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subject:"Verse satire, Latin" from books.google.com
A new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal.
subject:"Verse satire, Latin" from books.google.com
Charming, shrewd, and intimate, the voice of the Odes is that of a sociable wise man talking amusingly but candidly to admiring friends. This edition is also notable for Slavitt's extensive notes and commentary about the art of translation.
subject:"Verse satire, Latin" from books.google.com
" . . . gives us all sixteen of the satires in the tough, slashing manner of the original, unheard in Dryden and the few others who tried it." —Saturday Review
subject:"Verse satire, Latin" from books.google.com
Rooted in the traditional land-owning class, Juvenal wrote brilliant and inflammatory satires on the decadent and corrupt Roman élite, a fact that resulted in him being exiled from Rome for many years.
subject:"Verse satire, Latin" from books.google.com
The bite and wit of two of antiquity's best satirists - Persius and Juvenal are captured in this text.
subject:"Verse satire, Latin" from books.google.com
In these roles the satirist conducts penetrating analyses of Rome's definitive social practices "from the inside." Satire's reputation as the quintessential Roman genre is thus even more justified than previously recognized."--BOOK JACKET.
subject:"Verse satire, Latin" from books.google.com
In this book Charles Martin, himself a poet, offers a deeper reading of Catullus, revealing the art and intelligence behind the seemingly spontaneous verse.
subject:"Verse satire, Latin" from books.google.com
A. M. Juster's striking new translation relies on the tools and spirit of the English light verse tradition while taking care to render the original text as accurately as possible.