial's choice of subject matter, Martial's language, the structure and style of the epigrams, the epigrammatic tradition and Martial's creative engagement with it. The detailed commentary is suitable for use with undergraduates and is distinguished by its focus on social history as well as literary interpretation., Ninety poems by Martial, the first-century a.d. epigrammatist, are presented, with commentary, in this edition. Selected on the basis of their thematic importance, these concise poems provide an unique opportunity to interpret a significantly neglected author. The book considers the sociocultural and historical matrix from which the epigrams sprang and the Roman love of personal invective which sustains and enlivens a major portion of Martial's work., A representative selection of the poems of the first-century AD epigrammatist Martial is presented in this edition, together with a very full introduction and commentary suitable for use with students. There is a strong focus on social history as well as extensive discussion of questions of literary interpretation.
LC Classification Number
PA6501.A2 2003
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