Martial - Liber Spectaculorum

Zusatztext ...formidably learned. Informationen zum Autor Kathleen M. Coleman is Professor of Latin at Harvard University. Klappentext This book is the first full-scale edition of the so-called Liber spectaculorum by Martial. A comprehensive introduction addresses the role of epigram in commemorating monuments and occasions, the connection between spectacle and imperial panegyric in Martial's oeuvre, characteristics of the collection, possible circumstances of composition and "publication," transmission of the text, and related issues. Each epigram is followed by an apparatus criticus, an English translation, and a detailed commentary on linguistic, literary, and historical matters, adducing extensive evidence from epigraphy and art as well as literary sources. The book is accompanied by four concordances, five tables, two maps, 30 plates, and an appendix. Zusammenfassung An edition of a collection of Latin epigrams by the poet Martial to celebrate games held in the Colosseum. An introduction sets the epigrams in their literary and social context. Each epigram is followed by an English translation and a detailed commentary discussing matters of linguistic, literary, and historical interest. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Introduction Sigla Text, Translation, and Commentary Appendix: The Source of the Nile

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• Authors: Kathleen M. Coleman, Kathleen M. (EDT) Coleman
• Assisted by: Kathleen M Coleman (Editor), Kathleen M. Coleman (Editor), Coleman Kathleen M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.2006
• EAN: 9780198144816
• ISBN: 978-0-19-814481-6
• No. of pages: 322
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Fiction > Narrative literature; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary essays, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form