Martial, the unexpected classic :: a literary and historical study /

This is the first full-length study in English of the Roman poet Martial's life, poetry and politics, as well as of the survival of his fifteen books of epigrams and short poems from his death around AD 104 to the present. The subjects examined include his defence of epigram as an art form, his...

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1. Verfasser: Sullivan, J. P. (John Patrick)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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Zusammenfassung:This is the first full-length study in English of the Roman poet Martial's life, poetry and politics, as well as of the survival of his fifteen books of epigrams and short poems from his death around AD 104 to the present. The subjects examined include his defence of epigram as an art form, his misogyny and obscenity, his style, wit and humour, and, not least, his imperial propaganda. The concluding part of the work examines his high reputation in the Renaissance and the later censorship and neglect of his work until comparatively recently. All the material is presented for a modern objective assessment of his achievement, without in any way disguising the unpleasant aspects of his genius, and the political and literary pressures on poets in Rome at that period.
Beschreibung:"Based on the J.H. Gray Lectures delivered at Cambridge University ... in 1978"--Preface.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxv, 388 pages) : maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-353) and indexes.
ISBN:0585272158
9780585272153
9780511582639
0511582633

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